MACBETH ACT 5 SCENE 1
1972 ROMAN POLANSKI VS. 2010 RUPERT GOOLD
THE PLAY VS. THE FILMS
THE FILM OF 2010 FROM RUPERT GOOLD WAS MORE ACCURATE TO THE BOOK. IT WAS ALSO MY FAVORITE FILM BECAUSE THE WAY THE CHARACTERS WERE DRESSED AND THEIR WAY OF ACTING MADE ME UNDERSTAND THE BOOK BETTER. IT WENT MORE WITH HOW THE BOOK TOLD THE STORY.
LADY MACBETH
A DIFFERENCE I NOTICED WAS FROM LADY MACBETH. THE WAY SHE ACTS AND THE WAY SHE LOOKS. BY LOOKS, IN THE SCENE FROM 1971 LADY MACBETH WAS COMPLETELY NAKED COMPARED TO THE FILM FROM 2010 WHERE SHE WAS MORE COVERED UP WEARING HER NIGHTGOWN. IN THE FILM FROM 1971 SHE ACTED MORE AS IF SHE REGRETTD ALL THE BAD HER AND MACBETH HAD DONE. IN THE FILM FROM 2010 SHE WAS ACTING MORE MENTALLY ILL, OR CRAZY, SHE SEEMED LOST IN LIFE.
THE CANDLE
IN THE FILM FROM 1971, LADY MACBETH WAS ALWAYS BY THE CURTAIN AS IF NEEDING SOMETING TO HOLD ON TO BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T HOLD HERSELF. IN THE FILM FROM 2010, SHE CARRIES A CANDLE WITH HER FROM AND TO HER BEDROOM. THAT WAS ANOTHER DIFFERENCE THAT I NOTICED IN THE TWO DIFFERENT FILMS.
LIGHTING
BESIDES THE DIFFERENCES, THERE WAS A SIMILARITY. WHICH WAS THE LIGHTING OF THE SCENE. IN BOTH FILMS, EVERYTHING WAS IN COMPLETE DARKNESS EXCEPT FOR SOME LIGHT THAT WAS GIVEN OFF BY THE CANDLE OR LIGHT BY THE ROOM. I SAY THAT IT IS A SYMBOLISM OF HOW WHEN YOU FEEL IN COMPLETE DARKNESS, THERES ALWAYS SOME HOPE.