Artistic Symbiosis: Orson Welles’s Othello (1951) as Cinematic Opera

Early film theorist Ricciotto Canudo equated cinema with music because of the Seventh Art’s inherent plasticity; in the 21st century, plasticity extends to the soundtrack. In this article, I explore the fusion of cinema with the musical genre of opera. By considering that film is a performative medi...

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Main Author: Fátima Chinita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Bourgogne
Series:Interfaces
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/interfaces/6307