Othello (film, 1952)

10. 5. 1952 (1952-05-10)

Trajanje91 min.Zemlja

Sjedinjene Države

Italija

Francuska

Maroko^[1]Jezikengleski

Othello je američko-francusko-italijansko-marokanski film snimljen 1952. u režiji Orsona Wellesa. Predstavlja adaptaciju istoimene tragedije Williama Shakespearea. Welles tumači naslovnu ulogu, odnosno lik mletačkog vojskovođe koga će do propasti dovesti spletke njegovog ljubomornog oficira Iaga (čiji lik tumači Micheál MacLiammóir). Film karakterizira značajno skraćivanje radnje u odnosu na Shakespeareov predložak, pa se tako sa trajanjem od sat i pol vremena Othello drži jednom od najkraćih adaptacija Shakesepearovih djela. Usprkos toga, privukao je pažnju kritike neobičnim stilom režije koji je inspiracio pronašao u njemačkom ekspresionizmu. Godine 1952. je prikazan na Kanskom festivalu gdje je podijelio Grand Prix (preteču Zlatne palme) zajedno sa italijanskim filmom Due soldi di speranza. Usprkos toga, kao i priličnog uspjeha u Evropi, dugo vremena nije mogao naći distributera u SAD, pa su se u literaturi i tisku ponekad mogle pronaći navodi da je izgubljen. Tek kada je Wellesova kćer Beatrice Welles-Smith godine 1992. izdala restauriranu verziju, Othello je postao dostupan publici, ali i predmetom kontroverzi vezanih uz autentičnost verzije.

Samo je snimanje filma bilo vezano uz brojne poteškoće. Welles ga je započeo režirati 1949. godine, ali je projekt zaustavljen bankrotom italijanskog producenta; Welles je umjesto toga odlučio film dovršiti iz vlastitog džepa, te je snimanje potrajalo sljedeće tri godine, prilikom čega su se izmijenjali brojni glumci, a sam Welles morao koristiti razne trikove da sakrije nedostatak budžeta. Godine 1978. je snimanje Othella postalo predmetom njegovog dokumentarnog filma Filming Othello, koji je postao posljednji naslov njegove filmografije.

Uloge

Orson Welles - Othello
Micheál MacLiammóir - Iago
Robert Coote - Roderigo
Suzanne Cloutier - Desdemona
Hilton Edwards - Brabantio
Nicholas Bruce - Lodovico
Michael Laurence - Michael Cassio
Fay Compton - Emilia
Doris Dowling - Bianca

Izvori

↑ Russell Jackson (ed) The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, p.321

Vanjske veze

Scheda su Othello (film, 1952) della Rivista del Cinematografo (it)
Othello na sajtu IMDb

Djela čiji je autor Orson Welles

Filmografija
Radiografija
Diskografija
Nagrade i nominacije

Igrani filmovi

1940-e	Citizen Kane (1941) The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) The Stranger (1946) The Lady from Shanghai (1947) Macbeth (1948)
1950-e	Othello (1952) Mr. Arkadin (1955) Touch of Evil (1958)
1960-e	The Trial (1962) Chimes at Midnight (1965) The Immortal Story (1968)
1970-e	F for Fake (1974) · Filming Othello (1978)

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Magic Trick (1953)
The Golden Honeymoon (1970)
F for Fake (trailer) (1976)
Orson Welles's Jeremiah (1978)
Unsung Heroes (1978)
The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh (1984)

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The Deep (1967~70)
Orson's Bag (1968~9), uključuje Vienna (1968), The Merchant of Venice (1969) and One Man Band, aka London (1968~71)
Moby Dick (1971)
The Other Side of the Wind (1970~6)
Filming 'The Trial' (1981)
The Dreamers (1980~2)
Orson Welles' Magic Show (1976~85)
King Lear (1985)

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Journey into Fear (1943)
Follow the Boys (1944)
Black Magic (1949)
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No Exit (1962)
The Southern Star (1969)

Televizija

1950-e	Orson Welles' Sketch Book (1955) Around the World with Orson Welles (1955) Orson Welles and People (lost) (1956) The Fountain of Youth (1958) Portrait of Gina (1958)
1960-e	In the Land of Don Quixote (1964)
1970-e	The Orson Welles Show (1979)

Kazalište

1930s	Voodoo Macbeth (1936) Horse Eats Hat (1936) The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (1937) The Second Hurricane (1937) The Cradle Will Rock (musical) (1937~8) Caesar (1937~8) The Shoemaker's Holiday (1938) Heartbreak House (1938) Too Much Johnson (1938) Danton's Death (1938) Five Kings (Part One) (1939) The Green Goddess (1939)
1940-e	Native Son (1941) The Mercury Wonder Show (1943) Around the World (mjuzikl) (1946)
1950-e	The Blessed and the Damned (1950) Othello (1951) The Lady in the Ice (ballet) (1953) Moby Dick—Rehearsed (1955) King Lear (1956)
1960-e	Chimes at Midnight (1960) Rhinoceros (1960)

Radio

1930-e	Les Misérables (1937) The Shadow (1937~8) The Mercury Theatre on the Air (uključujući The War of the Worlds) (1938) The Campbell Playhouse (1938~40)
1940-e	Orson Welles Show (1941~2) Ceiling Unlimited (1942~3) Hello Americans (1942~3) Orson Welles Almanac (1944) This Is My Best (1945) Orson Welles Commentaries (1945~6) The Mercury Summer Theatre (1946)
1950-e	The Adventures of Harry Lime (1951~2)

Knjige

Everybody's Shakespeare (ko-urednik; ko-autor: Roger Hill) (1934)
The Mercury Shakespeare (ko-urednik; ko-autor: Roger Hill) (1939)
The Lives of Harry Lime (kratke priče) (1952)
Une Grosse Légume (pisac iz sjene: Maurice Bessy) (1953)
Mr. Arkadin (pisan iz sjene: Maurice Bessy) (1955)
Moby Dick—Rehearsed (play) (1965)
The Trial (scenario, ur. Nicholas Fry) (1970)
The Citizen Kane Book (scenario, ko-autor: Herman J. Mankiewicz, ur. Pauline Kael) (1971)
Touch of Evil (scenario; ur. Terry Comito) (1985)
Chimes at Midnight (scenario, ur. Bridget Gellert Lyons) (1988)
Orson Welles on Shakespeare: The W.P.A. and Mercury Theatre Playscripts (ur. Richard France) (1990)
The Big Brass Ring (neproducirani scenario; ko-autor: Oja Kodar) (1991)
This is Orson Welles (ko-autor: Peter Bogdanovich) (1992, rev.1998)
The Cradle Will Rock (neproducirani scenario; ko-autor: Oja Kodar) (1994)
Les Bravades (1996)
Orson Welles Interviews (ur. Mark W. Estrin) (2002)
The Other Side of the Wind (scenario; ko-autor: Oja Kodar, ur. Giorgio Gosetti) (2005)

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