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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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Format:VHS Tape
Sir Ian McKellen is the best Macbeth I have ever seen; Dame Judy Dench is by far the best Lady Macbeth, and what a regal treat when the best of the best happen to appear in the same play at the same time?
Macbeth is a Shakespearean tale about a tragic flaw in the main characters. How far is man--and woman--willing to go for ambition?
Sir Ian depicts the deconstruction of Macbeth's mind and character probably the way Shakespeare imagined it. Dame Judy is magnificent with the spots--until her own light goes out!
The witches are scary--translated into our modern world--and adding to their power. They are macabre, indeed.
The whole cast is in tune with Macbeth and the task at hand.
For anyone interested in Macbeth and the theater, there is no equal to this production. If you are going to see Macbeth, expose yourself to the best. It will increase your joy and love for the theater and Shakespeare.
If you teach Macbeth, this version will make your job easier and will augment the chances of gaining converts from your young students.
Macbeth is a Shakespearean tale about a tragic flaw in the main characters. How far is man--and woman--willing to go for ambition?
Sir Ian depicts the deconstruction of Macbeth's mind and character probably the way Shakespeare imagined it. Dame Judy is magnificent with the spots--until her own light goes out!
The witches are scary--translated into our modern world--and adding to their power. They are macabre, indeed.
The whole cast is in tune with Macbeth and the task at hand.
For anyone interested in Macbeth and the theater, there is no equal to this production. If you are going to see Macbeth, expose yourself to the best. It will increase your joy and love for the theater and Shakespeare.
If you teach Macbeth, this version will make your job easier and will augment the chances of gaining converts from your young students.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I have to admit that I used to find more minimalist productions of shakespeare to be kind of dull. This production of Macbeth completely altered my attitude on that! The minimalist set helps the viewer focus on the acting and the language which in this play is superbly haunting. I expected Ian Mckellen to steal the show. He was great, but I actually found Judi Dench's performance to be the most persuasive. Her tortured descent into madness is agonizing (in a good way) to watch. I liked that the film didn't show us visual depictions of the dagger or Banquo's ghost. That allowed us to use our own imagination, making it creepier. This is a fantastic film for fans of shakespeare or those who enjoy thrilling psychological depictions of man's capacity for evil.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By dawntreader
Format:VHS Tape
I didn't like the idea that there were no props. No stage sets. No real lighting effects to speak of. No good costume work. This movie reading of Macbeth takes place in a dark room, where the actors say their lines to each other, and sometimes, just by themselves.
That's all fine and good if you already intimately know this play. But even though I have read it countless times, I couldn't even sit through this entire production. I was very disappointed in it, especially after seeing who the actors were. Part of the magick in performing a play onstage is the use of props, lighting, interaction, costuming, etc., to engage the audiences imagination.
This seemed to be to be a read aloud, book-on-tape style production. Yes, the recitation of the lines was well-done. But there was nothing else to compel me to finish it. I can read it myself.
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An oldie, but a goodie...
This is a fabulous staging of "the Scottish play." All the cast members are the original actors who performed Macbeth in a tiny London theatre. What an ensemble of terrific actors!
Published on July 14 2010 by Maxisback
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Sanity Erupted
This version of Macbeth, which is a triumph I must add, made me very pleased to watch it. And although there is no real set, but a circle surrounded by rocks, this film was very... Read more
Published on Feb 1 2004 by "spoof40"
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The Potential of Shakespeare Realized
Without question, this version of Macbeth featuring two of the finest actors to speak dialogue is one of the most compelling, chillingly stark renderings of the bard's bloody drama... Read more
Published on July 21 2003 by Scott Richburg
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The Potential of Shakespeare Realized
Without question, this version of Macbeth featuring two of the finest actors to speak dialogue is one of the most compelling, chillingly stark renderings of the bard's bloody drama... Read more
Published on July 21 2003 by Scott Richburg
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The Potential of Shakespeare Realized
Without question, this version of Macbeth featuring two of the finest actors to speak dialogue is one of the most compelling, chillingly stark renderings of the bard's bloody drama... Read more
Published on July 21 2003 by Scott Richburg
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McKellen and Dench are outstanding...
I purchased this tape after it was featured in an interview with Ian McKellen on Inside the Actor's Studio and I decided I had to have it for my collection. Read more
Published on Dec 29 2002 by Sandra Robertson
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a stellar cast
Staged for a very small theater in 1976, director Trevor Nunn gives us an exceptionally bleak production in shades of black, grey, sepia, and the occasional red of spilled... Read more
Published on April 12 2002 by Alejandra Vernon
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Imperfect But Beautiful
Not everyone will appreciate this version of Shakespeare's play about "vaulting ambition that o'erleaps itself." Many people will find watching it very trying. Read more
Published on April 7 2002 by Kevin L. Nenstiel
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superb acting
This is a Royal Shakespeare Co. production made for television. There are virtually no sets, few props, and only one fancy costume--Macbeth's royal robe when he is crowned king. Read more
Published on Sep 23 2001
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TOO DARK AND MOODY FOR ME!
I think that Ian McKellen and Judy Dench are two of the greatest people working in the film today. McKellen turned in a rather Shakespeare-esque performance as Magneto in X-MEN,... Read more
Published on Sep 20 2001 by Steven Hancock
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