Cast: Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Bertie Carvel, Alex Hassell, Corey Hawkins, Harry Melling, Kathryn Hunter, Brendan Gleeson.Lady Macbeth, meanwhile, walks in her sleep wondering how much blood an old man has, bemoaning the fact that not all the perfumes of Arabia could out the damned spot from her little hand. Once on the road to hell, Macbeth sees enemies everywhere and resorts to violence to remove them from his path. When Duncan stays over at Macbeth’s castle, the two decide to help the prophesy along by committing regicide. When King Duncan (Brendan Gleeson) bestows on him the title of the fallen Thane of Cawdor, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth (Frances McDormand) wonder if the weird sisters’ prophesy about becoming king might also come true.Īlso Read | Get ‘First Day First Show’, our weekly newsletter from the world of cinema, in your inbox. On the battlefield, Banquo (Bertie Carvel) and Macbeth meet three witches (Kathryn Hunter), who hail him as the Thane of Glamis (which he is), the Thane of Cawdor and the king. Macbeth (Denzel Washington), a brave and capable Scottish general, returns triumphant from routing the traitorous Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth has created a spare, sinewy tale of ambition, murder and guilt, stripped to its bare essentials of delicious iambic pentameter and gorgeous black-and-white frames. Joel Coen’s choice of going solo with an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |