Welles films On Demand from Amazon

[Alan Brody]

Several Welles films are available for digital download at Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1245497973/ ... 3Aamazontv

I've bought two: The Roots of Heaven and Franco's Quixote. Picture and sound quality are pretty nice for the Huston film, although I've had a few problems with it freezing up occasionally, probably due to my less-then-high-speed connection. Apparently this is the future of video, and some people are already starting to write the epitaph for the DVD age, although that will probably take a few years at least. Hopefully there will be more rare Welles items to come. Interesting that The Stranger is among the films available even though you can already get it for free among the Welles items at Hulu.com:

http://www.hulu.com/search?query=orson+welles

[DexyMan]

Cool, Roots of Heaven is still commercially unavailable on DVD. Is it in widescreen?

[Alan Brody]

Yes, it's widescreen, and stereo sound. Welles has a good cameo, playing a Hemingway-like reporter, with maybe ten minutes of screen time. Not one of Huston's best, but it's entertaining, with good performances from Trevor Howard and Errol Flynn, and beautiful location cinematography. Worth renting for sure, which you can do for $2.99.