Tempo 1961 directed by Orson Welles.

Joe G · Post by **Joe G** » Fri Aug 25, 2023 6:44 pm

Hi
I was just wondering if it was available on DVD. It was a British Television show called Tempo. Orson Welles directed one episode of it. The episode he directed was called The art of bullfighting/The death of fiction. I was also wondering if Twelfth Night 1933 was available on DVD.

Le Chiffre · Post by **Le Chiffre** » Sat Aug 26, 2023 9:58 am

I'd love to see the Tempo episode if it still exists. One would think that there would be more effort to make this show more available since Welles' other TV work for the BBC is available in very nice quality on Bluray, and given Welles' passion for bullfighting, this might be an even more important work. Intriguing title.

tonyw · Post by **tonyw** » Mon Aug 28, 2023 2:41 pm

Unfortunately, I see p.c. forces and animal liberation rallying against the release of this material. Look at what has happened to the recent films of Woody Allen and Polanski in the U.S.A!.

cinescot · Post by **cinescot** » Mon Sep 25, 2023 4:19 pm

Sadly, the 1961 episode of Tempo that Welles directed is missing, like many of the episodes from the first few years of the show's initial broadcast.

I'm not sure if Welles directed the whole episode or just 'The Art of Bullfighting' segment. The other segment entitled 'The Death of Fiction' is meant to have been a discussion with Truman Capote.

The other episode of Tempo that features Welles was broadcast in 1965 and still survives. This one is an interview with Welles and lasts about 30 minutes. It's included as an extra on The Trial Blu-rays released in Europe by Studio Canal back in 2012 (It's not included on any of the recent Blu-ray or 4K releases). It's also available on the Network-on-Air DVD set of Tempo, which is out of print but can still be picked up reasonably cheap.

Re: Twelfth Night. There are several videos on YouTube and other sites that claim to be the Orson Welles one but they are actually a 1910 film version. Roger Hill is said to still have portions of the film. It sounds like this may be all that remains of it. As far as I'm aware it's never been released.

Le Chiffre · Post by **Le Chiffre** » Thu Sep 28, 2023 9:46 am

Thanks for the info, Cinescot. Sounds like a long shot, but here's hoping "The Art of Bullfighting" segment shows up some day. The 1965 interview sounds interesting too. Maybe someone will upload that to Youtube sometime.

cinescot · Post by **cinescot** » Wed Oct 11, 2023 3:50 pm

Le Chiffre wrote: Thu Sep 28, 2023 9:46 am Thanks for the info, Cinescot. Sounds like a long shot, but here's hoping "The Art of Bullfighting" segment shows up some day. The 1965 interview sounds interesting too. Maybe someone will upload that to Youtube sometime.

Your welcome Le Chiffre. A long shot it certainly is. One of the biggest causes of losing these earlier British TV shows was the frequently used process of wiping the tapes in order to free up storage and re-use them. I don't think there are any surviving episodes from the first 2 or 3 years of 'Tempo', which makes me believe they have sadly been lost to this process. But I am optimistic there will be a few more Welles-related discoveries to bring us some joy in the future.

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