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Title:

Othello / Westchester Films, Inc and World Entertainment, Inc. ; in association with Beatrice Welles Smith present ; a film by Orson Welles ; produced and directed by Orson Welles.

Edition:

1952 version ; DVD special edition ; DVD edition ; full screen.

Publisher:

The Criterion Collection,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

2 videodiscs (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Film adaptations.
Othello--(Fictitious character from Shakespeare)--Drama.
Desdemona (Fictitious character)--Drama.
Muslims--Drama.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Jealousy--Drama.
Deception--Drama.
Venice (Italy)--Drama.
Romance films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Documentary films.
Motion pictures--Production and direction.
Motion picture industry.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Welles, Orson, 1915-1985, actor. film producer, film director, actor.
Mac Liammóir, Micheál, 1899-1978, actor.
Cloutier, Suzanne, 1927- actor.
Coote, Robert, 1909-1982, actor.
Compton, Fay, 1894-1978, actor.
Edwards, Hilton, 1903-1982, actor.
Bruce, Nicholas, 1919- actor.
Laurence, Michael, 1919-1988, actor.
Dowling, Doris, 1921-2004, actor.
Brizzi, Anchise, 1887-1964, director of photography.
Graziati, Aldo, 1902-1953, director of photography.
Fanto, George, director of photography.
Lavagnino, Francesco, 1909-1987, composer (expression)
Barberis, Alberto, composer (expression)
Ferrero, Willy, conductor.
Welles-Smith, Beatrice, presenter.
O'Brien, Geoffrey, 1948- contributor.
Bogdanovich, Peter, 1939- commentator.
Meisel, Myron, commentator.
Callow, Simon, 1949- interviewee (expression)
Girard, François, 1963- film director.
Thomas, François, 1959- interviewee (expression)
Thompson, Ayanna, 1972- interviewee (expression)
McBride, Joseph, 1947- interviewee (expression)
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello.
Westchester Films Inc., presenter.
World Entertainment Corporation, presenter.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.

Other Titles:

Othello (Motion picture : 1951)
Container of (work): Otello (Motion picture : 1955)
Return to Glennascaul.
Souvenirs D'"Othello."

Notes:

Released as part of a 3 disc set which also included the 1955 version which is cataloged separately. Originally screened with a dubbed-Italian soundtrack in Rome, Italy, in 1951, and later released with its original English-language soundtrack in Europe (1952). Title from container. Based on the play by William Shakespeare. Accompanying insert comprises film credits, information about the transfers, and an essay by film critic Geoffrey O'Brien. Special features:Audio commentaries by Peter Bogdanovich and Myron Meisel; Return to Glennascaul, a 1953 short film made by actors Micheál MacLiammóir and Hilton Edwards during a hiatus from shooting "Othello"; new interview with Welles biographer Simon Callow; "Souvenirs d'"Othello," a 1995 documentary about actor Suzanne Cloutier by François Girard; new interview with scholar François Thomas on the two versions; new interview with Ayanna Thompson, author of "Passing Strange: Shakespeare, Race, and Contemporary America"; interview from 2014 with scholar Joseph McBride. Orson Welles (Othello), Micheál MacLiammóir (Iago), Suzanne Cloutier (Desdemona), Robert Coote (Roderigo), Fay Compton (Emilia), Hilton Edwards (Brabantio), Nicholas Bruce (Lodovico), Michael Laurence (Cassio), Doris Dowling (Bianca). Filmed on location in Europe and North America.

Contents:

[disc 1]. Othello (1952 version ; (93 min.) -- [disc 2]. Filming "Othello" / by Orson Welles (1979 ; 83 min.).

Summary:

Dramatization of William Shakespeare's play in which the evil Iago plants the seeds of doubt in Othello's mind about Desdemona's fidelity.

Series:

The Criterion collection ; 870.

ISBN:

1681433036
9781681433035

UPC:

715515197915

Locations:

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)