Favorite Welles' films? - Lay it down, yo!

[catbuglah]

Now lissen here pilgrims, that Orson Welles was one helluva tough directing hombre - Ah'm powerful curious as to what's everyone's favorite Welles films - So why dontchyall sashay over to this string and lay it down! Below is my own list, in order of preference - just some subjective boppin' an' scattin' thing I jotted down - it'll probably change before sunset or they'll be a showdown at the OK corral... (I like Immortal Story and F for Fake, but I was focusin' on full-length theatrical stuff, haven't seen unreleased stuff)

1-Othello
2- Chimes
3- Arkadin
4- Kane
5- Trial
6- TOE
7- Macbeth
8- Ambersons
9- LFS
10-Stranger

[Christopher]

Hey, Catbuglar, this is fun. Here's my list, and I can't leave out either F FOR FAKE or THE IMMORTAL STORY -- the first because it's too innovative and important in the Welles 'oeuvre,' being his first film essay, and the second because it was his first foray into color. So here goes:

1. Chimes
2. Kane
3. Ambersons
4. The Trial
5. F for Fake
6. Touch of Evil
7. Othello
8. Macbeth
9. Lady from Shanghai
10. The Immortal Story

[Roger Ryan]

1) Ambersons
2) Kane
3) Chimes
4) Touch Of Evil
5) F For Fake
6) The Trial
7) Othello
Lady From Shanghai
9) Macbeth
10) The Stranger

[DexyMan]

1. Magnificent Ambersons
2. Citizen Kane
3. Touch of Evil
4. Chimes at Midnight
5. F - For Fake
6. The Trial
7. Fountain of Youth
8. Othello
9. Lady From Shanghai
10. Mr. Arkadin

[Jeff Wilson]

1) Lady From Shanghai
2) Chimes at Midnight
3) Citizen Kane
4) The Trial
5) Ambersons
6) F for Fake
7) Othello
Mr Arkadin
9) Macbeth
10) Stranger
11) Touch of Evil

[Eve]

1) Chimes at Midnight
2) (Ambersons)
3) The Trial
4) F for Fake
5) Othello
6) Citizen Kane
7) Lady from Shanghai
Touch of Evil
9) Macbeth
10) Immortal Story
11) Mr Arkadin
12) Stranger

[Terry]

I just wish we had more to choose from!

I like F for Fake for its editing, humour, and charm.

I like The Trial for its editing and very disturbing mood.

I like Ambersons for its atmosphere, and that delectable flavour it has that I couldn't ever put in words.

I like Kane for how well it does almost everything.

I like Falstaff for its characters and humour and that terrible ending which makes me cry.

I like The Immortal Story for that very still, contemplative atmosphere it has - almost like Ambersons.

I enjoy Macbeth and Arkadin and Shaghai and Othello, but for me they all grate against my nerves a little too much. I repesct them a lot more than I like them.

I like The Stranger all right, all right! Had Welles chosen a career like that, well, that would have been a cool enough alternative. He might have made enough that way to have still made one of his own films on the side every so often. But I realize that it was a personal and artistic choice - he didn't want to make that kind of Hollywood film or work that way, so that's fine. Whatever made him happy. Even if it was just conversation, wine, and a big plate with the biggest damned lobster I've ever seen (ie F for Fake.)

We could do another thread rating radio shows, since there are hundreds to choose from, but not many people have heard enough of them to weigh in.

Is my avatar animated on your screen? I think he's funny. Sorry if he annoys. I found some others I liked as well.

[Le Chiffre]

You're avatar is great- how'd you do it?

1. Ambersons
2. Kane
3.Touch of Evil
4. Chimes at Midnight
5. Macbeth
6. Lady from Shanghai
7. The Trial
8. Othello
9. The Immortal Story
10. The Stranger
11. F For Fake
12. Mr. Arkadin

[Terry]

I went to the yesfans.com site and registered and went to their avatar section. They have several animated ones. I right-clicked on the one I liked and selected 'properties.' That shows you it's web-address. I highlighted that address and right-clicked again and hit 'copy.' Then I came here and went to the options page which lets you change your avatar. There's a box to enter the url of your own avatar. I clicked on that box, right-clicked again and chose 'paste.' So now the animated monkey from yesfans is copied over here.

I also did a google search on "animated avatars." There are tons of them. Find any you like and copy the address into the "your own url" box here.

Jeff will hate us.

[dmolson]

Lady From Shanghai
The Magnificient Ambersons
Touch of Evil
Citizen Kane
Chimes At Midnight
The Trial
Othello
McBeth
The Stranger
Confidential Report
- have not seen Immortal Story - rats!

[jaime marzol]

i've tried to come up with a list but i can't do it. each film i like for different reasons and find it hard to come up with a list.

i don't think i have a least favorite welles film, but if i was pressed into chosing a film that shows his talent at it's rippling best, with real equipment in his command, it would be TOUCH OF EVIL.

[Terry]

F for Fake is playing on TCM again as I write this.

Another reason I love this film is Michel Legrand's great musical score.

What voicework did Peter B contribute to the film? He's listed in the credits. All I can figure is that he said "mama mia" at the end of the Girl Watching segment.

Hmm, I don't mind the exhibitionistic nudity either, especially on regular cable TV. America needs to realize that having a body isn't the same thing as pornography.

[Jeff Wilson]

Bogdanovich supplied the voice in a news report during the sequence about WotW, if I remember correctly. And I realized I forgot Immortal Story on my list. I would have to slot that in at 9.5 on my list.



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[colwood]

1. Kane
1. Trial
3. Othello
4. Ambersons
5. Chimes
6. TOE
7. Shanghai
8. Stranger
8b. (It's All True)
9. Arkadin
10. Macbeth
11. Filming Othello
12. Immortal Story
13. Fake

[Christopher]

It's interesting that Colwood is the first member who has posted thus far in this thread to list KANE as number one. Maybe it is the greatest film ever made, but personally I find CHIMES to be more profound, moving, artistic. The battle sequence is one of the most incredible I've ever seen, and the only director who matches Welles for my money when it comes to turning violence into poetry and lyrical movement is Kurosawa -- who was much admired by Welles.