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Lady Macbeth (2016)

Film

DirectorWilliam Oldroyd

Meta takes2

Figures

Locations

The bleak Northern English landscape

Form & technique

The use of amplified, off-screen diegetic sound

Tropes

Katherine's vibrant blue dress → The Abject
Anna's silence and final muteness
The film's static, symmetrical cinematography
The omission of the source novella's interior monologue
The Lester family estate
Florence Pugh's physical performance → The Smile Tax

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