The performances by Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand have attracted praise and nominations, including possible Oscar nods. The production design (by Stephen Dechant) and costumes (by Mary Zophres) are guided by a minimalistic and severe aesthetic that harks back to the early years of cinema.
The stark monochrome cinematography, more silver than white and grey than black, is by Bruno Delbonnel. Like Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood (1957), which comprises vivid tableaux and Noh theatre-influenced elements in the staging and performances, Joel Coen’s version has a distinctive visual style.
Lady Macbeth (Frances McDormand) initially provokes her husband into slaying Duncan (“When you durst do it, then you were a man”) but is later alarmed by Macbeth’s behavioural changes and haunted by her role in the regicide. Joel Coen’s first solo venture stars Denzel Washington as the Thane of Glamis, who, reacting to a prophecy by three witches and the urging of his wife, kills the Scottish king Duncan and usurps the throne. Joel Coen has always co-directed films along with his brother Ethan Coen. What Coen lends to his production is an Expressionist quality that brings out the play’s themes of ambition, treachery, predestination, guilt and madness. Every line in the movie is as written by Shakespeare. The Tragedy of Macbeth (out on Apple TV+) closely follows events detailed in the William Shakespeare play. In his first solo film as director, Joel Coen stays respectful to a classic text even as he makes it his own. ‘Will Mamata Banerjee leave her home?’: Adivasis in Bengal oppose Asia’s largest proposed coal mine.Gigantic filaments that connect galaxy clusters are still glowing with the shock of their creation.Why gold mining is one of the most destructive and unnecessary industries.Watch: Harry Styles attempts Australian style ‘shoey’, drinks out of a shoe during concert.International Mother Language Day: 15 Indian language books to read in translation.When Indian labourers came to the rescue of the British Army in Mesopotamia.Rajasthan Police officials booked for allegedly assaulting wife of man accused in Bhiwani murders.
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