Macbeth

by Rebekah Owens

Why write about Roman Polanski's Macbeth (1971) as part of a series of books dedicated to the classics of the horror movie genre? Because, Rebekah Owens argues, just as Banquo in Polanski's film holds up a series of mirrors that reflect images of his successors that trace back to his own son Fleance, so subsequent milestones in the genre show their lineage to this work, their originator. Polanski had previously made Repulsion (1965) and Rosemary's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1911325132
• ISBN13: 9781911325130
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 7.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher