Archivists Find Fragments of an Unfinished Orson Welles Auto

[Dan]

NY Times 05/20/2015 -

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/21/movie ... il0=y&_r=0

[Roger Ryan]

As Joseph McBride pointed out on facebook, the document showcased in the NYT article appears to come from the script for FILMING OTHELLO. It will be interesting to see if some of these "autobiographical fragments" are done in the style of the two Paris Vogue articles - which Welles deliberately composed in the memoir style - or if they may have been intended for other purposes (i.e. "essay" films, lectures, etc.).

[Wellesnet]

The Smithsonian weighs in on the new find:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-new ... 37/?no-ist

[Wellesnet]

Parts of the unpublished memoir will be read at Ann Arbor this Sunday:
https://twitter.com/umichARTS/status/606905796400660481

[Roger Ryan]

Parts of the unpublished memoir will be read at Ann Arbor this Sunday:
https://twitter.com/umichARTS/status/606905796400660481

Technically, these excerpts were read from the stage of the Detroit Film Theater at the Art Institute in Detroit following the screening/live performance of TOO MUCH JOHNSON. Four of the U-M Theater students who had participated in the JOHNSON presentation recited memoir segments related to Welles' experience in Ireland at the age of 16. In addition to the famous Gate Theater audition story, the memoir recounted a trip into the Irish hills in search of fairies and was written in a style similar to the Welles-penned Paris Vogue articles of the early 80s.