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Macbeth Reviews

  • Lola 2022-07-04 23:48:38

    Expressionist Works by Orson Welles

      Is it the temptation of a witch? Is it his wife's instigation? A victim of that politically chaotic age? Or the loser in the battle between good and evil in his own humanity? Or both? What was the tragedy of Macbeth and his wife's life? It seems that Shakespeare didn't want to tell us a definite...

  • Kailyn 2022-07-04 21:41:21

    Shakespeare's film debut

    Orson Welles begins his Shakespeare trilogy with Macbeth. "Macbeth" makes Welles rediscover that he still enjoys his freedom and his own genius in full. As Jean Cocteau said of the film - "Orson Welles' Macbeth has a raw, unruly force. His actors are in some fantastic subway tunnel. Wandering...

  • Pietro 2022-07-04 15:45:45

    Thought-provoking tragic characters

           Macbeth, a general who has experienced military exploits, a duke who is under one person and more than ten thousand. Believing too much in the witches' words turned a brave and righteous general into a murderous, self-tortured king. With the instigation of his wife, Macbeth killed an...

  • Sammy 2022-07-04 12:07:57

    About "Spider's Nest" and "Macbeth"

    After watching Akira Kurosawa's movie "Spider's Nest", I have always felt that there is something less than the original "Macbeth". It was not until I recently watched "Macbeth" adapted by Orson Welles that I seemed to understand a little bit. .

    Shakespeare's handling of the plot and narrative of...

  • Ellen 2022-07-04 10:55:36

    Life is but a walking shadow

    Macbeth Act 5, scene 5, 19–28 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 is but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and...