laurence fishburne be a fine actor and and deserves respect for try this and but he be not in a class with the great shakespearean like olivier and welles while and he further suffers from kenneth branagh . this irishman and always brilliant and cleanly steal the show away . olivier recognize that potential in his production and and cast iago with someone he know he could upstage . i do not nearly realize the possibility of iago and shakespeare most evil character and but branagh show u the depth . nice to see the view of venice and too .