Criterion Reflections – Episode 88 – Roman Polanski’s Macbeth

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Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode of this third season of the podcast features conversations with a variety of guests offering insights on movies that originally premiered in 1971 and were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by Trevor Berrett, Derek J. Power, William Remmers and Brad McDermott to discuss Macbeth, directed by Roman Polanski.

Roman Polanski

• The Criterion Collection
• The Criterion Channel
• Wikipedia
• ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image)
• Cinema Archives
• Culture.pl
• Indie Wire
• Senses of Cinema

Macbeth (General)

• Wikipedia
• Full text
• British Library
• Folger Shakespeare Library
• Royal Shakespeare Company
• Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

Macbeth (Other Versions Mentioned in Episode)

• Macbeth (1948)
• Throne of Blood (1957)
• Macbeth (1983)
• Macbeth (2004)
• Macbeth (2010)
• Macbeth (2015)
• Macbeth (2021)

Macbeth (Polanski’s Film Adaptation)

• The Criterion Collection
• Wikipedia
• New York Times (1971)
• Roger Ebert (1971)
• Village Voice (1971)
• The New Yorker (1972)
• Reeling Back (1972)
• Literature/Film Quarterly (1973)
• Literature/Film Quarterly (1986)
• AV Club
• CageyFilms
• CineVue
• Criterion Confessions
• Dream Are What Le Cinema Is For
• DVD Savant
• EOFFTV Review
• Film Corner
• Hollywood Gothique
• Plot and Theme
• Pop Optiq
• Thoughts from Cinema’s Fringes
• Wrong Reel (podcast)

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