Funny about Shakespeare, how he appeareth.
I just acquired a copy of the Polanski's *Macbeth*. I have never seen
it. I have seen *Throne of Blood*. I have seen Welles' dreadful
whatever-it-was. People have warned me away from the Polanski version.
An old friend said "Never watch it by yourself." Even my older son, who
had to watch it in high school(!), said it was nightmarish. Apparently,
the worst sequence is the slaughter of the Macduff household, which
replicates a bit too closely the butchery in Polanski's own home when
the Manson brain-slaves killed Sharon Tate, her baby, and the others
present. It was suggested to me that Polanski was trying to work out his
guilt over not having been there, making him sound rather like Macduff
himself. I gather too that the onscreen death of John Stride as Macbeth
is fairly repellent. And yes, I know Francesca Annis sleepwalks in her
own skin and nothing more.
So what am I in for?
ken
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Ken Wolman
http://awfulrowing.wordpress.com
http://opensalon.com/blog/kenneth_wolman
http://wearethecure.org/friends/cids-memory-p-394.html
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