When shall we three meet again?
I like a good Shakespearian adaptation, but I really like a bad Shakespearian adaptation. Stage or screen doesn’t matter to me as long as it’s slightly wrong headed. Don’t get me wrong - I can’t fault Richard Loncraine’s Richard III with Ian McKellan (his tank is a neighbour afterall*) and I saw a killer version of Hamlet a few years ago with an all male Japanese cast that blew me away. But I get a bigger kick out of Al Pacino making an ass out of himself in Looking for Richard and John Turturro doing his best to hold things together in Men of Respect.
So here comes another modern version of Macbeth that takes the organised crime route
The trailer reveals a cheap, but thoroughly entertaining romp through the Australian underworld with cute lezzed up witches and Mouse from The Matrix. Best of all it’s directed by Geoffrey Romper Stomper Wright (as opposed to say, Geoffrey Cherry Falls Wright).
I love Australian movies too, so this is win win for me. It was released last year so should be easy enough to track down on DVD.
I’m feeling a Macbeth / Men of Respect / Joe MacBeth triple-bill coming on.
*That really is the same tank from the opening of RIchard III. His name is Stompy.
June 21st, 2007 at 6:20 am
I was walking back in Wynyard (bus/train station) in the city (Sydney, in case you forgot) and ended up sheltering from evil cyclonic rain in Virgin. This is in the bargin bin…
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:59 pm
MacBeth by acclaimed Austalian director Goeffrey Wright starring Sam Worthington is actually being released in the UK on the 13th of July. So don’t miss the opportunity to see this action packed classic on the big screen. Please visit our website for release and competition details.