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Othello (The Criterion Collection) [DVD] Special Edition. Gloriously cinematic despite being made on a tiny budget, Orson Welles’s Othello is a testament to the filmmaker’s stubborn willingness to pursue his vision to the ends of the earth. Unmatched in his passionate identification with Shakespeare’s imagination, Welles brings his inventive visual approach to this enduring tragedy of jealousy, bigotry, and rage, and also gives a towering performance as the Moor of Venice, alongside Suzanne Cloutier as his innocent wife, Desdemona, and Micheál MacLiammóir as the scheming Iago. Shot over the course of three years in Morocco, Venice, Tuscany, and Rome and plagued by many logistical problems, this fiercely independent film joins Macbeth and Chimes at Midnight in making the case for Welles as the cinema’s most audacious interpreter of the Bard.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
Product details
Actors: Suzanne Cloutier, Micheál MacLiammóir, Orson Welles
Directors: Orson Welles
Format: Restored, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
Number of discs: 2
Rated:
NR
Not Rated
Studio: Criterion Collection
DVD Release Date: October 10, 2017
Run Time: 93 minutes
TWO-DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
New, restored 4K digital transfers of two versions of the film, the 1952 European version and the 1955 U.S. version
Audio commentary featuring filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich and Orson Welles scholar Myron Meisel
Return to Glennascaul, a 1953 short film made by MacLiammóir and actor Hilton Edwards during a hiatus from shooting Othello
New interview with Welles biographer Simon Callow
New interview with Welles scholar François Thomas on the differences between the two versions
New interview with Ayanna Thompson, author of Passing Strange: Shakespeare, Race, and Contemporary America
Interview from 2014 with Welles scholar Joseph McBride
PLUS: An essay by film critic Geoffrey O’Brien
Cast & Crew
Orson Welles Othello
Michael MacLiammoir Iago
Michael Laurence Cassio
Suzanne Cloutier Desdemona
Robert Coote Roderigo
Fay Compton Emilia
Hilton Edwards Brabantio
Nicholas Bruce Lodovico
Doris Dowling Bianca
Joseph Cotten Senator
Jean Davis Montano
Joan Fontaine Page
Willy Ferrero Conductor
Technical Credits
Orson Welles Director,Producer,Screenwriter
G.R. Aldo Cinematographer
Alberto Barberis Score Composer
Anchise Brizzi Cinematographer
Maria de Matteis Costumes/Costume Designer
Julien Derode Associate Producer
Georges Fanto Cinematographer
Willy Ferrero Musical Direction/Supervision
Alberto Fusi Cinematographer
Aldo Graziati Cinematographer
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino Score Composer
Renzo Lucidi Editor
William Morton Editor
Jean Sacha Editor
Carroll L. Shepphird Editor
John C. Shepridge Editor
Alexandre Trauner Art Director
Oberdan Trojani Cinematographer
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