Welles Announces Awards - Cannes, 1983

[Roger Ryan]

Here's something I stumbled upon that I didn't expect to find...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8qxiwhu ... re=related

...Welles, speaking French, announces "Best Director" awards for fellow filmmakers Robert Bresson and Andrei Tarkovsky at Cannes in 1983. To see my two favorite directors (Welles & Tarkovsky) shaking hands is a real treat, but I suspect Welles would have found both Tarkovsky's and Bresson's films to be tedious. Tarkovsky was supposedly miffed that his NOSTALGHIA did not garner an award (beyond the "Best Director" honor he shared with Bresson); the jury awarded the "Grand Prix" to MONTY PYTHON'S MEANING OF LIFE that year!

[Magentarose67]

Hooray!

Today, I completed the final classes for my Master's Degree and now I find this great treat!

Orson's beautiful voice speaking French = epic ; and two great directors in the equation to top it off!

Thanks for the great clip! Wish the sound quality was better...

[Glenn Anders]

Congratulations, Magentarose65. You are today OFFICIALLY about to become both a scholar and a gentleman!

May the Spirit of Orson Welles give you rewards and awards in years to come.

Glenn

[Magentarose67]

Congratulations, Magentarose65. You are today OFFICIALLY about to become both a scholar and a gentleman!

May the Spirit of Orson Welles give you rewards and awards in years to come.

Glenn

Awww ...thank you, Glenn! That last line got my eyes watery...

I think you meant "lady", I am a girl ...

[Glenn Anders]

Whoops! I beg your pardon.

I take it you have little or no resemblance to Joseph Cotten!

People jump to conclusions on this site. I'm no different from others.

The sentiment remains the same.

Glenn

[Magentarose67]

Whoops! I beg your pardon.

I take it you have little or no resemblance to Joseph Cotten!

People jump to conclusions on this site. I'm no different from others.

The sentiment remains the same.

Glenn

That's all right! I think I am one of the handful of females around here...so it's quite obvious that many will make that conclusion ...

And thank you once more !

[Jedediah Leland]

(The video for this is now at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UtrcJYw384 )

Sadly, I don't have a reference for this, but a few years back I saw an interview on a Monty Python documentary which tallies with this:

Michael Palin explained that Monty Python's The Meaning of Life was up for the Grand Prix at Cannes in 1983, and the Pythons were TERRIFIED when they found out that Welles was chairing the panel of judges, since they were sure the "Mr. Creosote" scene was bound to offend him. In the event, the film won the prize. They guessed that even though Welles was chairing the judges, the film must have won in spite of him.

After the ceremony, Palin was again filled with a sense of dread when he bumped into Welles, who came up to him and said, "That Mr. Creosote scene...is one of the FUNNIEST things I've seen in my life!"