This Castle Rock production of Othello came out in 1995 and was directed by Oliver Parker. The movie is about two hours long and stars an excellent cast. The movie stars Laurence Fishburne as Othello, Irene Jacob as Desdemona. Also, Kenneth Branagh as Iago, who is known for his roles in other Shakespeare plays. Othello is about the Moor of Venice, who falls in love with a woman by the name of Desdemona and they get …showed first 75 words of 2156 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2156 total…have read the play to understand the full picture Shakespeare tries to paint. I think the film was trying to say that you can have romantic love, but to have true love in every aspect of the word there needs to be trust. If any trust is broken then terrible things can occur when the green-eyed monster, jealousy, comes out and reputations can be ruined, for those involved and for those who were not intended.