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Filip Jan Rymzsa, Bob Murawski to discuss ‘Hopper/Welles’ in online talk

The 58th edition of the New York Film Festival will present a series of free online chats with filmmakers later this month, including a talk featuring the team behind Hopper/Welles. On Tuesday, September 29, at 2 p.m., NYFF58 will  offer an online talk focusing on two festival offerings:  Hopper/Welles and Raul Ruiz’  The Tango of […]

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‘Hopper/Welles’ to be shown at Queens drive-in movie theater

Hopper/Welles will get its first theatrical showing in the United States at the Queens Drive-in on Friday, Sept. 18, at 8 p.m. The showing is part of the 58th New York Film Festival, which had previously announced streamed-only showings of the movie, which was directed by  Orson Welles and stars Dennis Hopper. Hopper/Welles is comprised […]

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‘Hopper/Welles’ — The Orson Welles film* we never expected (review)

By RAY KELLY Should Hopper/Welles be considered an Orson Welles film? The documentary, which premiered this week at the Venice International Film Festival and will be streamed at the upcoming the New York Film Festival, is not in the final form Welles intended. Rather, it is a fragment of a project that never developed beyond […]

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‘Hopper/Welles’: The New Hollywood Strikes Back (review)

By MASSIMILIANO STUDER It’s important that producer Filip Jan Rymsza find a distributor for this gem that has emerged from the film vault of The Other Side of the Wind; allowing Italian cinephiles to see and understand the New Hollywood environment of 1970 —  a documentary that Ciro Giorgini would certainly have done everything to […]

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‘Hopper/Welles’ to be streamed to NYFF ticket holders

Hopper/Welles will be streamed to New York Film Festival ticket holders for its U.S. premiere at the 58th festival later this month. Mindful of coronavirus restrictions, NYFF58 offerings this year will be shown at either drive-in movie theaters or — as in the case of Hopper/Welles  — streamed for home viewing over a secure online […]

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Inside ‘Hopper/Welles’ with Filip Jan Rymsza and Bob Murawski

By RAY KELLY After laboring nine years to bring The Other Side of the Wind to the screen, it’s understandable that producer Filip Jan Rymsza was not looking to embark on another Orson Welles project. But time and a nudge from a friend led to Hopper/Welles, which will have its world premiere next week during […]

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‘Hopper/Welles’ to be shown at New York Film Festival (video excerpt)

Mirroring the unveiling of The Other Side of the Wind two years ago, the Orson Welles directed documentary Hopper/Welles will be screened at the 58th New York Film festival just weeks after its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival. Its inclusion at NYFF58 was announced today by organizers. Comprised of previously unknown interview […]

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First day of shooting ‘The Other Side of the Wind’ – unseen photos

Film historian Joseph McBride, along with Peter Bogdanovich and cameraman Gary Graver,  joined Orson Welles on August 23, 1970 for the first day of filming The Other Side of the Wind. Cast in the movie as film critic Mr. Pister, McBride would continue to work for Welles throughout the early 1970s. “Acting for Orson Welles […]

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Venice film festival announces ‘Hopper/Welles’ screening dates

La Biennale di Venezia announced today that it will screen Hopper / Welles at the Venice International Film Festival for the general public on September 9 with two afternoon showings. In addition, there will be eight other screenings for festival pass holders on September 7-9. Times, screening locations and ticket information can be found online at […]

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‘Shoot ’em Dead’ – Book lauds ‘The Other Side of the Wind’

Slipping under the radar last summer was the publication of the first book to critique the completed release of Orson Welles’ The Other Side of the Wind. Welles filmed his takedown of New Hollywood and machismo between August 1970 and early 1976, and fought to complete the movie until his death in October 1985. However, […]

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Orson Welles envisioned Dennis Hopper documentary in 1970

By RAY KELLY Footage Orson Welles shot of Dennis Hopper five decades ago was earmarked for more than just a cameo in The Other Side of the Wind —  it was also intended for a planned documentary on the Easy Rider filmmaker, who Welles had befriended. Producer Filip Jan Rymsza and editor Bob Murawski uncovered […]