- Filming Othello
"Filming Othello" is the last feature film directed by
Orson Welles . Produced for West German television in 1978, it is a documentary on the tumultuous history of the making of Welles' 1952 classicOthello . Two of Welles' collaborators on the original film,Micheal MacLiammóir andHilton Edwards, join Welles in an extended luncheon conversation on the making of the original film. [Essay on the film's history [http://www.wellesnet.com/filming_othello.htm] ]"Filming Othello" was not shown in the U.S. until 1987, when it had its American theatrical debut at the Film Forum in New York. [New York Times review [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DE2DF1039F937A35751C0A961948260] ] To date, it has never been released on American DVD, although it is available on bootleg video.
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*imdb title | id=0077547 | title=Filming Othello
*" [http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=4392/ Filming Othello] " atFilm Threat
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