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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 stone's throw from where joel coen�*s new macbeth recently premiered is the delacorte theatre in central park, which for more than 60 years has provided free shakespeare performances for audiences. and while shakespeare is widely considered the pre—eminent master of the english language, macbeth has actually inspired its share of international adaptations. it's...

Over the decades there have been numerous interpretations and adaptations of macbeth from different filmmakers, from kurosawa to polanski and many more. noah gittell has been looking back at cinema history to see how filmmakers have staged the so—called scottish play in the past. you know your own degrees. orson welles directed and starred in the first significant adaptation of macbeth in 19118. a macabre interpretation, welles�* film featured a grisly execution scene not found in the original play. his significant revisions to the text, including the reordering of scenes and the cutting o...

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 over the years, lines from that play have stayed with me, "vaulting ambition that o'erleaps 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 tr...

A new adaptation of macbeth starring frances mcdormand and denzel washington. we hope that people enjoy it and respond to it and we'll see what happens. macbeth, the so—called scottish play, has been adopted into more than 25 different movies. we look at those that made an impact. a shocking body horror thriller, titane, this year's big winner at the cannes film festival, came to new york with its director and star. i told myself, pretend you're 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, ben...

Career, has certainly created a visually striking movie. but it's his actors who bring it to life, his wife frances mcdormand as lady macbeth and denzel washington as macbeth, two leads at the forefront of a large ensemble of well—rehearsed american, british and irish actors. we got a chance to rehearse it like a play, well, we actually started working, fran and i and joel, i don't know, a year out, we started reading and sitting down and rehearsing it, but then the company rehearsed for about a month before we started shooting. as the director of the new york film festival told me, audience...