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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 4013575040544
Format: PAL
Running Time: 90 minutes
Sales Rank: 99322
Theatrical Release Date: 1955-06
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Editorial Review:
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Filmed as a classical tragedy, Orson Welles's Othello is a tale of passion, jealousy, and murder. Welles used his earnings from several performances to finance the production, which was shot over several years across multiple locations including Italy and Morocco. The footage was well matched photographically, resulting in an artistically brave compression of a great play. In the title role, Welles shows us a man who has fought many wars but still maintains a princely disposition. As Desdemona, Suzanne Cloutier is guileless but strong enough to have wanted and pursued the Moor. In a rare filmed role, Micheál MacLiammóir excels as the diabolical Iago, a master of manipulating appearances and devoid of any motive save pure evil. The financial constraints appear to have ignited an even higher level of creativity within Welles, who never takes the expected angle and directs the film with a vertiginous, exhibitionist energy. This Othello won the prestigious Palme d'Or at Cannes in April 1952. --Kevin Mulhall
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Between 1949 and 1951 Orson Welles filmed Shakespeare's Othello on s shoestring budget and often with his own funds earned for acting on other films. The adaptation is sometimes challenging but is often an engrossing cinematic experience.
The film shares more in style with Welles'Citizen Kane than it does with other productions of Shakespeare for the screen. Employing just about every editing trick in his catalogue, Welles creates an experience that is more than a little unsettling. ... Read More
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You have to wonder how Orson Welles would ever have to spend a penny of his own to make a movie after Citizen Kane, but I suppose Shakespeare was not considered worthy of expense back then. Here, Welles turned Othello into a picturesque fifties version of a standard high budget classic. Visually, the scenes are candy from the soldiers to the ocean to the flags to the cliffs. As for Welles, he brings an intense dignity to this role. My only complaint is that there are no subtitles so you cannot absorb ... Read More
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This legendary filmmaker was in his late thirties (38) when he adapted to screen this colossal adaptation of Othello. The film is visually stunning and constitutes in my opinion his best achievement after Kane, despite the terrible acting of the worst Desdemona in any movie. Nevertheless the imaginative direction of Wisconsin 's genius and his performance was offbeat.
This film won Cannes Festival with all honors. Welles was briefly interviewed and asked about if he personally considered ... Read More
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While I have great respect for Welles as both an actor and director, the fact that this was done more or less as a pet project of his over several years is readily apparent. As a Shakespeare purist, I also found his reworking of the text off-putting. If you're not familiar with the original play, you may have difficulty following this film version. Finally, much of the audio is difficult, if not impossible in some spots, to understand. According to the extras documentary, to produce this version the ... Read More
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For students of film, this is a must-see and worthy of five stars in that category. For Shakespeare, don't rely on this interpetation or editing as the story of Othello. Iago is completely misinterpreted. Othello would never trust this Uriah Heep-sinister-weasel version. Kenneth Branaugh has a much better interpretation of this role. Iago is someone you would trust and buddy with on first impression; that is why Othello is willing to listen to him. In this version, Iago runs away and does not die in ... Read More
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