Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Macbeth is a tale of power, greed and murder. Set in Scotland during the period known as The Wars of Scottish Independence against England, this play follows the story of King Duncan of Scotland who has three sons: Malcolm, Donalbane and Fleance.
The “the tragedy of macbeth” is a play written by William Shakespeare. It is a story about the downfall of Macbeth, who becomes king and then murders his way to power.
REVIEW OF THE MOVIE – Macbeth is Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy, dating from the early 17th century. This time, director and screenwriter Joel Coen has teamed up with his wife, Frances McDormand, to work on the film adaptation without his brother Ethan. Lady Macbeth is great, as is the other primary character, Macbeth, played by Denzel Washington: a strong warrior who covets the throne and, very literally, becomes bloodshot in the process.
Anyone who doubts Joel Coen’s desire to adapt one of Shakespeare’s most renowned and brutal plays hasn’t seen many of his films. The material’s satirical view on human nature seems to suit the criteria well on the surface. But, as Coen, who created the screenplay based on the play, understands, the play is actually about what drives people to do bad things.
Murderers are attracted to opportunities.
Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand’s portrayals of a dashing Scottish commander and his wife, whose fantasies of grandeur transform them into killers, provide a new perspective to the subject. When these people are performed by performers who are beyond middle age – nearly past the point where they can gain any pleasure from the authority, much alone the fortune they have amassed – their desperation becomes the focal focus. This is their last opportunity. They don’t want to die as a supporting figure, satisfied to wear the halo of grandeur they may have become. They’re terrifying, intriguing, and disturbingly human—like an old Bonnie and Clyde, eager to go to any length for their “glory” and power.
The colors black and white
The video begins with crows hovering in an alabaster sky — the exquisite and retro-feeling black-and-white images are the work of cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel. Denzel Washington’s Macbeth and his right-hand man Banquo (Bertie Carvel) are travelling across a sand-covered moonscape, recounting a recent victory, when they come upon a vision: a monster we’ve previously seen. Kathryn Hunter, who plays an immensely elastic, frightening gnome who can fit a severed thumb between her flexible toes, plays all three witches in the scenario. She talks in hushed tones, as if her voice had been scraped raw by years of sand passing through an hourglass. His early presence in the picture, paradoxically, both slows down and speeds up the action. He is the point beyond which there is no way back.
Coen portrays him as a threefold mirage to us and Macbeth. Macbeth progressively acts out his prophesy – that he will be king – and writes it down in a letter to his wife, Lady Macbeth, portrayed by McDormand. As he travels along a minimalist hallway lined with tall candlesticks, one of which produces the flame with which he burns the letter, sending it flying out a window into the night like an abandoned planet, she anxiously reads it. It has such a bright future that it is already on fire.
Why?
Why is it that adaptations are so popular – notably in the case of Macbeth, which has been reimagined on film more than two dozen times -? In other situations, the primary motivation is to modernize – to showcase yet another great drama that has been updated for the current day. The solution seems to be straightforward: Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, two theatre-trained giants whose age and “world-weariness” heighten Macbeth’s and Lady Macbeth’s sense of urgency when the royal title eludes them. Unlike earlier films about the younger Cawdor Thanes, this one revolves on two characters whose time is running out and who would go to any length to gain power.
Macbeth’s blood-soaked attempts to fulfill a prophesy to steal the throne of Scotland — the murder of King Duncan (Donald Gleeson) – fluctuate between despair and indifference when he hears of the prophecy. This couple, nearing the end of their life and having previously gone through so much for so little, would rather go out with a bang among the survivors. What do they have to lose, after all?
Of course, as we’ve known for hundreds of years from the play, this ambitious desire is crushed, and tragedy hits.
Joel is a work of art in and of himself, but he is not for everyone.
Although this is Joel’s first picture without his brother Ethan, it is a conceptual work that owes its existence to their four-decade filmmaking career. In many respects, Macbeth seems like another of the brother and sister flicks, following individuals who commit crimes, conceal evidence, and strive to elude punishment until it inevitably catches up with them.
Not everyone will like Macbeth on Apple TV+. It’s one thing to see a famous Shakespeare play at the theater, but it’s quite another to see a subtitled film version of the basically faster-paced play. The subtitles are a famous translation of Shakespeare’s original, archaic text, which is no little feat to read continually in the absence of dubbing. Viewers used to traditional arthouse films may prefer the black-and-white, 4:3 aspect ratio. The performances of the two major characters, on the other hand, are outstanding. The film’s distinctive, eerie atmosphere is an excellent depiction of a narrative of crazy, twisted hunger for power, and terrible corruption, which is sadly very uncommon in our nation.
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REVIEW – Macbeth is Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy, dating from the early 17th century. This time, director and screenwriter Joel Coen has teamed up with his wife, Frances McDormand, to work on the film adaptation without his brother Ethan. Lady Macbeth is great, as is the other primary character, Macbeth, played by Denzel Washington: a strong warrior who covets the throne and, very literally, becomes bloodshot in the process. Anyone who doubts Joel Coen’s desire to adapt one of Shakespeare’s most renowned and brutal plays hasn’t seen many of his films. On the…
Macbeth’s Tragedy – A Tragedy of Madness, Sick Power Lust, and Murderous Corruption
Macbeth’s Tragedy – A Tragedy of Madness, Sick Power Lust, and Murderous Corruption
2022-01-17
Gergely Herpai (BadSector)
Not everyone will like Macbeth on Apple TV+. The film’s distinctive, immensely gloomy mood is a fantastic depiction of a narrative of lunacy, twisted hunger for power, and homicidal corruption, which is sadly not an uncommon scenario in our society. The two major characters’ performances are nothing short of outstanding.
8.2 Direction
Actors have an average rating of 8.4 out of ten.
9.2 for the story
8.2 for visuals
8.5 for ambiance
8.5
EXCELLENT
Not everyone will like Macbeth on Apple TV+. The film’s distinctive, immensely gloomy mood is a fantastic depiction of a narrative of lunacy, twisted hunger for power, and homicidal corruption, which is sadly not an uncommon scenario in our society. The two major characters’ performances are nothing short of outstanding.
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