Wellesnet vault: Gary Graver on ‘Filming Othello’
Gary Graver on filming ‘Filming Othello.”
Gary Graver on filming ‘Filming Othello.”
The release, once scheduled for May, was delayed until September as the prestige home video company acquired the rights and materials.
The 75-minute production is part magic show and part dramatic biography.
The 62-page script proposal contains Welles’ handwritten annotations.
Netflix has the global distribution rights to the film.
The working title of the documentary is “They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead.”
The play will premiere in Los Angeles on June 3.
Orson Welles’ ashes were interred in a dry well on the Spanish estate of matador Antonio Ordonez.
The home was placed on the market six months ago.
The American Cinematheque series runs May 4-7.
“Orson Welles: A Portrait Of The Artist” looks at the late director’s artwork.
Check out a detailed look of the materials acquired by the university.