In my opinion, this is the best film adaptation of MacBeth, and its one of the ten best Shakespeare films ever made. Polanski did a really good job in turning the play into a movie, and he really added to the spooky atmosphere, without losing any of the story points. The witch scenes are really pungent, and the last sword fights of FInch/MacBeth are simply first rate.
I saw this film 40 years ago when I was 14. It is my favorite film. This is the finest adaptation of William Shakespeare to cinema. Jon Finch is absolutely brilliant.
+Jimmy King Glad to read it! I was about 16, and it become one of my fave films for a lifetime too. (With eg. The Last Valley (James Clavell.) To compare with the new Macbeth movie: Polanski won to 66:1. P,s Macbeth is the perfect, (authentic mediavel enviroment, great perfomance of actors) adaptation of - to me - the best king drama of Shakespeare. Greetings from Hungary:)
@@bev9708 We have to remember also, that it was made shortly after Polanski's pregnant wife, Sharon Tate, was murdered by the Manson Family, so we can see the parallels in here.
I always thought that this was polanski channelling his nihilistic pain from the sharon tate murders straight into film. There are a lot of abortions and matricide in this movie; lady macbeth being unsexed and committing suicide, macduff's children being murdered, macduff himself being 'untimely ripped' from his mother's womb. And there is corruption, putrefaction. I love this movie; it really gets the 11th century right. Everything is damp and cold, the murders are up close and personal, and life is cheap. Overall one of the best shakespeare adaptations ever.
As Francesca Annis said: “Jon Finch was brilliant and charismatic.” He was the perfect actor to play Macbeth, and Roman Polanski was the perfect director to make arguably the greatest Shakespearean play that ever made it to the “big screen.” I’ve tried to imagine any other actors or directors capable of making a film version of ‘Macbeth’ superior to the film Jon Finch and Roman Polanski collaborated on and I always reach the conclusion: Impossible.
@Kitty Kelly It was a movie presented to the public as being 'real life'. Many news stories are actually hoaxes, Roman directed it. That's why one of the female victims was named 'Rosemary'. He had just directed Rosemarys Baby. The Mansons were actors and that is why they all look attractive. The news is really a form of 'psy-op' (psychological operation) created by the government. I recommend you watch the 1997 film, "Wag The Dog" - it shows how they create news.
I'm not a fan of Polanski as a person, but this version of Macbeth is in the top three or four adaptations following Orson Welles' Macbeth and Kurosawa' Throne of Blood. The Coen Macbeth on Apple TV might be better, but I have yet to see it.
As usual, Mr Polanski makes enormously intelligent comments. The one about Lady Macbeth's not being the fourth witch is extraordinarily to the point. IMHO Kurosawa's Macbeth is the best, and Polanski's a definite No. 2. One would wish he'd adapted more Shakespeare plays.
John Boorman’s Excalibur? Maybe.. But Boorman was also a contemporary of Polanski and already made Point Blank and Hell in the Pacific before Macbeth was made. I’m not saying Macbeth was influenced by those Boorman films. They are just two excellent directors who were both children of their time: where gritty violence, and a mysterious and poetic kind of vibe were kind of popular.
In this movie Polanski included a disturbing scene involving a bear in a cage and then the same bear dragged away after being used for bear baiting. The fact that he dislikes animals and enjoys tormenting them is proved in the book Chaos where an actress claimed he deliberately tormented her dog by throwing a brick in a swimming pool so the dog would try to retrieve it. In his recent movie The Palace he denigrated animals and those who care for them. In 2020 there were protests at the Cesar awards when he won best director, and a young actress walked out in protest, due to Polanski having drugged and raped a 13 year old girl in 1977. Since that time there have been other allegations against him. With the Me Too Movement his past has caught up with him and his behaviour can no longer be excused because he is an acclaimed movie director. I have seen only 3 of his movies, Tess (which I enjoyed), Macbeth and Bitter Moon. His movies have a negative and destructive energy. ruclips.net/video/ZzpCU0q1ElI/видео.html
@@sha11235 I think the comment is in relation to the murder of his wife and unborn child by the Manson family, how did he bring himself to film them. This was the film he made after the murders.
In my opinion, this is the best film adaptation of MacBeth, and its one of the ten best Shakespeare films ever made.
Polanski did a really good job in turning the play into a movie, and he really added to the spooky atmosphere, without losing any of the story points. The witch scenes are really pungent, and the last sword fights of FInch/MacBeth are simply first rate.
Agreed, definitely the best Macbeth
Roman had such great artistic sensibility, despite his other issues.
I like his films, but how does he pull the hot women?
Onmysheet From their mothers grasp apparently...
Totally agree. Amazing director, utter doucebag of a human being.
Don't fucking tiptoe around it, you Americans, tell it straight as it happened. And not one detail left unrevealed.
R.I.P. Jon Finch. One of the greatest Shakespearean actors!
Damn straight. Great in Hitchcock's Frenzy too. Shame he didn't make many films.
@@AllenbysEyes He was supposed to have Jon Hurt's role in Alien if I recall
@@mooville32 Yes, but he had a diabetic attack when they started shooting it.
I saw this film 40 years ago when I was 14. It is my favorite film. This is the finest adaptation of William Shakespeare to cinema. Jon Finch is absolutely brilliant.
+Jimmy King Glad to read it! I was about 16, and it become one of my fave films for a lifetime too. (With eg. The Last Valley (James Clavell.) To compare with the new Macbeth movie: Polanski won to 66:1. P,s Macbeth is the perfect, (authentic mediavel enviroment, great perfomance of actors) adaptation of - to me - the best king drama of Shakespeare. Greetings from Hungary:)
Same for me!!! It had an overwhelming effect on me at that young age and I cried for hours after because I totally fell in love while watching it!
@@bev9708 We have to remember also, that it was made shortly after Polanski's pregnant wife, Sharon Tate, was murdered by the Manson Family, so we can see the parallels in here.
I always thought that this was polanski channelling his nihilistic pain from the sharon tate murders straight into film. There are a lot of abortions and matricide in this movie; lady macbeth being unsexed and committing suicide, macduff's children being murdered, macduff himself being 'untimely ripped' from his mother's womb. And there is corruption, putrefaction.
I love this movie; it really gets the 11th century right. Everything is damp and cold, the murders are up close and personal, and life is cheap. Overall one of the best shakespeare adaptations ever.
As Francesca Annis said: “Jon Finch was brilliant and charismatic.” He was the perfect actor to play Macbeth, and Roman Polanski was the perfect director to make arguably the greatest Shakespearean play that ever made it to the “big screen.” I’ve tried to imagine any other actors or directors capable of making a film version of ‘Macbeth’ superior to the film Jon Finch and Roman Polanski collaborated on and I always reach the conclusion: Impossible.
akira kusuhowa and roman polanski versions of macbeth are the best Throne of blood 1957
macbeth 1971
Jon Finch was amazing and what a beauty!
This is always the version I show my students - he is definitely the best Macbeth
I love this film, is brilliant, powerful and unforgettable.
Yeah, I saw it at school and still remember it
Roman Polanski...despite his issues...is to me a genius...his films stay in youre head.....!! to me his masterpiece was "The Pianist"
Raping kids is more than an "issue"
Polanski definitely deserved to go to prison, but the way judge handled the issue was totally out of place.
@Kitty Kelly It was a movie presented to the public as being 'real life'. Many news stories are actually hoaxes,
Roman directed it. That's why one of the female victims was named 'Rosemary'. He had just directed Rosemarys Baby.
The Mansons were actors and that is why they all look attractive.
The news is really a form of 'psy-op' (psychological operation) created by the government. I recommend you watch the 1997 film, "Wag The Dog" - it shows how they create news.
I'm not a fan of Polanski as a person, but this version of Macbeth is in the top three or four adaptations following Orson Welles' Macbeth and Kurosawa' Throne of Blood. The Coen Macbeth on Apple TV might be better, but I have yet to see it.
Wonderful! I own the film now! Miss you Jon Finch.
Banquo looks fantastic for his age.
The only version of Macbeth worth watching. Astounding achievement.
You've never watched the film. Go away you bore.
@@jhordyjimenez6283 Oh.
As usual, Mr Polanski makes enormously intelligent comments. The one about Lady Macbeth's not being the fourth witch is extraordinarily to the point. IMHO Kurosawa's Macbeth is the best, and Polanski's a definite No. 2. One would wish he'd adapted more Shakespeare plays.
I love Ross in Macbeth ❤👍
Best film ever made imo
I think this film really influenced John Borman. And Game Of Thrones the TV show.
John Boorman’s Excalibur? Maybe.. But Boorman was also a contemporary of Polanski and already made Point Blank and Hell in the Pacific before Macbeth was made. I’m not saying Macbeth was influenced by those Boorman films. They are just two excellent directors who were both children of their time: where gritty violence, and a mysterious and poetic kind of vibe were kind of popular.
As well Scott, Gibson, Eggers, Aster ,etc.
Francesca Annis resembled Sharon Tate, so her casting must have been influenced by this.
A great Movie!
Parachute jump and all these crazy these...
Well, he was a paratrooper.
Roman "The Underage Hymen Divider" Polanski, back at it again.
MrFuggleGuggle : Grow up, you narrow minded idiot. People like you don't deserve great art and great geniuses.
Steve Cox I’d rather be narrow minded than a manipulative French pedophile in virtual exile.
Roman Polanski is Polish.
Bobby's Mad World He’s French-Polish.
@@stevecox7075 what kind of person excuses rape for sake of great art? Shame
In this movie Polanski included a disturbing scene involving a bear in a cage and then the same bear dragged away after being used for bear baiting. The fact that he dislikes animals and enjoys tormenting them is proved in the book Chaos where an actress claimed he deliberately tormented her dog by throwing a brick in a swimming pool so the dog would try to retrieve it. In his recent movie The Palace he denigrated animals and those who care for them. In 2020 there were protests at the Cesar awards when he won best director, and a young actress walked out in protest, due to Polanski having drugged and raped a 13 year old girl in 1977. Since that time there have been other allegations against him. With the Me Too Movement his past has caught up with him and his behaviour can no longer be excused because he is an acclaimed movie director. I have seen only 3 of his movies, Tess (which I enjoyed), Macbeth and Bitter Moon. His movies have a negative and destructive energy. ruclips.net/video/ZzpCU0q1ElI/видео.html
How did Polanski film the slaughters?
Well, he used dummies, of course.
Polanski directed the Tate murder hoax. That was why one of the three female victims was 'Rosemary' (La Bianca).
@@sha11235 I think the comment is in relation to the murder of his wife and unborn child by the Manson family, how did he bring himself to film them. This was the film he made after the murders.
I just want to know why did he sodomise the young girl