Othello (DVD, 2003)

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A stage adaptation of William Shakespeare's 'Othello'.

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EAN5055002551246
eBay Product ID (ePID)44091509

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ActorImogen Stubbs, Willard White, Ian McKellen
Film/TV TitleOthello
DirectorTrevor Nunn
Release Year2003
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
GenreMusicals & Broadway, Plays/Performance, Performing Arts
Run Time205 Mins

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CertificateU
Number of Discs1
Movie/TV TitleOthello

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  • Makes a trilogy of filmed Othellos

    Possibly the best filmed Othello out there. There are three exceptional films of Othello available (I am not including staged versions on film eg from The Globe). The first is the brilliant b/w Orson Welles version, arguably one of the best-ever filmed Shakespeares. It has three drawbacks for the modern purist; Welles playing Othello is extraordinarily convincing, but is nonetheless not himself black; Desdemona is feebly cast; and the final scene is a bit of a mix-up with lines re-ordered etc. In filmic terms it has the best directon and camerawork of the three. The second is the Branagh-Fishburne colour film, richly, erotically shot, Branagh a spinechillingly amiable Iago, Fishburne criticised for his spoken Shakespeare, but I don't think he's at all bad. Another weak Desdemona. Perhaps for a younger audience? McKellen's Iago is easily a match for Branagh, and Stubbs an excellent feisty Imogen. Willard deals with his speech well I think. The setting and camerawork not lush like the Branagh, though not 'stagey' - it is a filmed verson of a stage play, however. So it's really how you feel about Welles, Branagh and McKellen, and how do you feel about Iago being the much stronger-cast than the Othello, as in the second two? Again arguably, Iago is the most interesting character - but a terrific Othello restores the balance in Welles' case.

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  • "Othello" - 1990 RSC - Ian McKellen as Iago

    How Iago ShOULD be played, unlike in the recently streamed, otherwise well-nigh perfect, 2015 RSC production.

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