Throne of Blood

Throne of Blood (1957), Akira Kurosawa's reworking of Macbeth, is widely considered the greatest film adaptation of Shakespeare ever made.
In a detailed account of the film, Robert N. Watson explores how Kurosawa draws key philosophical and psychological arguments from Shakespeare, translates them into striking visual metaphors, and inflects them through the history of post-World War II Japan. Watson places particular emphasis on the contexts that underlie the film's central tension between individual aspiration and the stability of broader social and ecological collectives - and therefore between free will and determinism.
In his foreword to this new edition, Robert Watson considers the central characters' Washizu and his wife Asaji's blunder in viewing life as a ruthless competition in which only the most brutal can thrive in the context of an era of neoliberal economics, resurgent 'strongman' political leaders, and myopic views of the environmenal crisis, with nothing valued that cannot be monetized.

Throne of Blood (1957), refacerea lui Macbeth de Akira Kurosawa, este considerata pe scara larga cea mai mare adaptare cinematografica realizata vreodata de Shakespeare. Intr-o relatare detaliata a filmului, Robert N. Watson exploreaza modul in care Kurosawa atrage argumente filosofice si psihologice cheie din Shakespeare, traducand le transforma in metafore vizuale izbitoare si le inflexioneaza prin istoria Japoniei de dupa cel de-al doilea razboi mondial.