Comments on: Bea negative

By: dcairns

dcairns — Fri, 22 May 2009 19:57:41 +0000

I think that’s the way the style works in the more fraught moments. I’m not sure it can explain the earlier scenes which are still disjointed and out of whack.

By: DR

DR — Fri, 22 May 2009 19:03:35 +0000

dcairns – It’s an expression of the fragmentation and claustrophobia in Othello’s universe, a world that tightens and tightens on him, crushing him under the hell of madness. In Othello’s tragic world, all certainties are coming unhinged – and the disjointed chiaroscuro is an expression of that.

By: dcairns

dcairns — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:41:04 +0000

Thanks for the correction — duly noted.

I’m not sure the Canby review would convert anybody unconvinced by the film. While noting the oddness of the movie, Canby doesn’t really explain it, other than simply asserting that the fragmented editing “works”. I’d like to read something that explains the film’s aesthetic as more than the result of the unusual and difficult filming conditions…