Joel Coen has written, directed and edited 18 motion pictures with his brother Ethan - productions that have earned the duo four Academy Awards and 14 nominations - but The Tragedy of Macbeth is the first project he’s directed on his own (even though he’s been credited as sole director on some of the brothers’ past projects).ĭelbonnel has earned five Academy Award nominations and four ASC Award nominations. Close-ups were often photographed with a 50mm Cooke S7, the large-format equivalent of a 32mm in Super 35. Lady Macbeth (Frances McDormand) first speaks to her husband (Denzel Washington) about murdering the King. Delbonnel’s poetic lighting helps to reveal the emotions of the characters, and to frame the power of Shakespeare’s verse. This highly stylized Macbeth narrows the frame (within a 1.37:1 aspect ratio) and simplifies the sets to place the actors in an evocative, imagined cinematic space. After attaining the throne, Macbeth feels compelled to kill others to preserve his crown, but is deeply haunted by his crimes, while Lady Macbeth’s own guilt pushes her toward madness. Macbeth shares the prophecy with his wife (Frances McDormand), who persuades him to murder the benevolent King Duncan (Brendan Gleeson) and take his place. Witches tell Macbeth (Denzel Washington), a Scottish warlord, that he will become king. The plot will be familiar to most readers.
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