A new Macbeth movie (apparently using only the original text)

[Kyriakos]

Link to video.

Stelios is Macbeth!

Well it looks interesting.

Macbeth shall never vanquished be.

 

[cybrxkhan]

You mean "The Scottish Play," of course.

 

[Kyriakos]

Though his bark cannot be lost,
Yet it shall be tempest-tost.

 

[Borachio]

I liked this one:

Link to video.

I saw a stage version recently that had an Indian take on it. With the three witches as transvestite men, with beards naturally, dressed in saris. I was quite impressed.

Anyway, this new movie should certainly only use the original text (though it doesn't have to use absolutely all of it), otherwise it's not going to up to much, imo.

Spooky stuff, the Scottish play.

Kurosawa did a version: Throne of Blood, I think. I was underwhelmed.

 

[Zelig]

 

[Borachio]

Link to video.

I feel cheated. Somehow I thought there was more to it.

 

[Snerk]

I'm intrigued. When's it due?

 

[Kyriakos]

October, i think

 

[Kyriakos]

Btw, in Macbeth some reactions are not really realistic. Eg the response of Duncan's son to the announcement of his father's (the King's) death is also quite underwhelming

"DONALBAIN What is amiss?
MACBETH You are, and do not know't:
The spring, the head, the fountain of your blood
Is stopp'd; the very source of it is stopp'd.
MACDUFF Your royal father 's murder'd.
MALCOLM O, by whom?
LENNOX Those of his chamber, as it seem'd, had done 't:
Their hands and faces were an badged with blood;
So were their daggers, which unwiped we found
Upon their pillows:
They stared, and were distracted; no man's life
Was to be trusted with them.
MACBETH O, yet I do repent me of my fury,
That I did kill them.
MACDUFF Wherefore did you so?"

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I liked this one:

Link to video.

That's my favorite version as well.

Macbeth is among the better Shakespeare plays imo. A new adaptation is always welcome.

 

[Borachio]

Btw, in Macbeth some reactions are not really realistic. Eg the response of Duncan's son to the announcement of his father's (the King's) death is also quite underwhelming

"DONALBAIN What is amiss?
MACBETH You are, and do not know't:
The spring, the head, the fountain of your blood
Is stopp'd; the very source of it is stopp'd.
MACDUFF Your royal father 's murder'd.
MALCOLM O, by whom?
LENNOX Those of his chamber, as it seem'd, had done 't:
Their hands and faces were an badged with blood;
So were their daggers, which unwiped we found
Upon their pillows:
They stared, and were distracted; no man's life
Was to be trusted with them.
MACBETH O, yet I do repent me of my fury,
That I did kill them.
MACDUFF Wherefore did you so?"

What did you expect him to say? And isn't that the most crucial thing he could have said?

A lot depends on the delivery. Suppose he was practically speechless and could only just utter those few words. Wouldn't that make dramatic sense to you?

Moreover, Donalbain, Duncan's other son says absolutely nothing.

It's a very important scene altogether and handled very well indeed by Shakespeare, imo. Macbeth has murdered the king and then puts the blame on the king's two bodyguards by smearing them with blood. But before they can say anything in their own defence he slays them too, which, he goes on to explain he did in a fit of fury at finding the king dead. The king's two sons aren't stupid and realize that their own lives are in peril (as Macbeth blatantly tells them with his "You are, and do not know't") whoever is actually responsible for the death of the king, Duncan. And so they flee to England separately so that they double their chances of not both being caught and killed too.

 

[Kyriakos]

^Yes, but at least in later theatre (don't recall if also in ancient) there are stage directions in brackets for such cases of feigned emotion or lack of it. The scene is as you said, of course

 

[Borachio]

Yes. But remember when Shakespeare wrote his plays they're weren't being published at all. In fact, people went to great lengths to ensure they weren't published because copyright was just on the verge of being invented, iirc. So Shakespeare, as a member of the company, wrote his plays for that specific company, was present at rehearsals, and even very often on stage himself, so he'd have known what was what altogether in any case. But any sane reading of the text would not have an actor coming on stage and simply mouthing the words "Oh, by whom?" in a blank monotone and nothing else. Well, it could be played that way, I suppose. But the effect might not be precisely what one normally expects from Shakespeare, methinks, m'lord. Zounds, sirrah! What ho!

 

[Kyriakos]

'Exit, pursued by a bear'

 

[Borachio]

That's from A Winter's Tale, as I'm sure you know.

 

[Kyriakos]

I do. I just googl't 't.

 

[TheMeInTeam]

I always had a soft spot for this one. When I was in school I was taking a nap in English class (I was often far ahead and would finish work for the 90+ minute classes in 30 minutes) and my friend raised my hand to volunteer to be the person reading Macbeth's lines. I still remember waking up and my teacher looking amused at the notion, knowing I totally didn't volunteer for it but deciding that I'd do it anyway, kind of a "serves him right moment" where even I couldn't disagree that I'd literally made that bed.

My friend told me he did it because he wanted to mess with me obviously, but also because he knew I'd get us through the readings faster. Fair enough.

In retrospect it really was for the best. I quickly discovered that some of my classmates were not good at reading long passages correctly/fluidly, and several of the other roles were painful to wait/listen through. By the end of that I wasn't sure if my teacher let that volunteer hand-raise go through as punishment for me, or to prevent us both suffering through someone else reading it ^_^.

 

[classical_hero]

Link to video.

You should know the English.

 

[warpus]

Does everybody die at the end?

 

[aelf]

...using only the original text

This one?

Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland