Count me as another who saw the Polanski version in school, circa 1986. Our teacher said something about him trusting us to be mature enough to handle it... and I'm pretty sure we were? Seems odd in retrospect.
That's wild to me. I remember the Zefferelli 'Romeo and Juliet' scandalizing my sixth grade class with its brief nudity. I think my high school in suburban Atlanta was too conservative to bring the Polanski into English class.
It was an AP English class, senior year, so we were an audience probably more concerned with not having anything we did or said affect our GPA than the average group of high schoolers. But given that my lasting impression of the movie, which I haven't seen since, is that Lady Macbeth is naked for her big soliloquy -- I can't say I wasn't distracted by it. I just think my classmates and I kept it to ourselves, for the most part.
Still, I can't even imagine playing it now for a high school class. (And yeah, I think the nudity in R&J caused more of an uproar when we saw that, too; we were a little younger for that one, but not as young as 6th grade!)
Add me to the "watched Polanski's Macbeth in high school" list. Around 2004 when i was in my second year at my Australian high school. Same teacher that showed us Seven Samurai for no particular reason and Blade Runner
We watched some scenes in high school but not the whole film and I don’t think any of the nudity. But that opening where the guy gets the mace was shown, and kind of haunted me. My teacher also made much of the Ross character and Polanksi’s interpretation of him. She was a bit of an oddball but not a bad English teacher. RIP Ms. Gillan
I'm really enjoying this series! I love the Shakespeare play, so it's a bit weird that the only film adaptations I've seen are Throne of Blood and Scotland, PA, probably the two that stray the most from the source material by changing location and time period. After reading these posts I definitely want to check out the Polanski and Kurzel versions. And I'm really excited for the Coen's take on the material!
I was lucky enough to see Polanksi’s version theatrically here in Korea at a film festival many years back, great experience, highly recommend if anyone gets the chance.
oooh Scotland, PA!
Count me as another who saw the Polanski version in school, circa 1986. Our teacher said something about him trusting us to be mature enough to handle it... and I'm pretty sure we were? Seems odd in retrospect.
That's wild to me. I remember the Zefferelli 'Romeo and Juliet' scandalizing my sixth grade class with its brief nudity. I think my high school in suburban Atlanta was too conservative to bring the Polanski into English class.
It was an AP English class, senior year, so we were an audience probably more concerned with not having anything we did or said affect our GPA than the average group of high schoolers. But given that my lasting impression of the movie, which I haven't seen since, is that Lady Macbeth is naked for her big soliloquy -- I can't say I wasn't distracted by it. I just think my classmates and I kept it to ourselves, for the most part.
Still, I can't even imagine playing it now for a high school class. (And yeah, I think the nudity in R&J caused more of an uproar when we saw that, too; we were a little younger for that one, but not as young as 6th grade!)
Add me to the "watched Polanski's Macbeth in high school" list. Around 2004 when i was in my second year at my Australian high school. Same teacher that showed us Seven Samurai for no particular reason and Blade Runner
So me am only one who watched "Me Am Curious (Yellow)" in freshman year English class? That not how public school normally do it?
We watched some scenes in high school but not the whole film and I don’t think any of the nudity. But that opening where the guy gets the mace was shown, and kind of haunted me. My teacher also made much of the Ross character and Polanksi’s interpretation of him. She was a bit of an oddball but not a bad English teacher. RIP Ms. Gillan
I'm really enjoying this series! I love the Shakespeare play, so it's a bit weird that the only film adaptations I've seen are Throne of Blood and Scotland, PA, probably the two that stray the most from the source material by changing location and time period. After reading these posts I definitely want to check out the Polanski and Kurzel versions. And I'm really excited for the Coen's take on the material!
I was lucky enough to see Polanksi’s version theatrically here in Korea at a film festival many years back, great experience, highly recommend if anyone gets the chance.