{"product_id":"0715515197915","title":"Othello [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]","description":"Othello - The Lost Masterpiece is a careful restoration of Orson Welles' acclaimed screen adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello. Welles drastically abridged the Bard's text while infusing the story with his own unique vision, resulting in an exciting, fast-paced version of the classic tragedy of the Moorish general whose love for his wife is distorted into pernicious jealousy by the lies of an envious junior officer. Welles' movie was an artistic tour de force, but the technical quality was generally uneven, and in particular the film suffered from an out-of-sync soundtrack. The movie won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1952, but it failed miserably at the box office, and all high-quality prints soon disappeared. The film was rarely seen for four decades, but then a diligent search spearheaded by Welles' daughter uncovered a master negative, along with the soundtrack, in a New Jersey warehouse. Although the visual images required only relatively minor work, the soundtrack posed major difficulties, which were finally overcome by isolating the dialogue and resyncing it, while separately re-creating the music and sound effects. This restoration makes available Welles' masterpiece, with somewhat improved sound quality, to the kind of audience it always deserved.","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47089573691632,"sku":"0715515197915","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/0715515197915_p0.jpg?v=1763519491","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/0715515197915","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}