Welles appears to privilege his editing over his directing and his directing over his acting. But the movie is also a hall of mirrors, with Welles playing "Orson Welles" — at once pompous and self-deprecating, a celluloid Santa Claus with a full bag of tricks... For Welles, process, however chaotic, was ultimately more important than product. With Filming Othello, he ended his film career as he began it: Like "Citizen Kane," the movie is a stunt that places the act of filmmaking at center stage.
J. Hoberman
settembre 29, 2017