Episode 36: Shakespeare Month #4 - MACBETH (1971) & THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH (2021)

"Upon the heath / There to meet with Macbeth. [...] Fair is foul and foul is fair: / Hover through the fog and filthy air." Quinn, Curtis, and John team up with two special guests (Dr Geoff Rodoreda and Leo Kirchhoff) for the final Shakespeare adaptation episode (for now) as part of THE SEAT STRUCK MOVIE PODCAST's Shakespeare month. The episode is a double bill featuring Roman Polanski's 1971 MACBETH as well as Joel Coen's THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH (2021). The team discusses the similarities, the differences, favourite scenes, the casting, controversial artists vs their art, the director's vision of Macbeth, and more. Tune in next week as the gang returns to the John Carpenter watch series with BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, starring Carpenter favourite Kurt Russell! TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 Introduction to the MACBETH double bill 00:02:12 MACBETH (1971) Discussion (characters, themes, tasty bits, hot takes) 00:24:24 THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH (2021) Discussion 00:41:55 Our Ratings 00:48:45 What We Watched This Week 01:06:14 Coming Up Next! MOVIES WE WATCHED QUINN: White Hot: The Rise and Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch; Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes (Netflix Docuseries) JOHN: Cry of the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann; We’re All Going to the World’s Fair; Milk (1998), Dog (2001); Wasp (2003) CURTIS: X (2022); Belfast; Better Call Saul (Season 6) LEO: Promising Young Woman GEOFF: The Birthday Party (1968) CREDITS AND PLUGS Intro: "Fair is Foul" by Carter Burwell (THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH 2021 OST); Excerpt from MACBETH (1971) Original Trailer Outro: "Birnam Wood" by Carter Burwell (THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH 2021 OST) Quinn: @seatstruckreviews Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month' John: johnnycakes.substack.com @johnnycakes91 on Letterboxd Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.