In Orson Welles' Othello, 4 different women played the part of Desdemona. While Welles was hunting for the best Desdemona, the scenes that don't have her in it were being shot. The first was a girl from Italy, cast only for her body because she could not speak any English. The second was a girl from France, who was cast because of her youngish looks. The third girl who was from New Jersey, America was cast for how gentleness and understanding towards performing. The final Desdemona was played by Suzanne Cloutier, a girl from Canada but according to Welles, she only got the part because of her looks. She was even dubbed over with another voice and was doubled during different scenes by different actresses.
             Suzanne was said to be 'absent' and 'non-existent' when playing her part and a reviewer from the British Observer said "I shall always recall her as a tiny dot at the foot of an immense staircase, gazing adoringly at the monumental bulk of Mr Welles on some upper landing, waiting for the great man to come out of his pose and toss her the cue for a line" (C A. Lejeune, 26 Feb 1956). Which in my opinion means that she is a semi-mindless person who has to see someone do something before she would do it.
             The Orson Welles movie, Othello, is said to be made up of pervasive winds which cause swirls, gusts and most of all the emotional turbulence for all who are watching it. These 'winds' are meant to be the reasons behind the ups and downs in the play. Welles also made 2 more of Shakespeare's plays into movies. 'MacBeth' and 'Chimes At Midnight'. Each one of these 3 films has its own unity of form but they are all similar in the cinematography and styles. A Shakespearian reviewer, David Cook - writer of Shakespeare Observed: Studies in Performance on Stage and Screen (Ohio University Press, 1992) called Welles' films "Extravagant and
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