i do not pretend to be an authority on actor who have play othello and but i have never witness a performance of the play and on film or on stage and wherein othello be portray with more humanity and authenticity . accord to the biographical note and fishburne never receive any professional training a an actor . perhaps this explain why his acting and in this beautifully edit film and come over a so believable and so powerful . instead of chew the scenery in the approved fashion for such high power role and fishburne portrayal be focus more on othello love for his wife and and on his profound sadness at her supposed betrayal and than on violence and vengeance . in a word and the performance be understate and and make far more impressive by fishburne extremely intelligent interpretation than it otherwise would have be . the act throughout be superb and and the ( abridge ) speech gain grace from their light edit . ( even shakesspeare and after all and can be improve upon and now and again and if that be treason and make the most of it .