Blog 21~YouTube Scenes

I found it interesting how different the three scenes were even though they depicted the same portion of the play. I found the 1952 version to be very boring and poorly acted. It didn't hold my attention, and therefore I had a hard time understanding what the actors were saying. I also found the dialogue differed quite a bit from the version in our text. The second clip from 1981 was my favorite as far as acting and speech. I feel it most closely followed our text and I found the actors very believable, easy to follow, and able to hold my attention. The final clip from 1996 was my favorite as far as cinematography. The use of flashback and imagination scenes where Othello visualizes Desdemona with Cassio were very descriptive and portrayed how effective Iago's poisonous words were at bringing about the final tragedy.
I thought it was interesting that each clip had the setting different. The Anthony Hopkins version, for example, was filmed completely indoors. Also interesting was the use of a weapon to attempt to extract Iago's thoughts in the 1996 version.
My overall response to the clips is my amazement that 3 clips can be so different in scene and dialogue and yet be portraying the same section of play. It shows the amount of shaping a director can inject into a film. It also shows how the style of each actor can affect the scene.