The Tragedy of Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
vangh1 reviewedMarch 7, 2025
I absolutely loved the visual aesthetics of this thing. The way every scene feels like theater set pieces that were created by ripping a chunk of the real world out and having it act as a stage within a void was super cool and an awesome marriage of stage and cinema.
The performance of The Witches was incredible. It was so creepy and visceral and a perfect exemplification of what Shakespeare is capable of. I thought every other performance was just fine.
Shakespeare is such strange work because there's no denying that plot, character, setting, and dialogue are all meticulously and masterfully crafted, but with such a disparity in time and style since when it was created, so much has to come from the performances and everything else surrounding the dialogue itself (the score, the sets, the choreography) and I thought while nothing was "wrong" here, outside of the aforementioned Witches, nothing really made to "punch through" the fog of Shakespearean density to really create impactful and lasting experience either.
Having now seen both this and Drive Away Dolls, I definitely prefer the Cohen brothers working together, though if they want to keep working independently, I hope they're enjoying and being fulfilled by that work.