Ray Kelly, our Wellesnet man in Cambridge sends along this exclusive report on Stefan Drossler’s presentation of The Unknown Orson Welles on December 1, 2008 at the Harvard Film Archive
The upcoming Harvard Film archive’s mini retrospective of Orson Welles films has generated several interesting articles in the local Boston-Cambridge press;Â below are links for them. Unfortunately, Ed Symkus, writing in The Walpole Times mars his story with the following absurd paragraph: Although Welles is one of the most recognized and admired names in cinema […]
Bob Downing has sent along information about a very interesting Orson Welles film series that will be screening in August at Seattle’s Northwest Film Forum. It will feature all three films Orson Welles directed in the decade of the sixties: The Trial, Falstaff and The Immortal Story. If you are in the Seattle area, I’d […]
Director and Orson Welles authority, Peter Bogdanovich will be in residence this weekend at San Francisco’s historic movie palace, The Castro Theater, where he will be introducing a mini-retrospective of his films. Here is a link to the schedule of Mr. Bogdanovich’s in-person appearances. The Bogdanovich movies scheduled to be shown, include: Targets, The Last […]
The Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, California is presenting a nearly complete retrospective of films directed by Orson Welles, including rare screenings of Chimes at Midnight and The Immortal Story. Unfortunately, these two films will be shown in 16mm versions. Also, there will be no rare material from the Munich archive, and quite sadly, no […]
Public radio station KQED in California is presenting a radio show looking at the history of the infamous “War of the Worlds” episode of The Mercury Theater on the Air. The show will be presented twice, once tomorrow (2/16) at 1 PM, and on 2/20 at 8 PM (these are Pacific times, by the way). […]
We all know Orson Welles never won as Oscar as best director, but let’s face it, given all the great directors who haven’t won Oscars, it’s really more of a honor to be on the long list of Oscar losers than among those who have actually won. Besides Welles, the list includes Hitchcock, Hawks, Kubrick, […]
   Greetings all, as noted below, the University of Michigan opened an exhibition based on their recently acquired Welles collections tonight. The displayed items will eventually change, but the display itself will continue through December, and the collection is available for research purposes now, though not all of it has yet been cataloged. Catherine Benamou […]
The Special Collections of The Hatcher Graduate Library presents ORSON WELLES AND THE ART OF ADAPTATION IN RADIO, THEATRE AND FILM An exhibit highlighting ORSON WELLESÂ extraordinary vision and artistry in interpreting the works of others. Â On display at the Special Collections Library at the Univ. of Michigan will be material from the Orson Welles collection. […]
Given the fact that Citizen Kane has been at the top of every international poll as the greatest film every made since 1962, Â it seems like a good time to codify what real Welles scholars think are the great directors best films. In 1999 Juan Cobos asked mostly Spanish and European film critics to do […]
(Wellesnet correspondent Leslie Weisman attended the screening of Chimes at Midnight at the AFI Wednesday night, which featured star Keith Baxter in attendance. Baxter spoke at length after the film about his experiences with Welles and on the film. Despite the occasional factual error on Mr Baxter’s part, this is a warmly remembered series of […]
Gary Graver’s memorial tribute will take place at the Egyptian Theater on Hollyood Blvd. Sunday January 21 at 2:00 pm It is FREE and open to all. Gary Graver Memorial Tribute Independent filmmaker and cinematographer, Gary Graver toiled away on all different kinds of movies during his long and prodigious career – exploitation, […]