Stars: Orson Welles, Micheál MacLiammóir, Suzanne Cloutier, Robert Coote, Fay Compton, Michael Laurence | Written by William Shakespeare, Orson Welles, Jean Sacha | Directed by Orson Welles
We open with a funeral. For whom we’re not sure, but by the end of Orson Welles’ 1952 adaptation of Shakespeare’s Moorish tragedy Othello we can be certain that more than one of the main characters will be dead.
The location is Cyprus, and Venetian General Othello (Welles) is married to Desdemona, much to the chagrin of Othello’s supposedly loyal ensign, Iago (Micheál MacLiammóir). The latter sets about bringing ruin to his master through a convoluted campaign of rumour and hearsay. Specifically, he makes Othello believe that one of his captains, Cassio (Michael Laurence), is romantically involved with Desdemona. In all of literature a simple handkerchief has never held such power.
MacLiammóir is having an absolute riot in the upsetter role (the painted-on...
We open with a funeral. For whom we’re not sure, but by the end of Orson Welles’ 1952 adaptation of Shakespeare’s Moorish tragedy Othello we can be certain that more than one of the main characters will be dead.
The location is Cyprus, and Venetian General Othello (Welles) is married to Desdemona, much to the chagrin of Othello’s supposedly loyal ensign, Iago (Micheál MacLiammóir). The latter sets about bringing ruin to his master through a convoluted campaign of rumour and hearsay. Specifically, he makes Othello believe that one of his captains, Cassio (Michael Laurence), is romantically involved with Desdemona. In all of literature a simple handkerchief has never held such power.
MacLiammóir is having an absolute riot in the upsetter role (the painted-on...
- 12/14/2018
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
Part of the Jerry Lewis tribute A Mubi Jerrython.Jerry Lewis was interviewed by members of the Documentary Film Group of the University of Chicago on January 26, 1971, while Mr. Lewis was performing at the Empire Room in Chicago, his first night club engagement in many years. The following, excerpted from several hours of tape, was edited by Myron Meisel. Photos by Bruce Rabe.Jerry Lewis: Ok—What do you want?Focus: In many of your films your characters assume several identities—in The Family Jewels you have different uncles; in Three on a Couch you assume several different disguises; and in The Nutty Professor you also had a dual identity. Why do you do this?Lewis: Well, I think it’s the most natural, simplest approach to creative writing, if you’re writing about people; and I think that most writers sorely need to understand there’s a schizo in...
- 1/28/2018
- MUBI
When discussing the cinematic adaptations of the works of one William Shakespeare, any and all conversations should really start and stop with one name, that being Orson Welles. Be it his legendary stagings of Julius Caesar or maybe the single greatest film adaptation of a Shakespeare work (or five, to be exact), Chimes at Midnight, Welles’ career is chock full of various top notch takes on The Bard’s canon, all of various different levels of experimentation. However, few look or feel quite like his film adaptation of the legendary playwright’s Othello.
Welles’ Othello is a profoundly moving and aesthetically audacious take on Shakespeare’s early 1600’s play, which tells the story of titular Moor of Venice, played brilliantly by a rarely-better Welles. The main narrative thrust of the film comes in the form of treachery and deceit, as committed by the bitter and ever-scheming Iago. Othello begins to believe that his wife,...
Welles’ Othello is a profoundly moving and aesthetically audacious take on Shakespeare’s early 1600’s play, which tells the story of titular Moor of Venice, played brilliantly by a rarely-better Welles. The main narrative thrust of the film comes in the form of treachery and deceit, as committed by the bitter and ever-scheming Iago. Othello begins to believe that his wife,...
- 10/20/2017
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
One of the long “lost” (I’ll use that loosely) horror movies that’s been absent on DVD ever since the birth of the format has been Final Exam (1981). The film was directed by Jimmy Huston (My Best Friend is a Vampire) and starred Cecile Bagdadi, in her only on-screen performance.
But on September 20th, Scorpion Releasing will be bringing the forgotten slasher to DVD, with a slew of extras.
At Lanier College, the semester is almost over. Exam week is coming to a close when some upper classmen play a prank by staging a phony terrorist attack. But the next excitement in the school won’t be a prank. It’s something a lot more final than an exam. Students are falling prey to the knife-wielding maniac who is hell bent on making sure that school is out… forever! Now watch the slasher classic in an all new HiDef...
But on September 20th, Scorpion Releasing will be bringing the forgotten slasher to DVD, with a slew of extras.
At Lanier College, the semester is almost over. Exam week is coming to a close when some upper classmen play a prank by staging a phony terrorist attack. But the next excitement in the school won’t be a prank. It’s something a lot more final than an exam. Students are falling prey to the knife-wielding maniac who is hell bent on making sure that school is out… forever! Now watch the slasher classic in an all new HiDef...
- 8/2/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
The exhibition More Than That: Films by Kevin Jerome Everson opens today at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and will be on view through September 18. Artforum is rerunning Ed Halter's piece on Everson from its May 2010 issue for the occasion: "For more than a decade, working in numerous film and video formats, Everson has presented images of the lives of African Americans — and other people of African heritage, worldwide — through his own distinctive practice of cinematic portraiture, a blend of fiction and documentary that analyzes minute aspects of individual personality by homing in on everyday gestures of labor and leisure. Whether shot from real life, rediscovered in archival images, or performed according to Everson's direction, these gestures subsist as parallels and cognates for artmaking. His films suggest not records of reality but, rather, recordings of performance."
"The lineup for the third annual BAMcinemaFest, just announced today,...
"The lineup for the third annual BAMcinemaFest, just announced today,...
- 4/28/2011
- MUBI
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