Interviews With "The Tragedy Of Macbeth" Composer, Carter Burwell & Production Designer, Stefan Dechant

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Anyone who has seen Joel Coen's adaptation of William Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of Macbeth" knows what a scrumptious feast it is for the eyes and ears. The film had its world premiere at last year's New York Film Festival, and now, audiences can stream it on AppleTV+ to take in its meticulous design and powerhouse performance, led by Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand. Two previous Coen Brothers collaborators, composer Carter Burwell and production designer Stefan Decant were kind enough to spend time talking with us about their work on the film, their relationship with the Coens, especially Joel, their cinematic influences for this highly particular film, and more! Be sure to take a listen down below and enjoy this look into the making of one of the best films of 2021. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.8	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and these are Will Mavity's interviews
0:34.8	with the composer for the Tragedy of Macbeth, Carter Burwell,
0:39.1	and the production designer, Stefan de Chon.
0:41.9	By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.
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1:01.2	If we should fail.
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1:04.9	All right, so Carter, you know, I'm always a huge fan of your Cohen work.
1:09.8	I still can't believe that if you got in for this,
1:12.8	it would be your first Cohen film to be Oscar nominated for score. You were Rob for Fargo,
1:18.6	you know, that speaks for itself. So this one's interesting. It's more stripped down than some of the
1:24.2	stuff you've usually done. Tell me a little bit about how you decide to go
1:29.3	comparatively minimalist, really just using a few simple strings and percussion in this one.
1:36.2	Sure. You know, a lot of that has to do with the nature of the dialogue, which is William Shakespeare.
1:44.9	You know, we figured, first of all, that, you know, there's just a great deal of dialogue.
1:50.2	It's very dense, but also that, you know, American audience or any audience in 21st century,
1:57.6	it takes them a little while to actually grasp that manner of speech. So I was just trying
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