Othello
(Blu-ray)
Contributors
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 film director,
Welles-Smith, Beatrice, presenter.
Mac Liammóir, Micheál, 1899-1978, actor.
Cloutier, Suzanne, 1923-2003, actor.
Coote, Robert, 1909-1982, actor.
Welles-Smith, Beatrice, presenter.
Mac Liammóir, Micheál, 1899-1978, actor.
Cloutier, Suzanne, 1923-2003, actor.
Coote, Robert, 1909-1982, actor.
Published
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, 2017.
Format
Blu-ray
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
ISBN
9781681433028, 1681433028
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays (93, 91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (illustrations).
Status
Lawson McGhee Library - Feature Films - Media collection
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Deception -- Drama.
Desdemona (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Jealousy -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Muslims -- Drama.
Othello -- (Fictitious character from Shakespeare) -- Drama.
Romance films.
Venice (Italy) -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Desdemona (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Jealousy -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
Muslims -- Drama.
Othello -- (Fictitious character from Shakespeare) -- Drama.
Romance films.
Venice (Italy) -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
More Details
Published
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, 2017.
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781681433028, 1681433028
UPC
715515197816
Notes
General Note
Based on the play by William Shakespeare.
General Note
European version originally released as a motion picture in 1952; U.S. and U.K. version originally released as a motion picture in 1955.
General Note
Full screen (1.37:1).
General Note
Special 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 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; an essay by film critic Geoffrey O'Brien.
Creation/Production Credits
Photography, Anchise Brizzi, G. R. Aldo, George Fanto ; editors, John Shepridge, Jean Sacha, Renzo Lucidi, William Morton ; music, Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, Alberto Barberis ; costumes, Maria De Matteis ; production design, Alexandre Trauner.
Participants/Performers
Orson Welles, Micheál MacLiammóir, Suzanne Cloutier, Robert Coote, Fay Compton, Hilton Edwards, Nicholas Bruce, Michael Laurence, Doris Dowling.
Description
The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
System Details
Blu-ray, region A; monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
Language
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Awards
Cannes Film Festival, 1952: Grand Prize of the Festival (Orson Welles).
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Welles, O., Welles-Smith, B., Mac Liammóir, M., Cloutier, S., Coote, R., Compton, F., Edwards, H., Bruce, N., Laurence, M., Dowling, D., Brizzi, A., Graziati, A., Fanto, G., Csepreghy, J., Sacha, J., Lucidi, R., Morton, W. (. e., Lavagnino, F., Barberis, M., De Matteis, M., Trauner, A., & Shakespeare, W. (2017). Othello (Blu-ray special edition.). The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Orson Welles et al.. 2017. Othello. The Criterion Collection.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Orson Welles et al.. Othello The Criterion Collection, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Welles, Orson, et al. Othello Blu-ray special edition., The Criterion Collection, 2017.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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