My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Othello (1952)

Orson Wells' adaptation of Shakespeare's tragic tale of jealousy is a quintessential work both as cinematic direction as well as editing.  The only problem for me was the copy of the DVD I had: it was such a bad transfer I almost wonder if I should write this review.  At times the audio was so scratchy that I couldn't understand the dialogue.  Yet visually it's so stunning I almost didn't need to hear Shakespeare's lines.  I'm uncertain if there's a better transfer of this one out there, but if there is I'd recommend this film.  I won't say it's the best Shakespeare film out there but it's pretty impressive. Grade: A-
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