The biggest challenge for production designer Stefan Dechant in bringing Joel Coen’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” to screen was crafting the right tone. Early conversations ...

Something remarkable this way comes. Director Joel Coen of the Coen brothers adapts one of Shakespeare’s famed plays to the big screen in “The Tragedy of Macbeth.” Released in theaters Dec. 25 and on ...

For production designer Stefan Dechant, getting the call to meet with Joel Coen for The Tragedy of Macbeth felt like being whisked away onto “the hero’s journey.” “Some of those calls…you get the call ...

Director Coen presented production designer Stefan Dechant with references from "The Passion of Joan of Arc," "Sunrise," and "The Night of the Hunter." When production designer Stefan Dechant ...

Filmmaker Joel Coen wanted “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” his adaptation of the Shakespearean staple about the ambitious Scottish king, to be rooted in theatricality but to avoid looking like a filmed play ...

William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” may be set in Scotland, but its true context is a web of lies, betrayal and greed interwoven with a willful belief in destiny and magic. Wake Forest University ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Shakespeare's Macbeth is a penetrating and darkly suggestive exploration of the proud ambition of Macbeth and his wife, Lady Macbeth - ...

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The biggest challenge for production designer Stefan Dechant in bringing Joel Coen’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” to screen was crafting the right tone. Early conversations ...