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Ray, in talking with Rymsza, did you get the impression that he was explicitly stating that no agreement has yet been made, or could it be that he's simply not at liberty to comment on the situation and is being deliberately careful with his words? I have no reason to believe a Blu-ray is currently...

From the Deadline roundup of the Venice international Film Festival: Documentary Hopper/Welles proved a hit with a number of critics and should appeal to cinephiles in particular. The intimate and revelatory film charts a 1970 conversation between Dennis Hopper, then riding high on the success of Ea...

atcolomb wrote:I hope this will show up on Netflix or on disc so i can see it.

You can stream it Sept.28-Oct. 3 through https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2020/ for $12.

All in all I have been happy with the service from our current web host and just reinked another three-year deal with them.
You can look forward to more news and features from Wellesnet, especially as we mark the website's 20th anniversary next year!

My interview with Filip Jan Rymsza and Bob Murawski is now online. Special thanks to both gentlemen for making time to talk with Wellesnet about the footage and the finished Hopper/Welles. We also touched on a TOSOTW Blu-ray and their interest in other Welles projects. https://www.wellesnet.com/ins...

Alberto Anile has a piece in Italy's largest daily (for subscribers and in Italian) at https://rep.repubblica.it/pwa/generale/2020/09/03/news/quell_incontro_segreto_tra_welles_e_hopper-266176726/ There is also an article on Deadline https://deadline.com/2020/09/hopper-welles-how-producer-filip-jan-r...

Orson Welles planned to make a Dennis Hopper documentary back in 1970 when he was shooting THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND., according to his daughter, Beatrice. The interview footage makes up the new HOPPER/WELLES and will be shown next month at the Venice film festival. https://www.wellesnet.com/orson-...

I've heard Hopper got pretty stoned for his interview with Welles, so I guess we'll see how clear and coherent he is with a sustained conversation. I believe Joseph McBride in his last book on Welles reported Hopper was stoned. In the movie, Hopper is chowing down on the pasta dish Welles made and ...

atcolomb wrote:Is there a chance this can be a extra on the future Criterion disc release of The Other Side of the Wind?

I would assume it depends on who acquires the distribution rights to Hopper/Welles.
Filip has indicated he would like to see a blu-ray full of extras.

Check out my interview with Peter Tonguette at
https://www.wellesnet.com/peter-tonguette-bogdanovich/

Writing in Italy's largest daily newspaper, la Repubblica, on July 4, Alberto Anile (Orson Welles in Italy) has an interview with Josh Grossberg on his hunt for the lost cut of The Magnificent Ambersons.

A new podcast series based on the unpublished Polly Platt memoir It Was Worth It delves into her involvement in the The Other Side of the Wind and the personal relationship between Orson Welles and his collaborator, Oja Kodar. The multi-episode Polly Platt: The Invisible Woman is part of the You Mu...

In an exchange today (June 17) on Twitter with myself and Peter Rinaldi about a possible Criterion release, Filip Jan Rymsza said he was "still hoping for/working toward a comprehensive release.'