Boasting 'pristine audio and video...and an abundance of exciting bonus material,' Olive Films has announced the title in their new Criterion-esque Signature series: the 1948 Orson Welles drama Macbeth.
The Welles adaptation of Shakespeare's classic was originally released by Olive in 2012 but will be receiving a new 4K restoration as part of a two-disc set. Bonus features to the DVD and Blu-Ray are below.
Macbethwill be available on November 15th.
Macbeth
Something wicked this way comes in Orson Welles' cinematic retelling of William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Welles stars as the titular Macbeth-a doomed Scottish lord tragically undone by his own ambition. Welles' noir-tinged interpretation bubbles over with supernatural prophecy and murderous intrigue, effectively mixing the use of shadow and oblique camera angles to achieve an ominous sense of a land in peril.
Beautifully shot by John L. Russell and starring Orson Welles (who also adapted, produced and directed), Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall and Alan Napier, Macbeth is an altogether unique interpretation of Shakespeare's Scottish play.
This special Olive Signature edition includes both the original 1948 107-minute cut, replete with affected highland accents, and the 1950 pared-down 85-minute re-release that removed most of the accented dialogue.
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