“THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH burns and bubbles with power and passion – a stark cinematic rendering of William Shakespeare’s immortal work. Joel Coen richly imagines this bloody tale of hubris as a gothic fever dream where “fair is foul and foul is fair”– a monumental achievement, and one in which only titans as towering as Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand could stir the material from transcendent text into timelessness.” -The American Film Institute, AFI AWARDS 2021
March 13, 2022
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THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH (2021) – AFI Movie Club
Written and directed by Joel Coen in his first solo venture, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH is a stark and fantastical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s masterpiece of power and corruption starring AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Denzel Washington and Academy Award® winner Frances McDormand. The film’s crew also included AFI Alum Michael Bauman (AFI Class of 1992) as a gaffer.
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