I thought that the 1948 Orson Welles’ film version of Macbeth had not been released on DVD, just VHS, but I was wrong.

It turns out that there is an import (region free) DVD copy of the film, one of the last made my Orson Welles before he was ejected from the Studio System. The theatrical release of this film trimmed 20 minutes from Welles’ vision of the film and the studio forced him to re-dub ALL the dialogue.

Welles had rehearsed the actors to have them deliver the text in Scottish accents, but the studio brass found that hard to follow and replaced it with a ‘no accent’ version.

The DVD is a restored version, back to Welles’ original vision. It should arrive on Friday and I am looking forward to seeing it.