Othello
film by Welles [1952]
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discussed in biography
- In Orson Welles: Films of the 1950s: Othello, Mr. Arkadin, and Touch of Evil
He had begun shooting Othello in 1948 in Venice. Over the next three years, Welles fitfully continued filming it on location in Italy and Morocco and in a Rome studio, stopping whenever funds ran low to take on another acting assignment. Since the actors were not always all available,…
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Shakespeare’s works on film
- In Viewing Shakespeare on Film
Welles’s cinematic masterpiece is Othello (1952; restored 1992). Its skewed camera angles and film noir texture mirror Othello’s agony.
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