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Bluebeard (1972) starring Richard Burton & Raquel Welsh | Cult Cinema Classics

Richard Burton recites lines from “Hamlet”. In these lines, Hamlet speaks to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Act II, explaining the melancholy that has afflicted him since his father’s death. Hamlet expresses a profound sense of melancholy and a loss of joy in life. He laments the state of the world, which he now sees as devoid of beauty, comparing it to a "foul and pestilent congregation of vapours." Despite acknowledging the remarkable qualities and potential of humanity—"What a piece of work