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My Easy Marketplace - Macbeth (1971)
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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, Terence Bayler, John Stride
Directed By: Roman Polanski
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302424881
Format: Color
ISBN: 6302424887
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: 1994-06-28
Running Time: 140
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1971-10-13
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Summary: Finch is amazing!
Comment: This is Jon Finch's greatest film role, and he may well be the best actor ever to prance around soliloquizing MacBeth that ever was.
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Summary: Mr. Yochum's Senior English Class
Comment: Being a bit of a film fanatic, I was expecting from Polanski an excellently directed interpretation of Shakespeare's classic tragedy. Fortunately, this famous director fully delivered. Besides the success of direction, I also believe that the cinematography, location, and art direction were very well done.
All in all, I thought this film was a generally captivating version of the play, but I believe there was an occasional scene that was in need of an editing eye. Shakepeare's classic soliloquies are obviously acceptable in the plays themselves, but if given the opportunity to portray emotions more clearly through cinema, I think the writers or director should have taken more advantage of the chance.
I would definitely recommend this film to any Shakespeare, Polanski, or just basic retro film fans. (not to mention 12 grade english classes)
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Summary: Mr. Yochum's Senior English Class
Comment: After reading the play, I was looking forward to watching the movie, thinking that maybe it would change my mind about the play. However, it didn't turn out to be what I expected. The movie made it hard for me to stay awake during class. I thought that the scene where the forest came towards Macbeth was portrayed poorly. I could barely tell that they were trees that the soldiers were carrying. Also, the fighting scene at the end was very unrealistic, which disappointed me because it was the scene I was looking forward to the most. This scene was not suspenseful, it was just amusing. I feel that the director could have taken more time to make the movie more believable. Although parts of the movie were not portrayed as clearly as the play, I did enjoy some parts of it. I would advise you not to buy the movie due to the fact that it is way over priced.
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Summary: Mr. Yochum's Senior English Class
Comment: I was excited to watch this interpretation of Macbeth, but was greatly disappointed. The acting was awful. The actors were either too dramatic or weren't into the action enough. It seemed to me that they didn't care at all about what they were doing. If you want a version of Macbeth that goes basically hand in hand with the play than this is it. I enjoy movies better when directors put twists and change up how things happen instead of leaving them exactly how they are in the play. Another thing, they stuck exactly to the text in the play. They didn't adapt it into any sort of modern English or put a twist on it or anything. All in all, this movie was a disgrace to Shakespeare's play and to directors everywhere.
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Summary: Amanda Caldwell-enrichment
Comment: Mr. Yochum's Senior English Class
I think that this movie version of Macbeth just did not live up to my expectations. I thought that Polanski's version was quite boring to say the least. Not that it depicted the play badly but the characters were poorly picked and didn't act very well. I did like the bloody fight scene between Macbeth and Macduff in the end. However, it sort of made me laugh more than anything. Although, the acting wasn't quite up to par, the motif of hands was still used just like in the play. I think Polanski followed Shakespeare's metaphorical use of hand imagery well here by showing the scene with Lady Macbeth sleep walking. Maybe I am to young to judge such a old classic but overall i thought it was pretty cheesy.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Roman Polanski's adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy remains one of the most infamous for a number of reasons: the copious amounts of bloody gore, its expert use of location settings (filmed in North Wales), and Lady Macbeth's nude sleepwalking scene. Despite its notoriety, though, this does remain one of the more compelling film adaptations of the Scottish tragedy, if one of the more pessimistic takes on the story of Macbeth and his overreaching ambition. If you think the play is normally a bit of a downer, you haven't seen Polanski's bleak version of it, made in reaction to the murder of his wife, Sharon Tate, by the Manson "family." Jon Finch (Hitchcock's Frenzy) is an forceful Macbeth, bringing out the Scot's warrior instincts, and Francesca Annis is a memorable Lady Macbeth, but the main thrust of the film belongs to Polanski's and noted British playwright and critic Kenneth Tynan's take on the play: extremely violent, nihilistic, and visceral; this is down-in-the-dirt, no-holds-barred Shakespeare, not fussy costume drama. Pay close attention to the end, a silent coda that puts a chilling twist on all the action that has come beforehand and foreshadows more tragedy to come. --Mark Englehart
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