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Orson Welles / 奥逊·威尔斯 · 1951

Othello

Othello

Death supplies a fixed point around which jealousy, testimony, deceit, and memory coexist non-chronologically; Iago turns truth-seeking and judgement into a changing series of falsifiers. Montage organizes both sheets of past and relations of force.

Film details

Original title
Othello
Director
Orson Welles / 奥逊·威尔斯
Year
1951
Region
United States / Morocco / Italy
Reading attribution: Atlas editorial synthesis · Sources and locators

Close-reading questions

  1. 01
    How does the opening funeral establish death as a fixed point around which jealousy, testimony, and deception are subsequently rearranged?
  2. 02
    Which montage passages make several sheets of past coexist without arranging them into stable chronology?

Analysis and scene sources

Shots and scenes

Primary texts, scholarship, and locators

Theory coordinate: Cinema 2, Minnesota 1989, ch. 5, p. 111; ch. 6, pp. 137, 140–41, 146

  1. 01
    Cinema 2: The Time-Image

    Authoritative source for the standard translation, translators, ISBN, and publication date.

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Viewing gateways and editions

  1. Verified complete Bilibili carrier: 《奥赛罗》1951美国7.8分爱情BD1080p.中字bilibili.comOpen film page ↗
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    Recorded as a complete version
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    User-uploaded page

    Edition note: Chinese-subtitled complete single-part film, runtime 1:31:00.

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