The Cinematography kills and resurrects you

Rating: 7/10 (10 December 2016)

As a quick way to revise texts, I resort to films. That was wholly my intention when my roomies and I gathered around for a late night show of Justin Kurzel's Macbeth which was released in 2015 starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cortillard. We had our shares of Polanski's Macbeth, Kurosawa's Throne of Blood and our very own Vishal Bharadwaj's Maqbool, so it was hardly expected that a newbie director would match any of the masterpieces above.
But what followed in the next two hours shook us to our core. Kurzel's Macbeth transported us into a lawless and savage Scotland, decorated with impeccable scenes of nature's wrath. His Macbeth became a symbol of the worst of humanity. Kurzel adapted his own screenplay and his renditions of the death of Macduff's children and wife left me utterly speechless. A raw, gritty and magnificent Fassbender accompanied by the equally heartless Cortillard as Lady Macbeth made us grab our hearts throughout the entire show. There were instances and scenes I could not forget long after the final shot was seen. This experience scarred me and left me intensely emotional which is what Shakespeare's plays are all about.
Justin Kurzel, take a bow