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Vintage featurette Olivier Talks About Othello; Theatrical trailer; Subtitles: English, Français (main feature. bonus material/trailer may not be subtitled)
Full Product DetailsDisc #1 -- Othello
1. Credits [1:44]
2. I Am Not What I Am [5:23]
3. Business of Some Heat [4:37]
4. The Witchcraft Used [7:12]
5. Here's My Husband [6:06]
6. This Monstrous Birth [4:55]
7. With As Little a Web As This [5:09]
8. Knavery's Plain Face [7:24]
9. Cassio in His Cups [7:15]
10. Never More Officer of Mine [5:35]
11. Lost Reputation [5:36]
12. Pleading Cassio's Case [6:09]
13. Look to Your Wife [9:32]
14. The Handkerchief [6:17]
15. O, Blood, Blood, Blood! [7:01]
16. My Lieutenant; Intermission [1:29]
17. My Lord Is Not My Lord [:07]
18. Work on, My Medicine [6:51]
19. Heart Turned to Stone [7:27]
20. Noble Moor, Much Changed [5:44]
21. Impudent Strumpet! [3:57]
22. I Know Not How I Lost Him [5:24]
23. The Removing of Cassio [4:15]
24. Willow, Willow, Willow [3:08]
25. Attacks in the Dark [4:51]
26. Have You Prayed Tonight? [4:41]
27. Her Deathbed [4:51]
28. O, Villainy, Villainy! [6:47]
29. Ill-Starred Wretch [3:58]
30. Not Wisely But Too Well [3:56]
31. This Is My Work [4:23]
32. Cast List [2:22]
The 1965 Othello is literally a photographed stage play: a filmed record of the National Theatre Production of 1964, as staged by John Dexter and starring Laurence Olivier. As the easily led, fatally jealous Moor of Venice, Olivier wears thick black-faced makeup and speaks in an uncharacteristically deep, bellow-like voice. Some considered his portrayal of Othello to be an unflattering stereotype; others regard Olivier's interpretation as one of the finest Shakespearean performances ever captured on film. Less flamboyant, but no less effective, are Frank Finlay as Iago, Maggie Smith as Desdemona, Derek Jacobi as Cassio, and Joyce Redman as Emilia. Oscar nominations went to Olivier, Finlay, Smith, and Redman. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide