Othello before the Duke of Venice, Brabantio's kinsmen Lodovico and Gratiano, and various senators. Othello explains that Desdemona became enamoured of him for the sad and compelling stories he told of his life before Venice, not because of any witchcraft. The senate is satisfied, once Desdemona confirms that she loves Othello, but Brabantio leaves saying that Desdemona will betray Othello: "Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see:/She has deceived her father, and may thee," (Act I, Sc 3). Iago, still in the room, takes note of Brabantio's remark. By order of the Duke, Othello leaves Venice to command
Othello (1990 film) regarded as one of the finest screen Shakespeares ever", so expectations for this adaptation were "sky-high". Michael Brooke, writing for BFI Screenonline, thinks the expectations were "… generally met by a production that holds a very distinguished place amongst filmed Othellos, and is arguably its most successful television translation." He particularly calls out "the beautifully achieved chemistry between the four leads" as among its strongest features. In the "Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film", Carol Chillington Rutter finds a feminist perspective in the film: Othello (1990 film) Othello is a 1990 film produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company, starring Ian