Just a note that I’ve posted (in the Film section) a summary of some fascinating facts, as well as some rare stills from an article by Willy Kurant, a terrific DP who worked with Welles on The Immortal Story (1966), The Heroine (1969), and The Deep (1969), and was also asked to work on The […]
To all you Welles aficionados down in Australia, Gary Graver will be showing his highly recommended program of rare Welles material at the “Celebration of Cinematography Festival” in Canberra this weekend. More details are in this article in the Sydney Morning Herald: No chance of this Welles running dry And here’s an excerpt from an […]
Here’s a link to the latest Callow rave, from the Guardian, where the writer�observes that Callow’s tone has changed from a “certain acid” and “cattiness” to one of love: indeed�that Callow may have “fallen a little”�for Welles:: Guardian Callow review
Since Mr. Arkadin didn’t open in America until 1962, it’s not surprising that most of the U. S. press didn’t review it until then (if at all), but strangely Variety also missed the boat, failing to review the film on it’s European release. However, they made up for their mistake with this rather perceptive review, […]
Hi! I’m also going to be helping Jeff out during his sabbatical, and hope to help keep the site lively. I’m hoping to soon have a translation of Sigi Sciortino’s interview with Mauro Bonannini, along with an on-line petition re: Don Quixote. I’ve also scanned several book covers, and they’ll be up soon as well, […]
Greetings to all you happy Wellesnet people: As I long ago hooked up with Jeff and have contributed several articles to Wellesnet before it was even launched, I asked Jeff if he would like me to take over some of his posting burdens since he felt the need to go on sabbatical for a […]
ORSON WELLES on MR. ARKADIN It is quite remarkable that other than Peter Bogdanovich’s indispensable interview book, This Is Orson Welles, there were so few important English language interviews done with Welles during his lifetime. Admittedly, Welles was often not on American soil when a film like Mr. Arkadin came out, but it […]
By JEFF WILSON I posted something similar on the message board, but long story short, I’ve decided to take a break from the site. I had thought digging into re-furbishing the site at long last would ignite my interest again, but it hasn’t. It’s simply a chore, and one I don’t want to do. The […]
As noted on the message board, Simon Callow’s adaptation of Micheal MacLiammoir’s memoir Put Money In Thy Purse is being given a re-broadcast this Saturday on BBC5 radio. The play will be available for listening for the week following, so you have plenty of time to catch it. On a site note: does anyone know […]
Ignore the dust, we’ll have it all cleaned up shortly. For the old blog with the links to the rest of the site, click here.
As the title says, the second volume of Simon Callow’s biography of Welles has been released in the UK; the American release looks to be pushed back to August, according to Amazon.com; reviews are starting to be published: the Times the Telegraph The Observer I am not sure how long those links will remain active, […]
Ages ago (okay, early last year) I picked up a bunch of film magazines that were being thrown out. I had intended to somehow use them on the site, but put them in a box and consequently forgot about them. I stumbled over them again recently, and seeing as how I hadn’t posted in a […]