Macbeth
by Roman Polanski
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Actor: Francesca Annis, John Stride, Jon Finch, Martin Shaw, Terence BaylerDirector: Roman Polanski
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0; English (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 140 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-05-07
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Macbeth
Movie Review: Horrible
Summary: 1 Stars
I wathced this movie expecting it to be great becasue of all tne good reviews. I maybe to young (27) but this film was very slow hard to understand and very boring. The fight scene at the end looked so cheesy that it made me laugh hystericaly. Its not that I dont like old movies because I do. But this movie was just plain BAD. Although the story was interesting, I think that this film should be revisited and should be improved.
Summary of Macbeth
Roman Polanski's adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy remains one of the most infamous for a number of reasons: the copious amounts of bloody gore, its expert use of location settings (filmed in North Wales), and Lady Macbeth's nude sleepwalking scene. Despite its notoriety, though, this does remain one of the more compelling film adaptations of the Scottish tragedy, if one of the more pessimistic takes on the story of Macbeth and his overreaching ambition. If you think the play is normally a bit of a downer, you haven't seen Polanski's bleak version of it, made in reaction to the murder of his wife, Sharon Tate, by the Manson "family." Jon Finch (Hitchcock's Frenzy) is an forceful Macbeth, bringing out the Scot's warrior instincts, and Francesca Annis is a memorable Lady Macbeth, but the main thrust of the film belongs to Polanski's and noted British playwright and critic Kenneth Tynan's take on the play: extremely violent, nihilistic, and visceral; this is down-in-the-dirt, no-holds-barred Shakespeare, not fussy costume drama. Pay close attention to the end, a silent coda that puts a chilling twist on all the action that has come beforehand and foreshadows more tragedy to come. --Mark EnglehartDrama DVD Video
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