tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post3451130479708315901..comments2024-03-18T00:41:26.878-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Casting DecisionsSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-37396624320895976602017-09-06T07:43:20.996-05:002017-09-06T07:43:20.996-05:00Yeah, this is a one-and-done for me, and a lot of ...Yeah, this is a one-and-done for me, and a lot of that is the story. Really, Iago is the only interesting character in the whole thing. I'm not a Shakespearean actor (or an actor at all), but if I were, that's the role I'd want.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-38014741172826767552017-09-04T20:13:08.423-05:002017-09-04T20:13:08.423-05:00I agree that this is a slog and I think it's t...I agree that this is a slog and I think it's the story. I've seen both the Welles version and Branagh's and wasn't enthralled by any of them. <br /><br />My takeaway from this was that Maggie Smith can do almost anything but I knew that before watching this turgid exercise. Ya Olivier's makeup is a horror great actor or not.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-7662026387006957872017-08-28T10:01:29.058-05:002017-08-28T10:01:29.058-05:00One of my main problems with this is that I don...One of my main problems with this is that I don't really care for the story that much. I'm a lot more likely to watch a version of Henry V, Macbeth, or King Lear, since I think those are better stories.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-73162603917668653282017-08-28T03:03:28.408-05:002017-08-28T03:03:28.408-05:00Apparently even back in its own time Olivier's...Apparently even back in its own time Olivier's Othello was criticised for the latter's sheer blackness. The Welles version is quite good, though not everyone was happy with its restoration in the 90s; the upcoming Criterion release looks like it'll be worth waiting for.James Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458973377509956909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-10775393582901978132017-08-27T22:42:47.286-05:002017-08-27T22:42:47.286-05:00Yeah, I wasn't lying when I said that the skin...Yeah, I wasn't lying when I said that the skin color isn't natural. It's 159 minutes of looking at that, pretty much.<br /><br />A complete race reversal of the story actually works. SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-24983988354007637822017-08-27T21:43:24.929-05:002017-08-27T21:43:24.929-05:00A friend of mine saw the stage version starring Pa...A friend of mine saw the stage version starring Patrick Stewart with an otherwise all-black cast in a deliberately race-reversed subversion of the way the play was meant to be cast. My friend's comment, on briefly meeting Sir Pat after the play was done, was the usual "He's shorter in real life." My friend also noted that the actor who played Iago kept messing up his lines.<br /><br />I've never seen the Olivier version you just reviewed, but that photo at the top of your post is positively horrifying.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.com