According to Amazon.com, a new Welles book has been released today (June 30th): Orson Welles: Six Films Analyzed, Scene by Scene (Paperback) by Randy Rasmussen � Paperback: 280 pages � Publisher: McFarland & Company (June 30, 2006) � Language: English � ISBN: 0786426039 Here’s the blurb: “Six major Welles films�Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, The […]
I just received a copy of Chris Welles Feder’s book of fictional poems entitled The Movie Director and I was struck by several of the pieces which form a “wonderful portrait of Chris Welles’ father – although it’s a portrait that the author stresses is in many places entirely fictional. Below is one of the […]
Thanks to Colin Hand for sending along this link to a nice interview with Frank Marshall about his latest movie, Eight Below, which also covers Marshall’s long association with Peter Bogdanovich. However the highlight for Welles fans is a tidbit about Marshall’s ongoing involvement in producingThe Other Side of The Wind, which is apparently now […]
While re-reading Jeanne Moreau’s poem on Welles, I began thinking about other poets who have written about Welles, and felt it might be interesting to post some of these poetic pieces as well. So upcoming will be pieces by Patti Smith and Welles own daughter, Chris Welles Feder, with any additional suggestions being most welcome. And as can be […]
To Orson where ever you are: I love you. I’m still with you, with all of my heart. —Jeanne Moreau in Durga Strana Wellesa (The Other Side of Orson Welles) A documentary film on Orson Welles career in Yugoslavia By Daniel Rafaelic and Leon Rizmaul +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Film historians Daniel Rafaelic and Leon Rizmaul have put together a very […]
When talking with Roger Corman about his Edgar Allan Poe movies, I took the opportunity to ask him about his dinner meeting with Orson Welles, which took place in the mid-seventies when Corman and Peter Bogdanovich were preparing St. Jack, which Welles was originally supposed to direct. Unfortunately, I forgot to ask Corman about Welles […]
Interested vistors to Wellesnet may wish to take an informative survey about how best to help save the fragile footage of Orson Welles Don Quixote. Thanks to Wellesnet member R Kadin for setting up the survey, and before taking the survey, I recommend reading Audrey Stainton’s Sight & Sound article posted below, for important background […]
Just received and watched “Brunnen”, a documentary on Welles’s years in Spain by Swedish filmaker Kristian Petri, and featuring interviews with Oja Kodar, director Jess Franco, author Peter Viertel ( screenwriter of several famous films and author of many books, the most famous of which is “White Hunter, Black Heart”) and several “unfamous” individuals who […]
Given the very lively discussion about the various possibities of completing Don Quixote that is ongoing on the forum, here – as requested – is the complete text of Audrey Stainton’s excellent article on the filming of Don Quixote and it’s subsequent editing, that appeared in Sight and Sound in 1988.
Since the first public glimpse of Orson Welles Don Quixote was presented thirty years ago this month at the Cannes film festival�less than a year after Welles had died�I thought it would be interesting to present some background material on that very first public showing. The Don Quixote footage shown at Cannes was apparently entrusted […]
Orson Welles received the AFI’s lifetime achievement award on February 9, 1975, and without a doubt gave the best acceptance speech that any recepient of that august award has ever delivered. The show was taped for broadcast on CBS and was available on videotape, but since it has long been out of print, here is […]
Thanks to Cat Burglar for pointing out the new features on the Treasures from The Library of Congress website. It is indeed a treasure trove of Wellesania. The site currently has many rare items from several of Welles’ Federal Theater Project productions of 1936 and 1937 on display. You can access it here: Federal Theater […]