The Eyes of Orson Welles, a Mark Cousins film.
The Eyes of Orson Welles will make its U.S. television debut on May 13, kicking off a Welles marathon on Turner Classic Movies.
The award-winning Mark Cousins documentary will air Monday, May 13, at 8 p.m. ET on TCM. It will be followed by five Welles-directed feature films.
(For those willing to pull a Wellesian all-nighter, we are talking 12 hours of pure Orson).
The Eyes of Orson Welles will be immediately followed by The Trial.
Shortly after midnight TCM will show Confidential Report (Mr. Arkadin), followed by Welles’ Hollywood debut, Citizen Kane. Before dawn on Tuesday, May 14, The Lady from Shanghai will be shown at 4:30 a.m. ET. The marathon ends with Welles’ personal favorite, Chimes at Midnight, at 6 a.m. ET.
A detailed schedule for different time zones can be found at tcm.com/schedule
The Eyes of Orson Welles had its world premiere at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. It was released theatrically in the U.S. in March by Janus Films and a home video release by the Criterion Collection is planned , according to Cousins.
London-based Dogwoof released Cousins’ film in the U.K. on August 17, 2018. It is already available on DVD in Europe.
Beatrice Welles granted Cousins the exclusive rights to make a film using her father’s artwork. The two met at the 2016 Traverse Film Festival in Michigan and mapped out the project with Michael Moore (Bowling for Columbine), who is an executive producer on the film.
Cousins contributed the foreword for Orson Welles Portfolio, which was written by Simon Braund and recently published by Titan Books.
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