Over forty years ago, a brilliant and now disgraced director created a version of MacBeth and there will never be a greater version. It's naturalism, its verisimilitude, its mise en scene, its acting, its cutting, its casting all are marvels of perfection. One of the very few nearly flawless films ever made - and most importantly, a model study of perfect poetic scansion. MacBeth is one of the most mucked up plays, with many many film versions with wonderful actors that butcher the Shakespearean lines in a myriad of horrible ways and with a lot of confusing and lack luster direction. This one gets it so right. Bravo!
This is THE definitive Macbeth. Never equalled, let alone bettered. Francesca Annis was the perfect Lady Macbeth. Beautiful, seductive and feminine and utterly evil. She was utterly believable.
@sha11235 Like all great artists who sublimate their experiences, even, or especially the bad experiences, Polanski did it in his Macbeth. The Manson murders are there of course, but also the experiences of his childhood in wartime occupied Poland. The slaughter of Macduff's wife and children in his version of Macbeth, with the murderous soldiers breaking into a quiet domestic scene and the mother clutching her baby before all are brutally cut down, reminds me of the murder of the Jewish family seen from the opposite side of the street by the Spielmans in The Pianist. The quiet domestic bliss, interrupted by unimaginable horror. Nobody comes close to Polanski in that. The casualness of the violence makes it doubly horrifying.
I can't imagine a better film version of Macbeth ever being made. Throne of Blood is a masterpiece, but is more of a free adaptation than a faithful rendering of Shakespeare, and is missing the single most important element of Shakespeare's work: his language. Polanski's movie has it all--the story, the language, and especially the atmosphere. In fact, the only other film version of any Shakespeare play that approaches the atmospheric intensity of Polanski's Macbeth is Peter Brook's King Lear.
I'd say that out of all Macbeths I have seen, this one is also my favourite one. I'd say it has only one flaw - a flaw repeated by many, many productions - it shows Duncan's murder. It shouldn't have. Shakespeare left it off-stage for a reason. Viewers should not see Macbeth murdering the king, only hear about it - it would change the way we view this character. Also we, as viewers, should be left questioning ourselves - how Macbeth behaved while commiting the deed, and moments after it. Other than that, Polański's reading of this drama is brilliant.
Point well taken, though given that this was Polanski's first film after Sharon Tate's gruesome murder, I'm not surprised he visualized the scene this way.
Agree completely. Especially with this: "I can't imagine a better film version of Macbeth ever being made." Except I don't like Throne Of Blood. **THIS** , **RAN** , Branagh's **HAMLET** , Brooks's **KING LEAR** and Welles's **Othello** are by very, very, very far The Greatest Cinematographic **SHAKESPEAREAN** Adaptations In History. P.S.: **BÉLA TARR** 's (very, very abridged since it lasts only 62 min.) **MACBETH** , made for tv and adapted and directed by him when he was 26, shot on video, released on tv in 1982 and done in only two shots is incredibly *GOOD* and *WORTHY* as well, by the way.
The best version of Macbeth. The three witches bubble, buble toil and trouble, their trickery, Lady Macbeth's evil and equivocation asking the spirits to unsex her, Duncan's innocence and Banquo's heroism all contribute to advance the classic theme of good vs. evil. One of Skaspeare's great introspective tragedies. Taught it in highschool English for many years.
Many people here might not know but, there is an Indian adaptation of Macbeth, which is not bad either, rooted in Indian ethos and sensibilities. Maqbool, a part of Shakespeare Trilogy by Vishal Bhardwaj.
This version and the episode from 1992's Shakespeare: The Animated Tales best capture how I envisioned the story in my mind when I learned about it in high school!
I watched this in my high school English class and was thinking "this is so good! who made this?" Then when the credits rolled and it read "Directed by Roman Polanski", I actually shouted "Oh nooo!"
I saw it in high school in 1987 and I saw Polanski's name and thought, "When did he do this?" I was familiar with his name, but not in the greatest way. And his latest film Pirates had bombed the year before.
@@wasnt_it He drugged and raped a 13 year old. She says it was consensual, but he was in his 40s, so... yeah, the guy is a horrible human being. Another note, his wife was murdered by the Manson family
+Artur Gajda Zgadzam się w zupełności. Oglądałem wczoraj tę najnowszą wersję z Fassbenderem i aż raził brak pomysłu na tę adaptację. Poza świetnym aspektem wizualnym jest praktycznie pusta - przypomina szkolny teatrzyk. Na drugim biegunie jest właśnie "Makbet" Polańskiego pełny genialnych koncepcji na sceny. Chyba ponownie sobie obejrzę ten film oraz "Tron we krwi" Kurosawy żeby zatrzeć w pamięci tę współczesną katastrofę.
"In March 1972, during the trial of a fourteen-year-old male accused of the manslaughter of a classmate, the prosecutor referred to A Clockwork Orange, suggesting that the film had a macabre relevance to the case." ; )
The best version of Macbeth! Two people of irresistible outer beauty and inner demons. The amount of evil depicted in this masterpiece is interminable. But, as Dostoevsky said: "Beauty will save the world".
Como puedo encontrar? Esta película completa en español, tenía 13 años de edad cuando la vi en la televisión, hasta ahora la encuentro solo por capítulos
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Over forty years ago, a brilliant and now disgraced director created a version of MacBeth and there will never be a greater version. It's naturalism, its verisimilitude, its mise en scene, its acting, its cutting, its casting all are marvels of perfection. One of the very few nearly flawless films ever made - and most importantly, a model study of perfect poetic scansion. MacBeth is one of the most mucked up plays, with many many film versions with wonderful actors that butcher the Shakespearean lines in a myriad of horrible ways and with a lot of confusing and lack luster direction. This one gets it so right. Bravo!
Remember that he made this film after the murder of his pregnant wife Sharon Tate by the Manson Family. You can see the similarities in this film.
This is THE definitive Macbeth. Never equalled, let alone bettered. Francesca Annis was the perfect Lady Macbeth. Beautiful, seductive and feminine and utterly evil. She was utterly believable.
@sha11235
Like all great artists who sublimate their experiences, even, or especially the bad experiences, Polanski did it in his Macbeth. The Manson murders are there of course, but also the experiences of his childhood in wartime occupied Poland. The slaughter of Macduff's wife and children in his version of Macbeth, with the murderous soldiers breaking into a quiet domestic scene and the mother clutching her baby before all are brutally cut down, reminds me of the murder of the Jewish family seen from the opposite side of the street by the Spielmans in The Pianist. The quiet domestic bliss, interrupted by unimaginable horror. Nobody comes close to Polanski in that. The casualness of the violence makes it doubly horrifying.
IMO, the best Macbeth ever filmed. And one of the top ten movie adaptations of Shakespeare.
This was the best version EVER.
Nothing beats the 2015's adaptation
@@masalamochi ur correct 2015's adaptation is the best
@Peter Kelner Have something better on your mind dumbfuck
Saw this at HS drama club
Amen!
REMEMBER WATCHING THIS AT SCHOOL ..BRILLIANT FILM
Me too
same. best movie i ever watched in school.
Those Witches were lovely. One reminded me of my mother
So cute.
best witches were in the BBC adaptation - they were naughty school girls
Oh my
You're mother love you she had you fool
Which one?
Best film adaptation of Macbeth ever. And the lead actor is a former British SAS officer!
I can't imagine a better film version of Macbeth ever being made. Throne of Blood is a masterpiece, but is more of a free adaptation than a faithful rendering of Shakespeare, and is missing the single most important element of Shakespeare's work: his language. Polanski's movie has it all--the story, the language, and especially the atmosphere. In fact, the only other film version of any Shakespeare play that approaches the atmospheric intensity of Polanski's Macbeth is Peter Brook's King Lear.
I'd say that out of all Macbeths I have seen, this one is also my favourite one. I'd say it has only one flaw - a flaw repeated by many, many productions - it shows Duncan's murder. It shouldn't have. Shakespeare left it off-stage for a reason. Viewers should not see Macbeth murdering the king, only hear about it - it would change the way we view this character. Also we, as viewers, should be left questioning ourselves - how Macbeth behaved while commiting the deed, and moments after it. Other than that, Polański's reading of this drama is brilliant.
Point well taken, though given that this was Polanski's first film after Sharon Tate's gruesome murder, I'm not surprised he visualized the scene this way.
throne of blood is better for its perfecton of style and is originality
Agree completely. Especially with this: "I can't imagine a better film version of Macbeth ever being made." Except I don't like Throne Of Blood. **THIS** , **RAN** , Branagh's **HAMLET** , Brooks's **KING LEAR** and Welles's **Othello** are by very, very, very far The Greatest Cinematographic **SHAKESPEAREAN** Adaptations In History. P.S.: **BÉLA TARR** 's (very, very abridged since it lasts only 62 min.) **MACBETH** , made for tv and adapted and directed by him when he was 26, shot on video, released on tv in 1982 and done in only two shots is incredibly *GOOD* and *WORTHY* as well, by the way.
This movie is the worst movie I've ever seen. Fast and Furious and John Wick are way better.
Great Film. Polanki's Macbeth, Welles Macbeth, and Kurosawa's Throne of Blood are the best cinematic adaptions of this play...
They had us watch this in high school in 1986. I have watched it again frequently since. Sheer brilliance.
The best version of Macbeth. The three witches bubble, buble toil and trouble, their trickery, Lady Macbeth's evil and equivocation asking the spirits to unsex her, Duncan's innocence and Banquo's heroism all contribute to advance the classic theme of good vs. evil. One of Skaspeare's great introspective tragedies. Taught it in highschool English for many years.
Amazing shots of the castle love the cinematography
Many people here might not know but, there is an Indian adaptation of Macbeth, which is not bad either, rooted in Indian ethos and sensibilities. Maqbool, a part of Shakespeare Trilogy by Vishal Bhardwaj.
Shocking, moving, threatening, compelling.
I have 5 DVDs on their way to me right now and this film is one of them! I'm so excited to watch this! :D
“From the director of Rosemary’s Baby”
This version and the episode from 1992's Shakespeare: The Animated Tales best capture how I envisioned the story in my mind when I learned about it in high school!
Best of the best
This and Kurosawa's Throne Of Blood. The two best versions of Macbeth.
I watched this in my high school English class and was thinking "this is so good! who made this?" Then when the credits rolled and it read "Directed by Roman Polanski", I actually shouted "Oh nooo!"
I saw it in high school in 1987 and I saw Polanski's name and thought, "When did he do this?" I was familiar with his name, but not in the greatest way. And his latest film Pirates had bombed the year before.
why?
@@wasnt_it he banged a kid then fled the country to avoid being arrested
@@LukeLeonettiRUclips yeah i know
@@wasnt_it He drugged and raped a 13 year old. She says it was consensual, but he was in his 40s, so... yeah, the guy is a horrible human being. Another note, his wife was murdered by the Manson family
Polanski is a league of his own. Above even scorcese, coppola, friedkin even.
Matt P you’re out of your fucking mind
Not Coppola tf
Roman was in a dark place(metaphorically) at the time of it's making.
He was very much in love with Sharon Tate and completely devastated by her murder
@@patriciarichards7273 Ever noticed how his current(or recent) wife looked so much like Sharon?
the trailer sux but the movie was really good
Polecam niezdecydowanym.Rewelacja!
+Artur Gajda Zgadzam się w zupełności. Oglądałem wczoraj tę najnowszą wersję z Fassbenderem i aż raził brak pomysłu na tę adaptację. Poza świetnym aspektem wizualnym jest praktycznie pusta - przypomina szkolny teatrzyk. Na drugim biegunie jest właśnie "Makbet" Polańskiego pełny genialnych koncepcji na sceny. Chyba ponownie sobie obejrzę ten film oraz "Tron we krwi" Kurosawy żeby zatrzeć w pamięci tę współczesną katastrofę.
Where can I get the full movie?
Oh my god Roman Polanski's stuff creeps the f*cking shit out of me
when they said that this was the best movie of 71 they forgot about A Clockworck Orange
"In March 1972, during the trial of a fourteen-year-old male accused of the manslaughter of a classmate, the prosecutor referred to A Clockwork Orange, suggesting that the film had a macabre relevance to the case." ; )
What about Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory ;)
trha2222 no
What about Fiddler on the Roof 🎻 ?
The best version of Macbeth! Two people of irresistible outer beauty and inner demons. The amount of evil depicted in this masterpiece is interminable. But, as Dostoevsky said: "Beauty will save the world".
Como puedo encontrar? Esta película completa en español, tenía 13 años de edad cuando la vi en la televisión, hasta ahora la encuentro solo por capítulos
About to watch this film. Looking forward to it!
From where I can get this film right now?any source? please someone suggest me...TIA
Jon Finch
Playboy Production?
Pecunia non olet ;-)
Yes, Hugh Hefner payed the movie.
Playboy produced some art films in the 70's and early 80's. Caligula and MacBeth were the two most celebrated products of this endeavor.
@@leslielandberg5620 I thought Penthouse produced Caligula but I wouldn't know for sure.
@@ashikana21 yes, Caligula was a Bob Guccione production.
where can I watch it?
POV: your teacher sent you here
Love this Movie.
Incredible Acted Film !
Dr.Weston tempts the Lady to live on the Fixed Land
remember it well running up and down a hill all day at bambrough northumberland for 3 quid plus a orange and boiled egg from the catering van
it's an awesome story and a great movie:-)
+haleema kamran Well, the play is great. One of Shakespeare's best and this film version was a masterpiece.
Completely disagree. Shakespeare things are the worst. Tragic endings? Who wants that? Watch The Office. That's a good show.
Jake Wiebe dude stuff like the office is cool but totally dismissing great works because you can’t handle how dramatic it is is really stupid.
Will a lot of people from the united states be moving to Europe
Lol a playboy production
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Everyone out there saying this is the best adaptation...
Allow me to present to thee...
Denzel Washington
Would love to watch it, but the damn thing is only on Apple TV+
@@unsungzero6122 yeh it's a shame it dosent have a blu ray release
@@unsungzero6122 Pay the $5 for a month and watch this. Worth it! Then watch Ted Lasso and whatever else you want
Script could have been better
It’s like some amateur scribbled it down in an afternoon.
Why? What part ?
...what's yours!...(awful...Gypsy Rose...)...terrible...but as parody would be ok...what do u think
Soy de Sevilla de la rinconada un pueblo al lado de Sevilla si tuviera mos corazon. Nadie de España deberíamos celebrar las navidades en mi casa será más tristeza que risas lpero tenemos 3. Niños conedades de entré 7 9. Y. 16 años pero estaréis en nuestros corazones M😘😘😘😘😘😘
Saw this in school it was crap