Macbeth 1948 123movies

Watch: Macbeth 1948 123movies, Full Movie Online – In fog-dripping, barren and sometimes macabre settings, 11th-century Scottish nobleman Macbeth is led by an evil prophecy and his ruthless yet desirable wife to the treasonous act that makes him king. But he does not enjoy his newfound, dearly-won kingship… Restructured, but all the dialogue is Shakespeare’s..
Plot: A Scottish warlord and his wife murder their way to a pair of crowns.
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	7.4/10 Votes: 7,294
	86% | RottenTomatoes
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	N/A Votes: 129 Popularity: 7.704 | TMDB

Reviews:

A dark, brooding, atmospheric Macbeth
Welles has created a unique interpretation of Macbeth with this film. It is very dark – literally so since almost the entire film takes place at night and the fog machines were cranked up pretty high for a lot of the scenes. Perhaps this darkness befits the mood of the story, but I began to feel oppressed by it. All the running about in ill-lighted cavernous hallways produced a claustrophobic effect.

Welles emphasizes Macbeth’s ambivalence in acting on his ambitions and his anguish in having done so. The influence of Lady Macbeth is particularly accentuated; in the scene where Macbeth is wavering about killing the King, Lady Macbeth effectively challenges his manhood over any thoughts of failure to do the job. Wells is effective in delivering the voiced-over soliloquies and in developing Macbeth as a tortured brooder. Jeanette Nolan as Lady Macbeth is less successful than Welles – her “Out damned spot” scene was way over the top. It was fun to see a twenty-year-old Roddy McDowall playing Malcomb.

While there are some cinematic elements, like the escape of Fleance on horseback and the approach of Macduff and the English armies at the end, this is essentially the filming of a play. There are some interesting sets and lighting details, but there are also some cheesy sets and effects. The costumes look like they came out of some Viking movie and Macbeth’s crown has all the appearance of having been fashioned for a junior high school play.

The musical score (by Jacques Ibert no less) is generic and frequently overbearing.

Going into this cold without having read the play or seen another production could be tough sledding.

Kurosawa took a lot from this Macbeth for his 1957 interpretation in “Throne of Blood.” His Birnam wood scenes are almost identical to Welles’. For a more complete and accessible Macbeth, see Polanski’s 1971 film. It would be interesting to see what Welles would have come up with if he had been turned loose on this with a big budget and no time constraints.

Orson Welles’ Macbeth
Macbeth (1948) was directed by Orson Welles and stars Welles himself as Macbeth, and Jeanette Nolan as Lady Macbeth. The immensely talented Welles was famous for thinking up ambitious projects that he could not fund. Macbeth fell into that category.

With inadequate funding, Welles was forced to patch together his cast, his props, and his location. Although most of the important scenes of the play take place in a castle, Welles didn’t have a castle. His set was an amorphous rock formation, with steps that apparently led nowhere.

I saw this movie as part of an honors seminar (Shakespeare in Film) that I’m auditing. The students were scornful about the movie. They got tired of the obvious Christian (good) Pagan (bad) symbolism. They got tired of Macbeth lurching around the set as if he were drunk. (Could he have been drunk, or did he want us to think Macbeth was drunk?) They got tired of a new character that Welles introduced–the Holy Father.

Welles was a great actor, and his interpretation of Macbeth as a glowering medieval lord covered in sweat is as valid as other interpretations. Jeanette Nolan was not a great Lady Macbeth, but she was creditable enough.

What ruined the movie for me was the lower-than-low budget appearance. Sometimes, you just can’t fake it with papier mâché and shadows. For example, in one of the most dramatic scenes in world theater, Lady Macbeth comes sleepwalking into a hall and continues to wash her hands. (That’s where “Out, out, damned spot” comes from.)

In this version, Lady Macbeth, her maid, and the doctor seem to be on a platform of rock, with no roof. Shakespeare meant this to be a tight, intimate, indoor scene. It loses its effectiveness in this setting.

We saw this film on the small screen. It might work a little better in a theater, but it works well enough on DVD. This is a flawed, unsatisfying film, but it’s not without its merits. Welles is a genius. Even a lesser movie by a genius has some great moments in it. My suggestion–watch it and decide for yourself.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 47 min (107 min), 1 hr 32 min (92 min) (Germany), 1 hr 29 min (89 min) (cut), 1 hr 47 min (107 min) (premiere) (USA), 1 hr 47 min (107 min) (restored video) (USA)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Passed
Genre Drama, History, War
Director Orson Welles
Writer William Shakespeare, Orson Welles
Actors Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O’Herlihy
Country United States
Awards 1 nomination
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (RCA Sound System)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Consolidated Film Industries (CFI), Hollywood (CA), USA
Film Length 2,939 m
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm