The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971) - Macbeth's Prophetic Vision

[StarGazerWithDinos]

were watching ths for english atm (: ^^ its actualyl quite a good film ^^

[bullettomy7thheart]

3:39 fucking Macduff being cut out of his mother's womb!!

[komninosm]

Live of blaspheming jew... heh that's so merchant of venice-y

[TheBarackClinton]

Is the UK always overcast?

[GordonMorrice]

@TheBarackClinton Yes. Even in a heatwave.

[pvsg1990]

does someone know where i can watch the full movie of macbeth please

[kris242]

lol although he is an insane, cold blooded murderer, Charles Manson may be the one to thank for the eerie darkness of this movie.

[GordonMorrice]

@kris242 When the prop and make up people were applying the blood in the first murder scene Polanski told them to really throw the red stuff around which led to much doubt among the crew questioning him whether there would be so much blood in real life. Polanski dryly replied, "you didn't see my house last summer."

[leapingoutofwater]

a little heavy on the special defects, but who could resist that delightfully disgusting rendition of the witches?

[SuperPureawesomness]

Those woman are HOT

[layDbugsandhuricanes]

wow, thats brilliant. the idea that instead of it being a magic potion, macbeth drinks it and hallucinates is far more believable and interesting. the part with th mirrors is pure genius!!! wow--- there are no words!

[brave4not]

why is their skin so leathery and whats up with the knight in the shining armour?lol love this movie and they sound awesome when their mixing the broth

[taylonnn101]

@brave4not the armored guy symbolizes the army that is coming for him

[animefangirlxx]

Daggers used to kill Duncan: $100

Price to pay Murderers to kill Banquo and Fleance: $300

Being kidnapped, drugged, and gang raped by a bunch of wrinkly old women: PRICELESS

[ISt0leTheCookies]

@animefangirlxx for everything else there is mastur card

[animefangirlxx]

@ISt0leTheCookies exactly.

[bzfjsdjkfjsdbvjbsd]

mad bitties in that joint

[JustinandEric1]

My friend and I made a song about Macbeth for an english project. The class liked it so much, that they told us to put it on youtube. Well, we did. You should check it out on my channel =)

[AnthonyEstephane]

by the pricking of my thumbs

something wicked this way comes

[TOMATNOSCE]

This scene sends shiver up my spine every time, Polanski film genius!

[PiqueBitch]

i love that creepy music. This creepy music made about 30% of the creepy atmosphere of that movie.

[GordonMorrice]

Indeed! Glad you liked it! Say hello to Germany for me! I love you're country!

[PiqueBitch]

@GordonMorrice

I'll do that =)

Have you ever been to Germany ?

[GordonMorrice]

I was in Munich in February 2008. My cousin was in Berlin two weeks ago for Christmas shopping and said it was so beautiful - I must visit Berlin! I bought an original 1984 Bayern Munich shirt this weekend - gorgeous Adidas three stripes on the long sleeves and the Commodore computers sponsor!

[PiqueBitch]

@GordonMorrice

That sounds really cool. But i do not like Berlin. I've heard Munich was about 5 times better than Berlin.

Wow that shirt must be quite expensive isn't it ?

[renaxly]

this scene gets so trippy in such a bad way. this is the only scene i remember. it's eternally burned into my mind.

[asianwong]

rofl

[WHSfightclub]

thou has harped my fear alright

[AnthonyEstephane]

Double Double

Toil and Trouble

Fire burn

and Cauldron bubble!!

[MithrilDwarf81]

wow, LOL reminds me of some nightmares Ive had :P

[mrfsjb]

I dont know what he means..like seriously.i'm in honors english..and I have to watch this..and macbeth is crazy

[GordonMorrice]

The DVD has highly accurate English subtitles. Turn 'em on!

[mrfsjb]

oh! LOL thanks!! this will help me on my exam next week! :D

[Terence1999]

What are you having problems with the dialogue

or the theme?

[mrfsjb]

its mainly the dialogue..i have this huge exam in 2 days..and I barely know what to even know, the theme is kinda sketchy for me too..

[Terence1999]

What the witches are doing are setting him up

to destroy him. He wants to know what the future will hold for him, although he does not trust them.

Banquo tells him to beware McDuff. However, the witches tell him not to worry as none born of woman shall harm Macbeth. With this "knowledge" he feels he is invincible.

So, he thinks nothing can harm him. The witches know he wants that crown, and know he will be destroyed by his own loft ambitions.

[InnerVenom123]

The beginning scared me. XD

[DigitalBuddah13]

trippy.

[PiqueBitch]

like that creepy music during that film and this ugly-cool witches theme

[kelillo]

I didn´t laugh but I recognise it´s quite comical

[JohnFordDanceTroupe]

Amazing New Hollywood filmmaking.

[MarshmallowMan1]

4:04 - 4:08

robodance;)

[GordonMorrice]

Absolutely!

[chinagrrl]

Wow! I'm really impressed with this! This is really cool!

[jrcadet4]

Interesting to compare Macbeth's hallucinatory 'divination' sequence here to the 'Satanic conception' sequence in ROSEMARY'S BABY, but I haven't heard the parallel drawn anytime recently. Superb piece of filmmaking, definitely...

[ysbaddaden2003]

I can't believe Hammer Studios didn't hold on to John Finch.

[FireLightning16]

3:46 - 4:11

Creepy ass music

[Robin4ever1970]

1:13 she looks like a naked lumberjack hahaha

man this whole scene made my english class crack up!

but we loved this movie

TOO SICK =)

God bless Shakespeare =)

[rowena551]

"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes." *lol*

[GordonMorrice]

I tend to keep pricks away from my thumbs, but those old hags know what they are doing!

[GreatGrumbledook]

Macbeth: "That will never be! Who can impress the forest, bid the tree Unfix his earth-bound root? Sweet bodements! good! Rebellion's head, rise never till the wood Of Birnam rise, and our high-placed Macbeth Shall live the lease of nature, pay his breath To time and mortal custom." - I must admit that it is hard to be angry with Shakespeare while hearing and reading such lines...

[Minan3]

i agree,i thought i wasnt going to be interested in reading this story but now that a research project pushed me, now im influenced to stay true to myself and the line:

"Macbeth...Macbeth...Macbeth..­.Beware Macduff"

it's stuck to my brain, i love that line!

[GreatGrumbledook]

@Minan3: I love the part when Lady Macbeth calls the evil spirits: "Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full Of direst cruelty! make thick my blood; Stop up the access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between The effect and it! Come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers (...) You wait on nature's mischief!

[spurtfather]

I love this version of Macbeth, the soundtrack by the third ear band is one of the main reasons. Throne of Blood is prob my favorite Macbeth based film tho. The end with all the arrows closing in around him is heavy duty. infact might go look for it on you tube the now.

[barnell09]

Why did Polanski decide to make the witches naked? Thats just crazy.

[GordonMorrice]

The film was produced by Hugh Hefner's Playboy company and Hef wanted Roman to use some of his Bunnies, but can you imagine Polanski being as crude as that? Hef was disappointed when he saw the old hags, but he thought that the film was brilliant, which it it is; one of the best films ever made, I feel.

[gimmeabba15]

on 4:17 you see Macbeth's head, when you see his head gets chopped off by Macduff!

[csipanther09]

never never

[RoCk4LiFe90]

yea that whole ending scene with Donalbain was just a "Hollywood" ending, its not in the play, and to tell you the truth I don't think it was Polanski's idea to add it in.

[princessgurl4eva101]

I thought the ending was good because it really showed us the cycle of evil continuing. Donalbain is made to look as if he is jealous of his now crowned brother and seeks the witches for prophecies just like macbeth betrayed Duncan and saw the witches. It may have been inaccurate from the play's point of view but it did make sense.

[Lateralus347]

Pretty bleak for a supposed "Hollywood ending", don't you think?

[lionsgate12345]

Since when is Hollywood Shakespeare?

[GordonMorrice]

I believe that it was co-writer Kenneth Tynan's idea for the bleak ending.

[Madonnafanforever]

I love this movie, specially this scene.

[icecreamgoon]

The suit of armour in the vision belonged to Young Siward....interesting :).

[GordonMorrice]

So it is! Well spotted! Interesting indeed...

[Irrelevant402]

Is that the young witch from the beginning that lead Macbeth down the steps?

[lucialight4]

Love Shakespeare and this particular film representation. Nice one and thanks for posting it.

[GordonMorrice]

The power in the play is brought to maximum effect in Polanski's film version. The Macbeths are young and have EVERYTHING to lose and this heightens the tension in the narrative. It's a "bold, bloody and resolute" presentation and concludes pessimistically, unlike the original play. Polanski was, and is, something of a fatalist and he brought this to his film. And a helluva film it is. More people need to see it.

[NicholasLeBlanc13]

actually i'm surprised with Polanski's interpretation...it's actually quite well(minus the final fight scene)

[Allmanfan456]

This scene is like a giant acid trip. whe n i first watched this i felt like i was in a trance. I love this scene!

[stoneyjewdas]

ew he drank it! He doesn't actually *drink* anything in the play does he? He trips without it... this seems to be the scene in which Polanski takes his largest departure from the play.

[GordonMorrice]

But it's a GREAT departure - he extends the scene into places that only Cinema can go. I'm all for "pure" presentations of Shakespeare, but when it comes to expensive film versions, I think that an "enlargement" is necessitated if it is to remain VISUALLY interesting.

[kagakuhakubutsukan]

the biggest departure in the film is that malcolm goes to visit the witches at the end.

[icecreamgoon]

Doesnt Macduff do that?

[kagakuhakubutsukan]

it is clearly malcolm or donalbain.

[YankeesJMB13]

its Donalbain

[kagakuhakubutsukan]

right. the idea with the film is that the same thing would keep happening again and again and again. the witches would speak to donalbain just as they did with macbeth. over and over and over again and again and again.

[spaceboudn]

this movie is the only shakespeare movie that i really liked

it's really well made

[atomsmasha]

Wonderful version by Polanski. Great music. Great everything, in fact.

[bookstar77]

That's just like Hell, the source of Macbeth's vision -- reveling in ambiguity, darkness and lies. Speaking with a double sense, as the Bard wrote down long ago.

Nothing clear, nothing sharp, nothing solid. All fog and filth and fire that burns eternally. Logic enslaved to emotion, emotion to passion, passion to pride and pride to it's master, the Devil.

And all drenched in blood. Woe to Macbeth.

A powerfully filmed scene by the infamous Polanski.

[GordonMorrice]

I received some terrible comments posted recently and they were deleted. Your comments have more than made up for them, bookstar. Cheers!

[GreenGestalt]

A professor of mine said he included the visceral caesarian scene in memory of his wife and son's murder by the Manson clan...

[elbethere]

yup. And although terrible, and tragic, such horrible experience makes this dark film work.

[aiyoo88]

the camera work is amazinnggg but polanski makes the second prophecy too clear for the audience - i think shakespeare would have wanted the audience to take the meaning literally like macbeth

[Scroobily]

P.S. "Who can impress the forest" is altered to "Who can recruit the forest" so that modern-day audiences can understand Macbeth's meaning.

[Scroobily]

Freakydeaky.

[lolasurf9]

lmao I watched this in class =) this and the witch jumping up and down going NAAA! are my favorite scenes

[pmalone4]

That whole scene was like a medieval acid trip.

[androzani7]

This is perhaps my favourite scene from any film ... it has haunted me for years. I must watch the whole thing! Thankyou for putting it up

[GordonMorrice]

It is a genuine tour-de-force, isn't it? Polanski always has the camera in the most interesting and appropriate place in all his films and this film illustrates his skill best, I feel. I agree that this hullucination sequence is one of the great moments in Cinema.

[GordonMorrice]

Indeed it is great - one of the greatest stories ever told, I feel.

[Grantwebb13]

I have just read Macbeth and wrote an essay. It's an excellent story! We started to watch this movie in the classroom but the other pupil's were rowdy.