A few days ago I suggested voting for the unreleased Welles titles listed in Turner Classic Movies’ database (see below). How has the voting been going since? Not too bad, thanks in part to threads on several other sites as well as this one (he said modestly). Ambersons is up to 90 votes (from 31), […]
Per a couple other sources, the Criterion Collection’s release of Mr. Arkadin has been removed from their “Coming Soon” section, but remains on the site, listed on its own page simply as “Coming Soon,” with no given date.
If you visit the Turner Classic Movies Database, you can look up titles they hold and vote to see them on DVD. I have no idea if it will make any difference to the powers that be (probably not, the cynic in me says), but why not go and vote for the unreleased Welles titles […]
From time to time, I’ll give a look to biographies of people who played roles in the life of Welles, however small, and the most recent and interesting of these is Samantha Barbas’ The First Lady of Hollywood: A Biography of Louella Parsons, telling the story of that infamous gossip columnist who did her best […]
…Which of course begs the question, “Why bother?” But Mind City Productions decided that an animated version of Welles’ Mercury Summer Theater broadcast of Lucille Fletcher’s radio classic “The Hitch Hiker” was needed, and so we’re here to provide a look at it. First off, the disc appears to be a DVD-R, and two of […]
In addition to the upcoming Welles books by Callow and McBride, 2006 will see another Welles title, this time a look at six of Welles’ films from a “scene by scene” viewpoint. I have to admit I’ve been working on something like this for the site, so I’m curious to see how this compares. The […]
I think if you’re a filmmaker, one fate you must avoid is having your work fall into the public domain. Because you will then be subject to an endless parade of shoddy cash-in video releases from every guy with a dream of being a high roller in the home video field. That’s a generalization of […]
As posted in several places, not the least of which is the Wellesnet message board, here are the official specs of the upcoming Arkadin Criterion DVD set: SPECIAL EDITION THREE-DISC SET FEATURES – New, restored high-definition digital transfers of three versions of the film: the Corinth Verion, Confidential Report, and a new Comprehensive Version – […]
Still no official word on this via Criterion’s site that I could find, but multiple sources on the web have listed preliminary info about this worst-kept secret in Welles DVDs. The set will be three discs, and retail for $49.95, which will be much cheaper at several online vendors. Frankly, I’m surprised they’re going the […]
An essay on the making of Orson Welles “The Other Side of the Wind” can be found on the Legacy portion of Wellesnet. Please visit the “Don Quixote” page here.
An essay on the making of Orson Welles “The Other Side of the Wind” can be found on the Legacy portion of Wellesnet. Please visit the “TOSOTW” page here.
An essay on the making of Orson Welles “The Deep” can be found on the Legacy portion of Wellesnet. Please visit “The Deep” page here.
Learn more about “The Orson Welles Sketch Book” in an essay on the Legacy portion of the website. You can view all of the episodesat Wellesnet’s Orson Welles Sketch Book video page.
Welcome to the first installment of the Wellesnet NewsBlog. I like this format for its ease of updating, which also means I can do it from anywhere. It will hopefully mean more frequent updates. Everything else about Wellesnet remains the same, and the old News page is exactly where it always has been, if you’re […]
