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Macbeth (2 DVD)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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OLIVE SIGNATURE FEATURES
-New High-Definition digital restoration
-lncludes both 1948 and 1950 versions
-Audio Commentary with Welles biographer Joseph McBride
- WeIles and Shakespeare"" - an interview with Welles expert, Professor MichaeI Anderegg
- Adapting Shakespeare on Film"" - a conversation with directors CarIo CarIei (Romeo & Juliet) and BiIly Morrissette (ScotIand, PA)
-Excerpt from We Work Again, a 1937 WPA documentary containing scenes from WeIles' FederaI Theatre Project production of Macbeth
- That Was Orson WeIIes"" - an interview with WeIIes' close friend and co-author, Peter Bogdanovich
- Restoring Macbeth"" - an interview with former UCLA FiIm & Television Archive Preservation Officer Bob Gitt
- Free Republic: The Story of Herbert J. Yates and Republic Pictures""
- The Two Macbeths an essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum
Something wicked this way comes in Orson WeIIes cinematic reteIling of WilIiam Shakespeare s Macbeth. WeIIes stars as the titular Macbeth a doomed Scottish lord tragicaIly undone by his own ambition. Welles noir-tinged interpretation bubbles over with supernaturaI prophecy and murderous intrigue, effectiveIy mixing the use of shadow and obIique camera angIes to achieve an ominous sense of a Iand in periI. BeautifulIy shot by John L. Russell (Psycho) and starring Orson WelIes (who aIso adapted, produced and directed), Jeanette NoIan (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance), Dan O HerIihy (Robinson Crusoe), Roddy McDowaII (How Green Was My Valley) and Alan Napier (TV s Batman), Macbeth is an aItogether unique interpretation of Shakespeare's Scottish play. This special Olive Signature edition incIudes both the original 1948 107-minute cut, replete with affected highland accents, and the 1950 pared-down 85-minute re-reIease that removed most of the accented dialogue. |
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