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Wasn't the complete version found in the late '60's and screened by an employee at the film exchange hijacked by gypsies? If so, could they have not sold it to someone? What a pity this man did not immediately call someone in Hollywood and safely secure the footage! That's a new one! :lol: It would...

Wellesnet looks at how MANK perpetuate the Pauline Kael lie that Orson Welles did not co-author the CITIZEN KANE screenplay.

https://www.wellesnet.com/mank-finds-villain-orson-welles/

Alberto Anile ("Orson Welles in Italy") has graciously shared with us an English translation of his upcoming article for "Cabiria" on "Hopper/Welles."
https://www.wellesnet.com/at-orsons-fireplace/

Harlan Lebo ( Citizen Kane: A Filmmaker’s Journey ) has uncovered hundreds of differences between the Orson Welles / Herman Mankiewicz final script and what ended up on the screen — changes he says that made Citizen Kane the greatest film ever made. Read his findings on our website at https://www.w...

The filmed ORSON REHEARSED opera has been picking up festival awards. Congrats to Daron Hagen on its success. Read his comments on the project.
https://www.wellesnet.com/orson-rehearsed-film-awards/

Harlan Lebo shared with us a new transcript of CITIZEN KANE he created.
Check it out here or on Scribd.
https://www.wellesnet.com/citizen-kane-transcript/

Paste magazine keeps updating its list of The 100 Best Movies on Netflix and, not surprisingly, The Other Side of the Wind continues to maintain a presence two years after its release. "The density is dizzying, the intellect fierce. In terms of Welles’ filmography, it’s like the last act of Cit...

jbrooks, You asked if the host of this website has concerns over the producers' integrity. I have replied that I do not. I have no desire to engage in a debate with you about a man's character.

Re the crowd-funding, I am still owed a coffee table photo book and a blu ray. It's been five years since I paid the money. And two years since the film has come out. At what point do reasonable people start calling the entire crowd-sourcing effort a fraud and Filip a thief and a liar? Those are ha...

Don't miss the NYFF video of Filip Jan Rymsza and Bob Murawski discussing the creation of HOPPER/WELLES.
https://www.wellesnet.com/nyff-video-rymsza-murawski/

Roger Ryan wrote:Ugh, that trailer looks like it was from a second or third generation VHS tape. I hope the film itself looks at least as good as the DVD (although, it really should look better).

There was a remastered DCP shown at MoMA in spring 2019. I would hope they used that.

AFI Fest, the annual American Film Institute movie festival, will include HOPPER/WELLES this month.
https://www.wellesnet.com/afi-fest-hopper-welles/

IT''S ALL TRUE is streaming now on CBS All Access

https://www.cbs.com/movies/its-all-true-trailer/trailer/AN6_XL_zuelZ_ivK7g0y5b_QKJRrJGs8/

Could the complete Ambersons be buried somewhere in the Selznick estate, or at MOMA? Another long shot, but you never know. After all, as Mr. Egan writes, "in those days no one said no to David Selznick." I find it hard to believe RKO would have made a dupe print for Selznick — who then t...

Tipster told me that the StudioCanal restoration of The Trial has been acquired by a label for U.S. release on Blu-ray. The chatter is that it is not KinoLorber, which leaves several other interesting choices out there. With The Trial being Studio Canal, I was doubtful it would be Criterion who wou...