Filming "The Trial"

[ChristopherBanks]

Fantomas in "The Dreamers" thread mentions that there are 83 minutes of footage for this...I always thought this was an unfinished project in its early stages, but 83 minutes suggests it must be close to some sort of complete form.

Is there any more information on this?

[fantomas]

FILMING THE TRIAL was never completed by welles. the existing material is a discussion which was filmed by gary graver in 1981 at the university of southern california. welles explains how he shot THE TRIAL and answers questions. this material was edited and the TRIAL trailer was added by the guys of the munich filmmuseum and presented this year in the bologna cinema ritrovato festival. it's a great document, interesting and entertaining.

[maxrael]

Ah but what are the chances of it ever being released?

atb,
max!
(feeling a little despondent today)

[Store Hadji]

I'm a little bleary on this one, but some of that footage has been released, and it's either on The One Man Band (aka The Lost Cinema of Orson Welles) or Gary Graver's Working with Welles. Not much, but a taste.