Robert Regan
23Nov11
Glad you like this quotation. This is Orson Welles is one of my favorite film books, and I could go on quoting it indefinitely.
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Robert Regan
16Nov11
"The more film people pay homage to each other, and to films rather than life, the more they are approximating the last scene of *The Lady from Shanghai*--a series of mirrors reflecting each other. A movie is a reflection of the entire culture of the man who makes it--his education, human knowledge, his breadth of understanding--all this is what informs a picture." Orson Welles to Peter Bogdanovich
Varun Anisetty and orsonmotherfuckerwelles like this
ruby stevens
12Sep11
http://eggcityradio.com/2010/orson-welles/ <-- some bogdanovich/welles interview tapes here
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Monsieur Arkadin
15Dec11
Dear lord, thanks for that. It's like some brilliant podcast from the past!
bringthegiggles
31Aug11
A meticulous and headstrong filmmaker - one for a timid film student like me to channel. His story also a reminder of the fight for a film and AHHHHHtheFRENCHCchamPAGNGE. (Sorry, I'm a bad person.)
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your fiend mr. jones
12Sep10
If you haven't seen this film from The Museum Of The Moving Image, do your self a favor and check it out. A collage of Wells' films, with commentary. Like a David Thomson essay reinterpreted by David Lynch for film. Yeah, it's that good. http://www.movingimagesource.us/articles/american-20100831
Gylfi Reynisson
2Feb10
The famous last interview he did with Merv Griffin (he died just two hours later) is now available on youtube. Watch the master talk about old times.
Platform_Magazine
10Jan10
Welles's output is very inconsistent, with many critics noting touches of pure brilliance in overall poor films. It's a massive shame that someone with the dramatic flare and artistic talent that Orson had, had a large portion of his films cut up by money driven hollywood studio stooges. It's a testimony to Welles' genius that if he had only made one picture, his only fully realized artist pursuit, Citizen Kane, he'd still be hailed by everyone in film as the most important director in cinema history.
Pyke Papadopoulos
9Dec08
You should upload "Touch of evil". Don't have to upload the whole film either. The opening sequence is one of the greatest in film history...
