Comments on: Orson Welles “Othello” (1952, restored 1992)

By: ninglun

ninglun — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:48:45 +0000

Thanks, James; I will look out for Macbeth, trying the library first! Kanani, good to see you are still “wasting time” here. I am sure you will enjoy Othello as it has some wonderful examples of Welles’s (Eisenstein-)inspired use of black and white and amazing examples of weird angles and unusual focal length.

By: kanani

kanani — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:57:01 +0000

Welles always had wonderful shots, really knew how to hit the dramatic in his use of light and dark. I’ll have to go look for both Othello and Macbeth. In the meanwhile, I should dig around and re watch Citizen Kane.

By: James Russell

James Russell — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:22:38 +0000

Welles' Othello is fine, but his Macbeth is even better. If you have an all-region DVD player, Title Music & Film up on Crown Street may still have the UK edition of the latter.