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Product Description ------------------- Gloriously cinematic despite its 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 the innocent Desdemona, and Micheal MacLiammoir as the scheming Iago. over the course of three years in Italy and Morocco 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. TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES - New, restored 4K digital transfers of two versions of the film, the 1952 European one and the 1955 U.S. and UK one, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks - Audio commentary from 1995 featuring filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich and Orson Welles scholar Myron Meisel - Filming 'Othello,' Welles s last completed film, a 1979 essay-documentary - Return to Glennascaul, a 1953 short film made by actors Micheal MacLiammoir 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 Francois Girard - New interview with Welles scholar Francois 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 - PLUS: An essay by film critic Geoffrey O'Brien Review ------ Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE 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. 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. TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES - New, restored 4K digital transfers of two versions of the film, the 1952 European version and the 1955 U.S. version, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks - 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 - More! - PLUS: An essay by film critic Geoffrey O’Brien /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:none; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Cambria",serif; color:black;}

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