The Other Side of the Wind producers Frank Marshall and Filip Jan Rymsza, executive producer and co-star Peter Bogdanovich, editor Bob Murawski and documentary director-producer Morgan Neville (They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead) will take part in an “extended conversation” at the New York Film Festival on September 29. It will be moderated by NYFF director Kent Jones and filmmaker Martin Scorsese.
They will discuss the completion of Orson Welles’ long-awaited film after 40 years and the making of Neville’s companion documentary, which examines the film’s troubled production and Welles’ final years.
The group will speak on Saturday, September 29, following back-to-back screenings of They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead (noon) and The Other Side of the Wind (2 p.m.) at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center. Tickets for the two films may be purchased online at filmlinc.org/nyff2018
It is the first joint public appearance by the senior members of the post-production team.
The films had their world premieres during Labor Day weekend at the Venice and Telluride film festivals.
Welles shot The Other Side of the Wind between 1970 and 1976. It remained unedited and unreleased until 2018 when it was completed for Netflix.
It will be released to select theaters by Netflix and streamed worldwide to 130 million subscribers in 190 countries on November 2.
The Other Side of the Wind takes place at the 70th birthday party of maverick director J.J. “Jake” Hannaford (John Huston), who is struggling to complete his comeback film during the rise of New Hollywood. Attending the party are successful young directors, like Brooks Otterlake (Bogdanovich), hangers-on and critics. Hannaford dies at the conclusion of the party. Welles’ movie recounts Hannaford’s final hours using a mix of 16mm and 35mm color and black-and-white film shot at the party, along with scenes from his unfinished movie, which stars Oja Kodar and Bob Random.
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