The new 30-second TV spot for director Joel Coen‘s adaptation of the classic Shakespeare tragedy looks both minimalist and epic all at the same time, pulling visual influences from the earliest auteurs of the Silent Movie era, with images that while staged on studio sets and composed of matte paintings (and framed in the early “square” aspect ratio of 1:33:1) also feel expansive in scope. (You can watch the first teaser here.)
Coen hired director of photgraphy Bruno Delbonnel to shoot the movie; Delbonnel previously collaborated with the Coens on The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and Inside Llewyn Davis. Delbonnel also lensed Amelie, a modern classic of lush cinematography.
Starring Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand as the insidiously ambitious Macbeth and Lady Macbeth (who plot to take the thrown of Scotland), their co-stars include Corey Hawkins, Brendan Gleeson, Harry Melling, Bertie Carvel, Alex Hassell, Moses Ingram, and Kathryn Hunter in the role of the Three Witches.
Joel Coen’s first solo feature without his brother-collaborator Ethan will be a must see event when it opens in theaters on December 25, 2021. The Tragedy of Macbeth will begin streaming on Apple TV+ on January 14, 2022.
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An ominous figure awaits at the entrance to Macbeth’s castle in Joel Coen’s THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH, an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s epic play.
The coveted throne to the Scottish Kingdom in Joel Coen’s THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH, an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s epic play.
Denzel Washington stars as Macbeth in Joel Coen’s THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH, an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s epic play.
Frances McDormand stars as Lady Macbeth in Joel Coen’s THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH, an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s epic play.
A soldier for Macbeth inspects fiery ruins in Joel Coen’s THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH, an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s epic play.
Denzel Washington stars as Macbeth in Joel Coen’s THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH, an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s epic play.
A figure enters Macbeth’s castle in Joel Coen’s THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH, an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s epic play.
Kathryn Hunter stars as the Trio of Witches in Joel Coen’s THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH, an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s epic play.
Macbeth’s castle rests on a summit’s edge in the borderlands of Scotland, in Joel Coen’s THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH, an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s epic play.
