Othello (paintings) human figures encountered in intimate situations heightened by the contrast of light and dark, and various sexual metaphors. The second part contains about thirty canvases dealing with themes of intrigue, suspicion, and killing making direct references to the characters Iago, Othello, and Desdemona in Shakespeare’s tragedy. They reveal images of aggressiveness, intensity, and violence with webs of turbulent rhythm, whirling forms, and allegorical concepts as a means of conjuring imagery with layers of meanings and symbols that may visually reinterpret the intensity of events leading to Othello killing of Desdemona. Othello (paintings) Othello is a series of paintings executed in
Filming 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". The film, which was produced for West German television, was the last completed feature film directed by Welles. "Filming Othello" begins with Welles standing behind a moviola. He directly addresses the camera and announces: "This is to be a conversation, certainly not anything so formal as a lecture, and what we're going to talk about is "Othello", Shakespeare's play and the film I made of it." Welles initially conducts a monologue where he recalls the events