William James wrote that "[l]ife shall be built [on] doing and creating and suffering". Thinking and doing bleed into one another. "Not in maxims, not in 'anschauungen' [perceptions, opinions] but in accumulated acts of thought lies salvation."
This blog is for myself, but I hope others may find something here for themselves.
Monday, September 21, 2015
Olivier's Othello (1965)
Despite the blackface, he's incredible here. And a very young Maggie Smith as Desdemona. Compare to Welles scene of weird ritualistic creepiness. I like both versions, but Olivier's is more empathetic somehow, less a mad man than one tragically manipulated.
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