By Gary V. Foss
ter hundreds o ears o adoration and interpretation, tackling hakespeare is daunting or an
production. Howeer, the traged o the Thane o awdor turned King o cotland is the directorial
euialent o walking into re. otoriousl ad luck, the stor is a mstical political thriller, murder
plot, and historical drama. ore time separated hakespeare rom the historical aceth than
separates us rom hakespeare. The pla was perormed on a stage. To capture that
spatial limitation the lm is shot on sets with minimalist architecture that cuts shapes and angles
across a spare ackground so the characters seem to wander through an scher drawing.
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