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And welcome to talking movies. im tom brooks. in todays programme, the new york film festival, one of my favourite autumnal cultural events, bringing great cinema to new york city. a highlight of this year, the opening night film, a new adaptation of macbeth starring frances mcdormand and denzel washington. we hope that people enjoy it and respond to it and well see what happens. macbeth, the so—called scottish play, has been adopted into more than 25 different movies. we look at those that ma...

His significant revisions to the text, including the reordering of scenes and the cutting of dialogue, angered critics, and the film was not considered a success. hail macbeth! over the years, others have tried their hand at it. roman polanski made a well—regarded version in 1971 that featured more on—screen violence than previous iterations. it makes me sick how they use you. you do everything, they do nothing. the american independent film boom of the 1990s produced two gritty modern—day...

Film a fresh interpretation of macbeth called the tragedy of macbeth, starring denzel washington and frances mcdormand. the world premiere of this new macbeth definitely created excitement. the film was shot in black and white on a los angeles soundstage. it all unfolds artfully within a hermetically sealed world. directorjoel coen, working solo without his brother for the first time in his career, has certainly created a visually striking movie. but its his actors who bring it to life, his wife...

And some great documentaries, one using animation to chronicle the plight of an afghan refugee fleeing the taliban 25 years ago. and the other, a portrait of the influential new york rock band formed in the 1960s, the velvet underground. like almost every british schoolchild of my generation, i had the works of william shakespeare thrown at me. but i have to admit, the only play of his that i received with a massive amount ofjoy was macbeth. i think i really understood the drama of it all, and o...

Closely to the language and the wording of the tragedy of macbeth, but its refreshed in a certain way, refreshed with some of the people that are acting on screen, working behind the camera. this new macbeth won some great reviews and talk of possible oscar nominations for its leads, it was really seen as quite fine cinema. whats striking about this film is that it really turns shakespeare into something cinematic. it looks like a german expressionism film or something made by carl theodore drey...

Sort of murderous course of the play, but who is explicitly conscious about what is happening. so hes like an observer of his own process of being dehumanised, and he reflects on that consciously at the end of the play. so that extraordinary, large story arc, which is intimate and powerful and devastating, as we see him reflecting on the what—might—have—been of his life, is actually highly amenable material for cinematic treatment, that can get very close to that. just a stones throw from ...

If you pay attention to them, have a real meaning that they convey, even if its only reaching the audience subliminally. sincejoel coen�*s the tragedy of macbeth has onlyjust premiered amidst the hurly—burly of the new york film festival, its not yet known if it will be received as the definitive english—language version that cinema has thus far lacked — although some scholars think were better off without one. with these stories that we have like macbeth, that belong to all of us, its w...

I think i really understood the drama of it all, and over the years, lines from that play have stayed with me, "vaulting ambition that oerleaps itself and falls on the other," and of course lady macbeth uttering "out, damn spot." so i was very pleased when i heard that this year the new york film festival was having as its opening night film a fresh interpretation of macbeth called the tragedy of macbeth, starring denzel washington and frances mcdormand. the world premiere of this new macbeth de...

Thriller, titane, this years big winner at the cannes film festival, came to new york with its director and star. i told myself, pretend youre doing a little show. this is a weird show, butjust have fun with it. there were many festival films with great performances, a real stand—out, benedict cumberbatch in the power of the dog. and some great documentaries, one using animation to chronicle the plight of an afghan refugee fleeing the taliban 25 years ago. and the other, a portrait of the infl...

To modern audiences. and instead you get, you know, a film vocabulary that makes a lot of sense, and kurosawa is of course a very controlling director, and some of the things he does in the movie just with framing, the angles of the shots, juxtapositions of characters and the sort of triangles that he sets up, they almost always, if you pay attention to them, have a real meaning that they convey, even if its only reaching the audience subliminally. sincejoel coen�*s the tragedy of macbeth has ...