Orson Welles
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The Curator of Schlock #307: The Brood
The Curator of Schlock #307 by Jeff Shuster The Brood Seriously, what is wrong with David Cronenberg? Criterion DVDs are weird. They have weird special features. On my DVD for David Cronenberg’s The Brood, we have an interview with Oliver Reed on The Merv Griffin Show from 1980. Other guests include Orson Welles and, naturally, Charo.… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #80: Filming ‘Othello’
80. Orson Welles’s Filming ‘Othello’ I’ve neglected this blog for nearly a year, dear readers. I had suffered a surfeit of Shakespeare, something I didn’t think was possible. Fucking Hamlet again, I would think. Why? I mean, why? So far, I have reviewed seven films of Hamlet. Some of them are great, but I may… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #59: Othello (1951)
59. Orson Welles’s Othello (1951) Orson Welles’s Othello opens with some weird music by Alberto Barbers and/or Angelo Francesco Lavagnino that splits the difference between a Modernist march and Gregorian chant during the funeral march of the Moor and Desdemona, with Iago brought along, caged in captivity, like some dolorous triumph. The tragic destinies are… Continue reading
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The Rogue’s Guide to Shakespeare on Film #55: Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight (1965)
55. Orson Welles’s Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight [Henry IV Parts 1 & 2] (1965) One restraint of most Shakespeare film productions happens to be, alas and fuck, the budget. Often, actors, including the best actors, will willingly work for scale in service of the bard, but the cost of film and catering and the crew and… Continue reading
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