The Filmed Legacy Of... MacBeth!

[Ian Jane]

Coming from Kino on 6/11/24.

Something wicked this way comes in Orson Welles's cinematic retelling of William Shakespeare's immortal classic. The larger-than-life Welles (Citizen Kane, The Lady from Shanghai, Othello, Touch of Evil) adapts, produces, directs and stars as the titular Scottish lord who is tragically undone by his own vaulting ambition.

Welles's noir-tinged interpretation bubbles over with supernatural prophecy and murderous intrigue, effectively mixing the use of shadow and oblique camera angles (courtesy of cinematographer John L. Russell, Psycho) to achieve an ominous sense of a land in peril. Co-starring Dan O'Herlihy (Robinson Crusoe), Roddy McDowall (Planet of the Apes), Alan Napier (TV's Batman) and Jeanette Nolan (The Big Heat) in her stunning film debut as Lady Macbeth, this iconic Mercury Production of The Scottish Play is an altogether stark and singular vision.

This 2-disc Special Edition includes both the original 1948 119-minute cut, replete with overture/exit music and affected Highland burrs, and the 1950 pared-down 85-minute re-release which excised most of the accented dialogue.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

4K RESTORATION BY PARAMOUNT PICTURES (2022)
TWO VERSIONS OF THE FILM: the 1948 119-Minutes Roadshow Edition and the 1950 Pared-Down 85-Minute Re-Release
NEW Audio Commentary by Novelist and Critic Tim Lucas
Audio Commentary by Orson Welles Biographer Joseph McBride
Welles and Shakespeare: 2016 Interview with Michael Anderegg (11:56)
That Was Orson Welles: 2016 Interview with Legendary Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich (9:49)
Restoring Macbeth: 2016 Interview with Robert Gitt (8:22)
Free Republic: Herbert J. Yates and the Story of Republic Pictures: 2016 interview with archivist Marc Wanamaker (6:32)
Optional English Subtitles

[JLG]

this gave me a chuckle

"At best, The Tragedy of Macbeth feels like a vanity project where a director trying to please his wife a role she always wanted to play (for 15 years apparently). It also gives a clue to which Coen might be a Garfunkel of the duo."

https://screenanarchy.com/2021/09/ne...eally-nec.html

[George Barry]

Scheduled For Release December 25th

Merry Christmas 2021 Ho, Ho, Ho

[George Barry]

Now Free On Tubi Complete (With Ads)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4717422/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1

[George Barry]

Verdi's Macbeth (2014)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4127164...nm_flmg_msdp_6
Good production, I thought
Available at Met Opera On Demand https://www.metopera.org/Season/On-Demand/
Also on DVD and Blu-Ray

[agent999]

Anyone familiar with this? I have to admit, I'm curious....

https://www.amazon.de/Dario-Argento-...bluraycom04-21

"This score undoubtedly marks an important turning point in Verdi's operatic writing, because it brings to the foreground the characters' introspective, psychological aspect, which would be the fundamental feature of most of the maestro's later creations. This recording documents the production staged at Novara's Teatro Coccia during the 2013-2014 season, with Dario Argento tackling for the rst time the direction of an opera. Verdi's masterpiece was not new to the director from Rome, who had used it as backdrop for his 1987 lm Opera, set at the Teatro Regio in Parma, indeed during a staging of Macbeth. From the master of thriller and horror one could only expect a direction in line with his previous lm-making background, and from that point of view, this Macbeth does not fail expectations, with its bloody, indeed gory scenes; they are, at any rate, consistent with the dark and brutal character of Shakespeare's tragedy. But aside from all of that, Dario Argento's direction reveals extraordinarily theatrical qualities, greatly enhanced by the conducting of Giuseppe Sabbatini who, on the podium, takes tempos that fit perfectly the unrolling of the drama. "

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Looks like that German Blu-ray has English subs.

Somehow this thread passed me by.

Yes, I've seen it. I know sod all about opera, but I found it quite interesting. However, it's nothing like the Macbeth scenes in Opera. There's plenty of goofy theatrical blood but I couldn't pass judgement on whether it's actually a good opera or not.

[Ian Jane]

A bit more updated info here.

https://collider.com/denzel-washingt...s-ingram-cast/

[Ian Jane]

Joel Coen has a Macbeth movie in the works to star Frances McDormand and Denzel Washington.

https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/...nces-mcdormand

[Ian Jane]

Anyone familiar with this? I have to admit, I'm curious....

https://www.amazon.de/Dario-Argento-...bluraycom04-21

"This score undoubtedly marks an important turning point in Verdi's operatic writing, because it brings to the foreground the characters' introspective, psychological aspect, which would be the fundamental feature of most of the maestro's later creations. This recording documents the production staged at Novara's Teatro Coccia during the 2013-2014 season, with Dario Argento tackling for the rst time the direction of an opera. Verdi's masterpiece was not new to the director from Rome, who had used it as backdrop for his 1987 lm Opera, set at the Teatro Regio in Parma, indeed during a staging of Macbeth. From the master of thriller and horror one could only expect a direction in line with his previous lm-making background, and from that point of view, this Macbeth does not fail expectations, with its bloody, indeed gory scenes; they are, at any rate, consistent with the dark and brutal character of Shakespeare's tragedy. But aside from all of that, Dario Argento's direction reveals extraordinarily theatrical qualities, greatly enhanced by the conducting of Giuseppe Sabbatini who, on the podium, takes tempos that fit perfectly the unrolling of the drama. "



Looks like that German Blu-ray has English subs.

[The Silly Swede]

I liked Coriolanus more then this new MacBeth. In that one, they at least acted like one acts in films. MacBeth was plagued by theatre style acting. Great cinematography though, it looked gorgeous. But pretentious as hell and stale as well, cause of the style of acting and line delivery.

[Paul L]

I quite liked CORIOLANUS by Ralph Fiennes with Gerald Butler, Brian Cox, Jessia Chastain and Vanessa Graves. As you can imagine with that cast the dialogue is delivered well and the updating of the era doesn't feel forced. Always helps that this is one of the more violent and profane plays by Shakespeare.

CORIOLANUS is very good. In terms up updated adaptations of Shakespeare's plays, aside from the cultural translations (eg, Kurosawa's THRONE OF BLOOD), I've always liked Michael Almereyda's HAMLET. I can't deny the pleasures of FORBIDDEN PLANET either, to be honest.

[Randy G]

Heard good things. Fassbender is always a pleasure to watch and I've heard that most of the supporting cast are Scottish which should add to it.

I quite liked CORIOLANUS by Ralph Fiennes with Gerald Butler, Brian Cox, Jessia Chastain and Vanessa Graves. As you can imagine with that cast the dialogue is delivered well and the updating of the era doesn't feel forced. Always helps that this is one of the more violent and profane plays by Shakespeare.

Certainly a much better adaptation than the disappointing TITUS which bungled his most violent and horrorific plays. The film should have been approached as a horror film not the typically overblown poor man's Ken Russell squib we got from the director.

[Paul L]

Saw this new one in the arthouse Cinema actually. Pretentious, boring drivel. Why everyone has such a fucking boner for Shakespeare I will never understand.

Well, as MACBETH proves, he gave good head...

[The Silly Swede]

Saw this new one in the arthouse Cinema actually. Pretentious, boring drivel. Why everyone has such a fucking boner for Shakespeare I will never understand.

[Ian Jane]

Anchor Bay is putting this one out on Blu-ray 3/8/16....