Macbeth (1908)
- Original title
- Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Sublime Tragedy
- Directed by
- William V. Ranous, J. Stuart Blackton
- Genre
- drama film, silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 11 min
- Rating
- 4.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This is an early silent film adaptation of Shakespeare's play about a Scottish nobleman who, spurred by prophecy and his wife, murders a king to seize the throne. The story follows his rise to power and his fall into paranoia and violence.
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What happens
Macbeth is a silent 1908 American film directed by James Stuart Blackton based on the William Shakespeare play of the same name. It is the second known film version of that play after a short fighting sequence was filmed in 1905 by an unknown director. It was a black and white silent film that had English intertitles. It is currently unknown if any print of the film still exists. A police report to censorship authorities mentioning the scene of the murder of Duncan in the film "might otherwise stand unabashed as the first piece of intelligent criticisim in the field of Shakespearean film". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Black Viper (1908)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.