{"product_id":"othello-blu-ray","title":"Othello Blu-ray","description":"\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eOthello\u003c\/strong\u003e' Director: Orson Welles (1952\/1955) Criterion Collection 2-Disc Blu-ray | 4K transfers of both European 1952 version and US \u0026amp; UK 1955 version\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGloriously cinematic despite its tiny budget, Orson Welles’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOthello\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a testament to the filmmaker’s stubborn willingness to pursue his vision to the ends of the earth. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnmatched 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 Micheál MacLiammóir as the scheming Iago. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShot over the course of three years in Italy and Morocco and plagued by many logistical problems, this fiercely independent film joins \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMacbeth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eChimes at Midnight\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in making the case for Welles as the cinema’s most audacious interpreter of the Bard.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecial features include:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003c\/span\u003eAudio commentary from 1995 featuring filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich and Orson Welles scholar Myron Meisel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Filming “Othello,”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWelles’s last completed film, a 1979 essay-documentary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Return to Glennascaul,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea 1953 short film made by actors Mícheál MacLiammóir and Hilton Edwards during a hiatus from shooting\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOthello\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e- New interview with Welles biographer Simon Callow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Souvenirs d’“Othello,”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea 1995 documentary about actor Suzanne Cloutier by François Girard\u003cbr\u003e- New interview with Welles scholar François Thomas on the two versions\u003cbr\u003e- New interview with Ayanna Thompson, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePassing Strange: Shakespeare, Race, and Contemporary America\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e- Interview from 2014 with scholar Joseph McBride\u003cbr\u003e- Essay by film critic Geoffrey O’Brien\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Film Shop IFI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49323547885707,"sku":"lsp1788777604547","price":31.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/5150\/1195\/files\/othello-blu-ray_1.jpg?v=1788777608","url":"https:\/\/www.everydaynook.shop\/products\/othello-blu-ray","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}