Blu-ray Review Macbeth (1948) – Blu-ray Review (Kino) (1 Viewer)

[t1g3r5fan]

Today, we’ll jump into Macbeth.Following the comeback success of The Stranger (1946), Orson Welles set his sights on one of his most ambitious projects. Welles had previously encountered William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth when he directed an all-black version of the play called Voodoo Macbeth for the Federal Theatre Project in New York City in 1936. Flashforward a decade later, Welles got the blessing of Republic Pictures head Herbert J. Yates to bring the Bard’s tale of treachery and deceit in the Scottish Highlands to cinematic life. Previously released on Blu-ray by Olive Films, Kino has licensed the movie from Paramount Pictures (the current rights holder) for its return to Blu-ray.



Macbeth (1948)



Released: 10 May 1949
Rated: Approved
Runtime: 107 min




Director: Orson Welles
Genre: Drama, History, War



Cast: Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan...

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[Angelo Colombus]

Have both Olive Films releases and will add this one to my collection. Very nice to have two commentaries on it.

 

[Robert Harris]

Interesting picking out the members of the Mercury stock company in the cast.

 

[tarinyanaka]

Thanks to this thread, I found out that there is such a film from 1948.

 

[Angelo Colombus]

A great film that i have seen many times and love the expressive camera blocking.

 

[Patrick McCart]

Great review. Welles' Shakespeare adaptations are among his best works. Really happy that Kino did a new edition. The Olive Signature release is quite good, but the new Tim Lucas commentary and the "roadshow" presentation of the 1948 cut make this a must-have.

 

[Bartman]

Welles revenge. I have enjoyed Shakespearian adaptations in the past & I've seen the Polansky movie. I tried to watch this on YT but with the Scottish brogue & the AI created subtitles I could not make head nor tail of the story! I guess I'll have to buy this new Blu-ray!!

 

[mackjay]

Nice review of an excellent film, one of the best film adaptations of Shakespeare

 

[Stefan Andersson]

Re: a 19th century prayer, featured in the film and written by Pope Leo XIII:

Macbeth and Christ - The American Catholic

I was watching Orson Welles' 1948 version of Macbeth. It is a version of the play steeped in darkness, with the drama taking place on a landscape that looks like a dark and evil lunar surface. Interestingly Welles adds a character, the Holy Man, a Catholic priest. At the beginning of the film

the-american-catholic.com

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