By RAY KELLY Filmmaker Henry Jaglom, whose recorded conversations with Orson Welles form the basis of an upcoming book, graciously agreed to field a few questions about his late, great friend. Jaglom’s relationship with Welles dates back to his freshman 1971 film “A Safe Place.” In the interview, he discussed those legendary lunches with Welles […]
By LAWRENCE FRENCH Orson Welles had completed most of the principal photography on The Other Side of the Wind by 1976, and shortly afterwards the film became embroiled in legal entanglements with it’s Iranian backers. As a result, Welles found himself once again forced to abandon a cherished project, in this case the movie that […]
By LAWRENCE FRENCH Having seen a nearly complete rough cut of The Other Side of the Wind, I can easily see why it has baffled so many people. But having studied the script in some depth, and having seen many of the clips in isolation many times, (including the material recently posted by Henry Jaglom […]
By RAY KELLY Interviews with Orson Welles’ longtime love and collaborator Oja Kodar are rare to come by, but the Hungarian website mozinet.hu recently spoke with the Croatian actress-writer. Sadly, none of the six questions asked of Kodar delved into the status of “The Other Side of the Wind” or any of Welles’ unfinished film […]
There is one town that would be better than Aranjuez to see your first bullfight in if you are only going to see one and that is Ronda. That is where you should go if you ever go to Spain on a honeymoon or if you ever bolt with anyone. The entire town and as […]
“An Adventure Shared By Desperate Men (That Finally Came to Nothing)” will be published in winter 2013 by St. Martin’s Press.
UPDATED ON JAN. 12, 2013: The OSOTW footage has been deleted from vimeo.
By RAY KELLY While the future of The Other Side of the Wind is always cloudy, one thing appears clear: A book chronicling the making of this unfinished Orson Welles film is in the works. Josh Karp, who teaches journalism at Northwestern, is writing about The Other Side of the Wind for St. Martin’s Press. […]
As much as I hope to see The Other Side of the Wind finished, I was shocked to read the report in The London Observer about an imminent deal to finish the film, as I knew is was totally false. The article was so full of errors and false statements, as to be nothing less […]
Rich Little recently sent Wellesnet a scan of a charcoal portrait he drew of Orson Welles that can be purchased at his website Here. Rich Little worked with Welles on the still unfinished The Other Side of the Wind, before he left the production and was replaced by Peter Bogdanovich. Here are some of Rich […]
Touch of Evil will be screened at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on Friday, January 29 at 7:00 and director Peter Bogdanovich will be on hand to introduce the film and talk about working with Welles. After the screening Bogdanovich will be joined by James Naremore, the author of The Magic World of Orson Welles, […]
Jose Maria Castellvi was an important photographer in Spain, who worked for several magazines, including Playboy and Penthouse. He was also the personal photographer for Julio Iglesias for many years. While Orson Welles was living in Spain, he met Jose Maria and asked him to take some “artistic” pictures of Oja Kodar. Welles liked the […]
_________________________________ When the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden’s green and gold, Our father Adam sat under the Tree and scratched with a stick in the mould; And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, Till the Devil whispered behind the leaves, “It’s pretty, […]
The Other Side of the Wind is Orson Welles only unrealized film project that could possibly be completed without the great man himself. There are many arguments to support this hope. But my goal would be to work with everybody who worked on the picture, Oja Kodar, and anybody who was around a lot. Frank […]
I just recently received a copy of a poem Gary Graver wrote that was printed for his memorial service. Unfortunately, there wasn’t time to include it in Gary’s memoir, Making Movies With Orson Welles, so I thought I would reproduce it here. I’ll also add this thought, since I’ve now had the opportunity to see […]
The recent showing of Stefan Drossler’s rare “Unknown Welles” material at The Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, brought out a large contingent of Bay area film scholars, including Joseph McBride, the author of many books on Welles, Tom Luddy, the former director of The San Francisco Film Festival, and current director of The Telluride Film […]
Ray Kelly, our Wellesnet man in Cambridge sends along this exclusive report on Stefan Drossler’s presentation of The Unknown Orson Welles on December 1, 2008 at the Harvard Film Archive
One of the highlight’s of Gary Graver’s memoir, Making Movies with ORSON WELLES is the inside view it gives us on the making of The Other Side of the Wind. Perhaps the book may finally help to sweep aside the last remaining obstacles and get the Showtime deal to finish the movie back on track. […]
I can hardly be called an unbiased reviewer when it comes to this book, since I contributed an interview with Gary Graver and Oja Kodar that serves as an afterward, but I must say in all candor, I was absolutely delighted when I received a copy of it today. First of all, having talked with […]
Wellesnet contributor Kari Elovuori has sent along a link to a marvelous site he has created as “his own private exercise” which features a welcoming video from Orson Welles, a timeline for The Other Side of the Wind, and best of all, a video that features clips and some great color stills from the film, […]
