Tag: Throne of Blood

  • Akira Kurosawa Had A Theory About His Films’ International Appeal

    Akira Kurosawa Had A Theory About His Films’ International Appeal

    When Akira Kurosawa’s “Rashomon” won the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival in 1951, it allowed Japanese cinema to begin gaining more of a foothold abroad. Throughout his career, Kurosawa incorporated Western influences into his work, with Shakespeare being one ready example as seen in Kurosawa’s “Macbeth” and “King Lear” adaptations, “Throne of Blood”…

  • Channing Tatum, Scooter Braun & Amazon Team For YA Lady Macbeth-Adapted Musical

    Channing Tatum, Scooter Braun & Amazon Team For YA Lady Macbeth-Adapted Musical

    There have been many different, unique iterations of Shakespeare’s titanic tragedy “Macbeth” throughout film history. Ranging from Kurosawa’s “Throne of Blood” to the recent Florence Pugh-breakout “Lady Macbeth,” the narrative template of Shakespeare’s story has proven to be timeless and malleable, allowing artists to adapt and reinterpret the material to support new contexts and themes…