Prodigal Sons

[missy2]

Has anyone seen the film "Prodigal Sons" which reveals the identity of Orson Welles's grandson?

if so, what did you think of it?

[Glenn Anders]

Dear Missy: If you will type in "PRODIGAL SONS" in the search box in the upper right corner, you will be given several rather extensive discussions of the film, and other documentaries on Orson Welles. I just typed in the title myself -- and it WORKED! Thanks to Ray Kelly and Mike Teal.

Enjoy, my dear, and tell us what you think.

Glenn Anders

[missy2]

Hi, Glenn.

Thanks for the reference.

[mteal]

PRODIGAL SONS strikes me as being a bit similar to F FOR FAKE in the sense that, the director, Kimberly MacCarrow, started out to make one story, and then suddenly realized she was in the middle of an even better story, and so tried to fuse the two into one film. Unfortunately, in the process of doing so, she became a bit exploitative of her brother Marc, exposing him in ways that disrespected his privacy, IMO. Nevertheless, it's a fascinating film, and in retrospect, valuable in that it is the only chance most of us will ever get to see Marc and what he was like, even if he was shown to be a very tragic figure.