Macbeth Reviews

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since I’m a huge fan of Roman Polanski’s work, I was really eager to check it out. Basically, it was another rather obscure movie delivered by this great master and it was apparently barely seen when it was released. Eventually, the most striking thing about  this film was probably the rather distressful circumstances during which it was made. Indeed, Roman Polanski's wife, Sharon Tate, was murdered by Charles Manson just three years before making this film and this was the first movie directed by Polanski following this tragic event. It is believed that due to this traumatic event, Polanski developed the story to be a much more violent representation of Shakespeare's play and, indeed, you probably never see again such a violent adaptation of Shakespeare's work. Eventually, it was a huge flop but I still found it quite interesting, like anything else coming from this director. Indeed, those Shakespeare adaptations can be rather dull but this one, thanks to Polanski's gory vision, became something quite unique, I think it is a really interesting flick and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.