Macbeth (1948) | |
| Director(s) | Orson Welles |
| Producer(s) | Richard Wilson (associate), Charles K. Feldman (executive uncredited), Orson Welles (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Based on Play |
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Macbeth (1948) was a Drama - Film Adaptation Film directed by Orson Welles and produced by Orson Welles, Charles K. Feldman and Richard Wilson.
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Siberian Lady Macbeth (1962)
By Beatrice on Sep 21, 2017 From Flickers in TimeSiberian Lady Macbeth Directed by Andrzej Wajda Written by Sveta Lukic, story by Nikolai Leskov from a play by William Shakespeare 1962/Yugoslavia Avala Film First viewing/Netflix rental This is more like The Postman Always Rings Twice than Macbeth but doesn’t work all that well as either... Read full article
Criterion: Macbeth
By Aaron West on Oct 8, 2014 From Criterion BluesOct 8 Posted by aaronwest MACBETH, ROMAN POLANSKI, 1971 This entry will be a little different. I won?t try to establish and discuss the major themes of this work. Scholars, far smarter, more educated, and better read than I, have been exploring Shakespeare for centuries. Plenty of ink has been pri... Read full article
Criterion: Macbeth
By Aaron West on Oct 8, 2014 From Criterion BluesOct 8 Posted by aaronwest MACBETH, ROMAN POLANSKI, 1971 This entry will be a little different. I won?t try to establish and discuss the major themes of this work. Scholars, far smarter, more educated, and better read than I, have been exploring Shakespeare for centuries. Plenty of ink has been pri... Read full article
Criterion: Macbeth
By Aaron West on Oct 8, 2014 From Criterion BluesOct 8 Posted by aaronwest MACBETH, ROMAN POLANSKI, 1971 This entry will be a little different. I won?t try to establish and discuss the major themes of this work. Scholars, far smarter, more educated, and better read than I, have been exploring Shakespeare for centuries. Plenty of ink has been pri... Read full article
Orson Welles’ Macbeth (1948)
By Judy on Sep 12, 2010 From Movie ClassicsOrson Welles I’ve been meaning to write some more postings about Shakespeare films I’ve seen, but haven’t got round to it and my memories of some of them are starting to fade, so I’m going to do some brief capsule reviews instead of my usual epics – I’m looking to... Read full article
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Quotes from
Macbeth: Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day; to the last syllable of recorded time; and all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow; a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Macduff: Stands Scotland where it did?
A Holy Father: Alas, poor country, almost afraid to know itself. It cannot be called our mother, but our grave...
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Judith Anderson, who had achieved great personal success as Lady Macbeth onstage opposite Maurice Evans, was one of the few actresses that Orson Welles did not test for the role. He wanted a seductive Lady Macbeth, and tried to get Vivien Leigh for the role, but Laurence Olivier, Leigh's then-husband, refused permission.
Orson Welles assigned some of the lines spoken by characters in the play to different characters in the film. He invented the character "A Holy Father" for the film to emphasize what he believed was the struggle between religion and witchcraft in the play, and many of Ross' lines in the play are spoken by the Holy Father. The very minor character of the Old Man was omitted from the film, and his lines were also given to the Holy Father. Welles also gave Lady Macduff an extra speech which William Shakespeare had assigned to another character.
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