Othello (1995 film) stabs and wounds Iago. Othello then kills himself, and Iago is taken away to be tortured and executed. The film, shot in Italy, follows the story of the play closely, but cuts many lines. In addition it adds silent scenes not in the play, including the return of Othello and the marriage at the beginning, a sex scene between Othello and Desdemona, dreams in which Othello imagines Desdemona's supposed affair with Cassio, a scene in which Desdemona dances for Othello, a scene in an infirmary where Roderigo and Cassio are treated for their wounds, and a final scene in which
Filming Othello for an engagement at the Film Forum, a nonprofit cinema, and that presentation was acknowledged by Vincent Canby of "The New York Times" as "entertaining and revealing" and "full of priceless anecdotes." "Filming Othello" was released on home video for the first time on 10 October 2017 by The Criterion Collection. It was included in DVD and Blu-ray sets featuring newly restored 4K digital transfers of both the 1952 European and 1955 U.S. versions of "Othello". Filming Othello Filming Othello is a 1978 documentary film directed by and starring Orson Welles about the making of his award-winning 1951 production "Othello".