Macbeth (1948)
Country: US
Technical: bw 89m
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy
Synopsis:
The Thane of Cawdor has his ambition pricked by three witches and is spurred on to regicide by his wife.
Review:
Murky soundstages and absurd Scottish accents mar this curate's egg of a film, appreciation of which also depends on one's opinion of Welles's verse reading. Compression of the action into a unity of place schema is not always convenient, but there are interesting changes to the text and the murder of MacDuff's family is given the same effectively chaotic treatment as the battle in Chimes at Midnight.
Country: US
Technical: bw 89m
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy
Synopsis:
The Thane of Cawdor has his ambition pricked by three witches and is spurred on to regicide by his wife.
Review:
Murky soundstages and absurd Scottish accents mar this curate's egg of a film, appreciation of which also depends on one's opinion of Welles's verse reading. Compression of the action into a unity of place schema is not always convenient, but there are interesting changes to the text and the murder of MacDuff's family is given the same effectively chaotic treatment as the battle in Chimes at Midnight.
Country: US
Technical: bw 89m
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy
Synopsis:
The Thane of Cawdor has his ambition pricked by three witches and is spurred on to regicide by his wife.
Review:
Murky soundstages and absurd Scottish accents mar this curate's egg of a film, appreciation of which also depends on one's opinion of Welles's verse reading. Compression of the action into a unity of place schema is not always convenient, but there are interesting changes to the text and the murder of MacDuff's family is given the same effectively chaotic treatment as the battle in Chimes at Midnight.