Macbeth
Film
Touch of genius: Orson Welles at the IFI...a shady Faustian villain. Tomorrow, at 1.40pm, there'll be screenings of the first of Welles' celebrated Shakespearean adaptations, Macbeth (1948), which despite a hasty shoot and a low budget is full of dark intensity; and (at 4.30pm)... In this article: Orson Welles, The Lady from Shanghai, Touch of Evil, Macbeth, Citizen Kane, and Rita Hayworth |
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Independent.ie | November 06, 2009
So, who really did write 'citizen kane'?
...and his movie career would be a blaze of glory. Or rather that was how RKO saw things, and as the movie was developed and filmed they ramped up the publicity around Welles as the "one-man band". At that point it was highly unusual for actors...
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PopMatters | July 21, 2009
Remake Culture (Moving Pixels)
...the context. An essay praising the culture of remakes mentions Orson Welles. Before he made Citizen Kane, he put on, "a 1936 Macbeth showing the absurdity of segregation by offering an all-black cast before a backdrop of Haitian voodoo;...
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Wikipedia | August 28, 2009
We Work Again
...work and food preparation. We Work Again has gained considerable attention due to the fact that it includes the only known footage of the famous all-Black version of Macbeth staged by Orson Welles in 1936. This footage consists of the...
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Macbeth on screen
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Keene Curtis
...15, 1923 - October 13, 2002) was an American character actor. Born in Salt Lake City, Curtis made his film debut in the 1948 Orson Welles adaptation of Macbeth ''. Additional film credits included ''American Hot Wax, Rabbit Test, I.Q....
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Macbeth (1948 film)
...would maintain mixed emotions about Macbeth. In a 1953 lecture delivered at the Edinburgh Festival, Welles said: "My purpose in making Macbeth was not to make a great film - and this is unusual, because I think that every film director, even...
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Dan O'Herlihy
...Man Out in 1947. His first American film was Macbeth in the following year, appearing with Orson Welles. He played the role of Macduff . In 1954 he starred in Luis Bunuel's Robinson Crusoe '', which earned him a nomination for the Academy...
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Macbeth is a 1948 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth made by Orson Welles.
The film marked Welles's return to Shakespearean interpretation. He had planned to take his company and stage the play at the Utah Centennial Festival in Salt Lake City. With costumes and props at his disposal, Welles rehearsed his company and shot the film in 21 days.
The film was made on a very small budget. It utilised stylized sets in the manner of German Expressionism. While some consider it hammy and overacted, its admirers argue that it is notable for revealing the idiosyncrasies of each character as the movie progresses.
The film has many unusual touches. Among the most notable is that the witches fashion a clay bust of Macbeth, and place what seems to be a voodoo spell on him through the doll. This apparently sets in motion the progress of Macbeth's way to the throne. This touch was undoubtedly influenced by Welles' 1936 production of the play at the Mercury Theatre, often referred to as the Voodoo Macbeth.
But Welles's adaptation of Macbeth outraged many critics at the time, and probably contributed to the critical failure of the film, although it is very likely that, had the play been adapted in a similar fashion today, no eyebrows would be raised.
- Name:
- Macbeth
- Country of Origin:
- United States
- Release Date:
- October 01, 1948
- Directed By:
- Orson Welles
- Produced by:
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- Orson Welles
- Charles K. Feldman
- Richard Wilson
- Written By:
- Editor:
- Louis Lindsay
- Cinematography:
- John L. Russell
- Music By:
- Jacques Ibert
- Distributed By:
- Republic Pictures
- Length:
- 107 min
- Language:
- English
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