Scotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless ambition of his wife, warlord Macbeth, bold and brave, but also weak and hesitant, betrays his good king and his brothers in arms and sinks into the bloody mud of a path with no return, sown with crime and suspicion.
Cinematography
Every frame looks like a rotting oil painting—Gilbert Taylor is unhinged.
Direction
Polanski's first film post-Manson: grief, blood, and no mercy.
Production
Playboy money funded this—Hugh Hefner's weirdest legacy.
Director
Roman Polanski
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