{"product_id":"othello-dvd","title":"Othello (DVD)","description":"\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. 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 Micheál MacLiammóir as the scheming Iago. Shot 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\u003ch4 data-feature-title-field=\"\" class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\"\u003eSPECIAL FEATURES\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-special-features-field=\"\" class=\"product-features-list\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew, 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 on the Blu-ray\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAudio commentary from 1995 featuring filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich and Orson Welles scholar Myron Meisel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eFilming “Othello,”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWelles’s last completed film, a 1979 essay-documentary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eReturn to Glennascaul,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea 1953 short film made by actors Micheál MacLiammóir and Hilton Edwards during a hiatus from shooting\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eOthello\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interview with Welles biographer Simon Callow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eSouvenirs d’“Othello,”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ea 1995 documentary about actor Suzanne Cloutier by François Girard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interview with Welles scholar François Thomas on the two versions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interview with Ayanna Thompson, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePassing Strange: Shakespeare, Race, and Contemporary America\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterview from 2014 with scholar Joseph McBride\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: An essay by film critic Geoffrey O’Brien\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew cover by Sarah Habibi\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unobstructed View","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42652100657352,"sku":"CC2767DDVD","price":49.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/products\/othellodvd.jpg?v=1681508466","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/es\/products\/othello-dvd","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}