Editing Titus Andronicus (section)

===Film===
In 1969, [[Robert Hartford-Davis]] planned to make a feature film starring [[Christopher Lee]] as Titus and [[Lesley-Anne Down]] as Lavinia, but the project never materialised.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/566414/index.html |title=''Titus Andronicus'' On Screen |first=Michael |last=Brooke |publisher=[[Screenonline|BFI Screenonline]] |access-date=21 November 2012}}</ref>

The 1973 [[horror comedy]] film ''[[Theatre of Blood]]'', directed by [[Douglas Hickox]] featured a very loose adaptation of the play. [[Vincent Price]] stars in the film as Edward Lionheart, who regards himself as the finest Shakespearean actor of all time. When he fails to be awarded the prestigious Critic's Circle Award for Best Actor, he sets about exacting bloody revenge on the critics who gave him poor reviews, with each act inspired by a death in a Shakespeare play. One such act of revenge involves the critic Meredith Merridew (played by [[Robert Morley]]). Lionheart abducts Merridew's prized poodles, and bakes them in a pie, which he then feeds to Merridew, before revealing all and force-feeding the critic until he chokes to death.<ref>José Ramón Díaz Fernández, "The Roman Plays on Screen: An Annotated Filmo-Bibliography", in Sarah Hatchuel and Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin (eds.), ''Shakespeare on Screen: The Roman Plays'' (Rouen: University of Rouen, 2008), 340</ref>

A 1997 [[Direct-to-video|straight-to-video]] adaptation, which cuts back on the violence, titled ''Titus Andronicus: The Movie'', was directed by Lorn Richey and starred Ross Dippel as Titus, Aldrich Allen as Aaron, and Maureen Moran as Lavinia.<ref>Mariangela Tempera, "''Titus Andronicus'': Staging the Mutilated Roman Body", in Maria Del Sapio Garbero, Nancy Isenberg and Maddalena Pennacchia (eds.), ''Questioning Bodies in Shakespeare's Rome'' (Göttingen: Hubert & Co., 2010), 115</ref> Another straight-to-video- adaptation was made in 1998, directed by Christopher Dunne, and starring Robert Reese as Titus, Candy K. Sweet as Tamora, Lexton Raleigh as Aaron, Tom Dennis as Demitrius, with Levi David Tinker as Chiron and Amanda Gezik as Lavinia. This version enhanced the violence and increased the gore. For example, in the opening scene, Alarbus has his face skinned alive, and is then disembowelled and set on fire.<ref>Pascale Aebischer, ''Shakespeare's Violated Bodies: Stage and Screen Performance'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), 24–31</ref>

In 1999, Julie Taymor directed an adaptation entitled ''[[Titus (film)|Titus]]'', starring [[Anthony Hopkins]] as Titus, [[Jessica Lange]] as Tamora, Harry Lennix as Aaron (reprising his role from Taymor's 1994 theatrical production) and [[Laura Fraser]] as Lavinia. As with Taymor's stage production, the film begins with a young boy playing with toy soldiers and being whisked away to Ancient Rome, where he assumes the character of young Lucius. A major component of the film is the mixing of the old and modern; Chiron and Demetrius dress like modern rock stars, but the Andronici dress like Roman soldiers; some characters use chariots, some use cars and motorcycles; crossbows and swords are used alongside rifles and pistols; tanks are seen driven by soldiers in ancient Roman garb; bottled beer is seen alongside ancient amphorae of wine; microphones are used to address characters in ancient clothing. According to Taymor, this anachronistic structure was created to emphasise the timelessness of the violence in the film, to suggest that violence is universal to all humanity, at all times: "Costume, paraphernalia, horses or chariots or cars; these represent the essence of a character, as opposed to placing it in a specific time. This is a film that takes place from the year 1 to the year 2000."<ref name="JulieTaymor" /> At the end of the film, young Lucius takes the baby and walks out of Rome back to his era as he reverts to the boy; an image of hope for the future, symbolized by the rising sun in the background. Originally, the film was to end as Taymor's 1994 production had, with the implication that Lucius is going to kill Aaron's baby, but during production of the film, actor [[Angus Macfadyen]], who played Lucius, convinced Taymor that Lucius was an honorable man and wouldn't go back on his word.<ref>Jonathan Bate, "A Shakespeare tale whose time has come", ''The New York Times'', 2 January 2000</ref> Lisa S. Starks reads the film as a revisionist horror film and feels that Taymor is herself part of the process of twentieth century re-evaluation of the play: "In adapting a play that has traditionally evoked critical condemnation, Taymor calls into question that judgement, thereby opening up the possibility for new readings and considerations of the play within the Shakespeare canon."<ref>Starks (2002: 122)</ref>

''William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus'', directed by Richard Griffin and starring Nigel Gore as Titus, Zoya Pierson as Tamora, Kevin Butler as Aaron and Molly Lloyd as Lavinia, was released direct to video in 2000. Shot on [[DV (video format)|DV]] in and around [[Providence, Rhode Island]] with a budget of $12,000, the film is set in a modern business milieu. Saturninus is a corporate head who has inherited a company from his father, and the Goths feature as contemporary [[Goth subculture|goths]].<ref>Courtney Lehmann, "Film Adaptations: What is a Film Adaptation? or, ''Shakespeare du jour''", in Richard Burt (ed.), ''Shakespeares After Shakespeare: An Encyclopaedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture, Volume One'' (Westport: Greenwood Press, 2006), 130</ref>

In 2017, ''Titus Andronicus'' was adapted as ''[[The Hungry]]'' by director Bornilla Chatterjee set in contemporary New Delhi, India.<ref>{{cite AV media|people=Chatterjee, Bornila (director), Naseeruddin Shah, Tisca Chopra, Neeraj Kabi (actors)|title=The Hungry|date=2017-09-07|url=<!--IMDb is not a reliable source|access-date=2018-04-20-->}}</ref> It stars [[Naseeruddin Shah]] as Tathagat Ahuja (representing Titus), [[Tisca Chopra]] as Tulsi Joshi (representing Tamora), [[Neeraj Kabi]] as Arun Kumar (Aaron) and [[Sayani Gupta]] as Loveleen Ahuja (Lavinia).{{primary source inline|date=April 2023}}