How were the two Othello films different, which was more effective in portraying characters and themes?

The two film depictions of Shakespeare's play Othello present us with another dimension of the text. Of the two however, the newer 1995 version by Oliver parker is a much better interpretation of the original text. Even though a little over half of the original text has been cut out it is still a better depiction of the text over the 1952 version by Orson Welles. The plot also remains easier to follow as the events are kept in original chronological order to the play unlike the Welles version. Neither of the films however present a perfect original depiction of the play and are both instea…