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Read: ‘The Cinema of Orson Welles’ by Peter Bogdanovich

The upcoming The Other Side of the Wind, directed by Orson Welles and co-starring Peter Bogdanovich, is not first project pairing of the two filmmakers. Their relationship dates back to 1961 when Bogdanovich organized a Welles film retrospective, the first in the United States, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Welles, […]

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Orson Welles assistant Dorian Bond pens ‘Me and Mr. Welles’

Dorian Bond, who worked as a personal assistant for Orson Welles during a year-long stint 50 years ago, has written a book recounting those days, Me and Mr. Welles. Bond was a 22-year-old film school student when he was hired by Welles’ longtime private secretary, Ann Rogers, to deliver ten 400-foot rolls of 35mm film, and […]