from that play have stayed with me, vaulting ambition that o erleaps itself and falls on the other, and of course lady macbeth uttering out, damn spot. so i was very pleased when i heard that this year the new york film festival was having as its opening night film a fresh interpretation of macbeth called the tragedy of macbeth, starring denzel washington and frances mcdormand. the world premiere of this new macbeth definitely created excitement. the film was shot in black and white on a los angeles soundstage. it all unfolds artfully within a hermetically sealed world. directorjoel coen, working solo without his brother for the first time in his career, has certainly created a visually striking movie. but it s his actors who bring it to life, his wife frances mcdormand as lady macbeth and denzel washington as macbeth, two leads at the forefront of a large ensemble of well rehearsed american, british and irish actors. we got a chance to rehearse it like a play, well, we actually st
flee also has a gay theme amin is gay. closeted in afghanistan, it was an issue he has had to struggle with. it s a key part of the film. the gay story is kind of a mirror on his refugee story because in his youth, and from his family, he had to flee his sexuality. so in a way, he s always been on the run. in his youth, it was from his sexuality and afterwards, it was from his past, from his story he couldn t tell, so i think those two stories really go hand in hand. the documentary s positive reception in new york was almost guaranteed because many critics in the city had already seen flee earlier on the festival circuit and really loved it. one new york film festival movie has haunted me from the moment i first saw it, the power of the dog. it s a western of sorts in which its film maker, new zealanderjane campion, shows full mastery of her craft, as does the movie s leading man, benedict cumberbatch. i see it as a study
shakespeare performances for audiences. and while shakespeare is widely considered the pre eminent master of the english language, macbeth has actually inspired its share of international adaptations. it s a special challenge to translate shakespeare s flawless dialogue into a new spoken language and a cinematic language at once. in 2003, maqbool, an adaptations set in mumbai s criminal underworld, played to appreciative audiences at both the cannes film festival and the toronto film festival. of course, the best regarded adaptation of macbeth may be akira kurosawa s throne of blood, which merges shakespeare s vision with japanese culture to stunning effect. some feel that an adaptation that is forced to omit shakespeare s inimitable dialogue actually makes it more palatable for general movie audiences. language obviously to some extent is an obstacle to modern audiences. and instead you get, you know,
since she s never going to get the attention and love from her own father, she thinks she s going to get it from that third person who lived the same initial trauma, meaning, the car. alexia s relationship with cars is explored. in one scene, she rather shockingly gets impregnated by a car. it makes the mind boggle. for the actress it was an unusual scene to shoot. you know, ijust told myself, just pretend you re doing a little show. this is a weird show, butjust have fun with it, because, you know, like, you just have to do it anyway, so just have fun with it. so i tried to have fun and it was actually really fun. # but it s too late to say you re sorry. it is a provocative film. it has several themes, among them gender identity and humans relations with machines, but for its director, it s a movie which explores love. it was a huge challenge for me. i think it s very hard for me to talk about love,
film a fresh interpretation of macbeth called the tragedy of macbeth, starring denzel washington and frances mcdormand. the world premiere of this new macbeth definitely created excitement. the film was shot in black and white on a los angeles soundstage. it all unfolds artfully within a hermetically sealed world. directorjoel coen, working solo without his brother for the first time in his career, has certainly created a visually striking movie. but it s his actors who bring it to life, his wife frances mcdormand as lady macbeth and denzel washington as macbeth, two leads at the forefront of a large ensemble of well rehearsed american, british and irish actors. we got a chance to rehearse it like a play, well, we actually started working, fran and i and joel, i don t know, a year out, we started reading and sitting down and rehearsing it, but then the company rehearsed for about a month before we started shooting. as the director of the new york film festival told me, audiences will f