lady macbeth is a girlboss i said what i said
Directed by Roman Polanski
A dark, atmospheric war film.
Scotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless ambition of his wife, warlord Macbeth, bold and brave, but also weak and hesitant, betrays his good king and his brothers in arms and sinks into the bloody mud of a path with no return, sown with crime and suspicion.
Macbeth is showing in 1 cinema in London - next screening Sunday 25 October at 19:30 at The Chiswick Cinema.
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lady macbeth is a girlboss i said what i said
The nastiest adaptation of the nastiest Shakespeare play. Macbeth looks crazy not for wanted to be a king above all else, but for wanting to be king of this fetid shit pit.
Foiled by the ol' "born of woman" loophole. The oldest trick in the book.As everyone knows, this is the dark and violent movie Polanski made after Sharon Tate's murder. It's impossible to think that the Manson killings didn't directly inspire the merciless way Polanski handles the killing of Macduff's family here, no matter how much he discourages this sort of 1:1 comparison. I remembered that scene well from my last viewing many years ago, but had forgotten the extent to which death and violence permeate the rest of the movie. For example, there's a scene early on where Macbeth walks past a hanged man in the background, and neither he nor the movie really bat an eye. Polanski's The Pianist is similarly matter-of-fact in its presentation of a nonstop barrage of atrocities and horrors. The violence in both movies is depicted with total moral seriousness, but also as just an all-pervading fact of life in their grim worlds. I sense that this is a perspective that was instilled in Polanski at a young age.
Scotland in the eleventh century serves as the backdrop for a warlord who betrays his king and seizes the throne after receiving a dark prophecy from three witches.
Roman Polanski directed the 1971 film adaptation, known for its gritty and visceral approach to Shakespeare.
The film received recognition for its costume design, winning two BAFTA Awards.
