macbeth on film
Unsurprisingly there have been many Macbeth movie adaptations.
I haven't seen all of them. In fact there's a lot of major ones I haven't seen yet.
Check out my list of Movie Macbeths I've seen on Letterboxd.
I'd like to take some time to highlight a few that I've enjoyed.
Throne of Blood
Widely acknowledged as one of the best Macbeth adaptations, and for good reason. It's Akira Kurosawa, man. He knows what he's doing.
Toshiro Mifune is gorgeous, of course.
Scotland, PA
The best pitch I can give for this one is that the director originally came up with the idea for it when he was reading Macbeth for the first time in high school, and he was working at a Dairy Queen. In this one Macbeth is a fry cook who works for Duncan, the owner of an OK fast food establishment. It's very 70s, taking great pains to show off its particular setting and highlighting various fads from the 70s (yahtzee, streaking, fondue).
The joy of this one, for me, is seeing the Macbeths as the type of person I might personally know. They are two people who work in a fast food place. At the start of the movie they live in a mobile home. I live near the place this thing takes place in. It feels so real to me. Plus, imo, the Macbeths spend much of the movie glued together at the mouth is a great choice. They love each other. It's heartbreaking.
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