Thanks to Colin Hand for sending along this link to a nice interview with Frank Marshall about his latest movie, Eight Below, which also covers Marshall’s long association with Peter Bogdanovich. However the highlight for Welles fans is a tidbit about Marshall’s ongoing involvement in producingThe Other Side of The Wind, which is apparently now […]
While re-reading Jeanne Moreau’s poem on Welles, I began thinking about other poets who have written about Welles, and felt it might be interesting to post some of these poetic pieces as well. So upcoming will be pieces by Patti Smith and Welles own daughter, Chris Welles Feder, with any additional suggestions being most welcome. And as can be […]
To Orson where ever you are: I love you. I’m still with you, with all of my heart. —Jeanne Moreau in Durga Strana Wellesa (The Other Side of Orson Welles) A documentary film on Orson Welles career in Yugoslavia By Daniel Rafaelic and Leon Rizmaul +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Film historians Daniel Rafaelic and Leon Rizmaul have put together a very […]
When talking with Roger Corman about his Edgar Allan Poe movies, I took the opportunity to ask him about his dinner meeting with Orson Welles, which took place in the mid-seventies when Corman and Peter Bogdanovich were preparing St. Jack, which Welles was originally supposed to direct. Unfortunately, I forgot to ask Corman about Welles […]
Interested vistors to Wellesnet may wish to take an informative survey about how best to help save the fragile footage of Orson Welles Don Quixote. Thanks to Wellesnet member R Kadin for setting up the survey, and before taking the survey, I recommend reading Audrey Stainton’s Sight & Sound article posted below, for important background […]
Just received and watched “Brunnen”, a documentary on Welles’s years in Spain by Swedish filmaker Kristian Petri, and featuring interviews with Oja Kodar, director Jess Franco, author Peter Viertel ( screenwriter of several famous films and author of many books, the most famous of which is “White Hunter, Black Heart”) and several “unfamous” individuals who […]
Given the very lively discussion about the various possibities of completing Don Quixote that is ongoing on the forum, here – as requested – is the complete text of Audrey Stainton’s excellent article on the filming of Don Quixote and it’s subsequent editing, that appeared in Sight and Sound in 1988.
Since the first public glimpse of Orson Welles Don Quixote was presented thirty years ago this month at the Cannes film festivalďż˝less than a year after Welles had diedďż˝I thought it would be interesting to present some background material on that very first public showing. The Don Quixote footage shown at Cannes was apparently entrusted […]
Orson Welles received the AFI’s lifetime achievement award on February 9, 1975, and without a doubt gave the best acceptance speech that any recepient of that august award has ever delivered. The show was taped for broadcast on CBS and was available on videotape, but since it has long been out of print, here is […]
Thanks to Cat Burglar for pointing out the new features on the Treasures from The Library of Congress website. It is indeed a treasure trove of Wellesania. The site currently has many rare items from several of Welles’ Federal Theater Project productions of 1936 and 1937 on display. You can access it here: Federal Theater […]
Just a note that I’ve posted (in the Film section) a summary of some fascinating facts, as well as some rare stills from an article by Willy Kurant, a terrific DP who worked with Welles on The Immortal Story (1966), The Heroine (1969), and The Deep (1969), and was also asked to work on The […]
To all you Welles aficionados down in Australia, Gary Graver will be showing his highly recommended program of rare Welles material at the “Celebration of Cinematography Festival” in Canberra this weekend. More details are in this article in the Sydney Morning Herald: No chance of this Welles running dry And here’s an excerpt from an […]
Here’s a link to the latest Callow rave, from the Guardian, where the writerďż˝observes that Callow’s tone has changed from a “certain acid” and “cattiness” to one of love: indeedďż˝that Callow may have “fallen a little”ďż˝for Welles:: Guardian Callow review
Since Mr. Arkadin didn’t open in America until 1962, it’s not surprising that most of the U. S. press didn’t review it until then (if at all), but strangely Variety also missed the boat, failing to review the film on it’s European release. However, they made up for their mistake with this rather perceptive review, […]
Hi! I’m also going to be helping Jeff out during his sabbatical, and hope to help keep the site lively. I’m hoping to soon have a translation of Sigi Sciortino’s interview with Mauro Bonannini, along with an on-line petition re: Don Quixote. I’ve also scanned several book covers, and they’ll be up soon as well, […]
Greetings to all you happy Wellesnet people: As I long ago hooked up with Jeff and have contributed several articles to Wellesnet before it was even launched, I asked Jeff if he would like me to take over some of his posting burdens since he felt the need to go on sabbatical for a […]
ORSON WELLES on MR. ARKADIN It is quite remarkable that other than Peter Bogdanovich’s indispensable interview book, This Is Orson Welles, there were so few important English language interviews done with Welles during his lifetime. Admittedly, Welles was often not on American soil when a film like Mr. Arkadin came out, but it […]
By JEFF WILSON I posted something similar on the message board, but long story short, I’ve decided to take a break from the site. I had thought digging into re-furbishing the site at long last would ignite my interest again, but it hasn’t. It’s simply a chore, and one I don’t want to do. The […]
As noted on the message board, Simon Callow’s adaptation of Micheal MacLiammoir’s memoir Put Money In Thy Purse is being given a re-broadcast this Saturday on BBC5 radio. The play will be available for listening for the week following, so you have plenty of time to catch it. On a site note: does anyone know […]
Ignore the dust, we’ll have it all cleaned up shortly. For the old blog with the links to the rest of the site, click here.
