Shakespeare's tragedy of jealousy and suspicion presented scene by scene in comic book format.
Adaptations (4)
Othello has been adapted into 4 films, from 1951 to 2001. The most recent is O (2001).
Othello1964 · film · 130 min · dir. Patrick Barton · IMDb ↗The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
O2001 · film · 95 min · dir. Tim Blake Nelson · IMDb ↗Even though he's the only black student at the elite Palmetto Grove Academy, star basketball player Odin James has the adoration of all, including the team's coach and the Dean's beautiful daughter Desi. Odin's troubled friend Hugo, the coach's son, deeply resentful of his father's preference of Odin on and off the court, plots a diabolical scheme to sow the seed of mistrust between O and Desi, setting in motion a disturbing chain of events which erupts into a firestorm of breathtaking intensity.
