I was quite surprised to see that Hugh Hefner produced this version of Macbeth (and I admit when I saw how many naked folks were in the movie I had some less than generous thoughts about his influence). But I have since discovered that all of the nudes in this movie were the directors' idea, Roman Polanski's rather than Hefner's.
For instance getting an eyeful of a cave packed with naked hags was far from sexy and added that extra oopmh to how truly repugnant the weird sisters were.
Lord and Lady Macbeth were beautiful, and everything I would expect in a young, ambitious, and happening couple. In the photo above you can see Lady M. getting her man to screw his courage to the sticking place.
...and then afterwards as they both begin to unravel...
I just love how these actors played their roles! The murder scene was obscene (as murder should be), there was no escaping the violence and the reprehensible act of betrayal that Macbeth performed (it will be many months before I can screw my own courage to watch another version of this play!).
There just the one crown which was not dorky at all!
If the murder of Duncan wasn't gory enough have a gander at poor Banquo who is haunting his king at dinner...
After watching so much violence and experiencing such revulsion at so many graphic scenes in this movie, the beheading of Macbeth was comic relief at the end (yeah...I laughed out loud and hard for a minute or two).
This is, so far, my favourite version of the movie. The costumes were gorgeous (and appropriate!), I really liked the cast. The scenery was beyond beautiful.
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