Macbeth

Only a few of the Bard's best lines are audible. The rest are lost in strained, dialectic gibbering that is only sound, not prose.

Stark, intermittently brilliant.

Powerhouse performance from Orson Welles as the troubled Prince.

Wonder-Boy Welles has an imaginative way with a camera.

One of the director's most personal creations, it's a courageous experiment with a craggy barbaric splendor all its own.

There is force in this rough, hasty rendering; the sheer speed of the pacing gives it a quality of crushing delirium.

It’s a wonder to watch, even though three-quarters of a century has passed.

One of the most fascinating of all screen Macbeths.

The stark Scottish landscape adds a weird note to a picture that has its moments of high dramatic interest.

I thought Orson Welles, as the ambitious but tortured Macbeth, was both impressive and moving.