Juan Cobos was the editor of the fabulous Spanish film magazine NICKEL ODEON which I had never heard of until I visited Spain, and while the magazine is now defunct,� I can safely say this is easily the best issue of any magazine I’ve�seen to date devoted to the films and work of Orson Welles.�Measuring an astonishing 13 x 9 inches, and containing� 400 huge pages, this special Welles issue, while totally in Spanish, is still something for Welles fans to dream about,�simply for the�incredibly rare pictures it contains. Included are many rare scenes from DON�QUIXOTE and THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND which I had never seen before.� Of course, there are also many rare shots from all of Welles released movies, with a heavy emphasis on Welles masterpiece�”CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT.”Since Juan Cobos knew Welles quite well, he was also able to include many�of Welles own sketches and costumes designs from “CHIMES”� among all the other treasures he has amassed here. The letter Darryl Zanuck wrote to Welles regarding “CHIMES” is but one of the many treats in the issue.
Another especially tantalizing feature is a long script excerpt from the famous movie theater scene from DON QUIXOTE, which alas is in Spanish.����
Unfortunately, this�Welles�issue is now out of print, and extremely rare, but if anyone out there is fluent in Spanish, and would be interested in translating any of the articles into English, please get in touch with me at:�
and I will send you copies of the Spanish text to translate, so it can be posted and shared here on Wellesnet. ���
And here is the web site for Nickel Odeon, the Welles issue is # 16, Autumn, 1999.�
Nickel Odeon The Orson Welles issue:
http://www.nickel-odeon.com/index1.htm
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A rough English translation of the table of contents for the 400 pages devoted�to the career of Orson Welles follows:
2 EUROPEAN LETTER WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Juan Cobos
6 A PROJECT: ORSON WELLES INSTITUTE
Beatrice Welles
11 ORSON WELLES IN THE MEMORY
12 ORSON WELLES WHO I KNEW
Jose Maria Garci’a Escudero
15 MY MEMORIES OF ORSON WELLES
Peter Viertel
20 KANG-KONG
Jaime de Armi��n
24 ORSON WELLES
Gil Parrondo (art director on MR. ARKADIN)�
26 ORSON WELLES
Jose Antonio Sainz Vicu�a
29 ORSON
Gonzalo Sebasti�n de Erice
34 BEER, NEGRA BEER
Juan Cobos
44 A PAIR BLESSED BY THE SKY
Ira Wohl
54 NEWS OF THE DEEP IN
FIRST SINGULAR PERSON
Tony Fuentes
54 THE MICROPHONE
54 ONE RADIO OF CINEMA OF
ORSON WELLES TO ETTORE SCOLA
Lorenzo Diaz and Victor You arrive
70 WAR OF THE WORLDS
81 ORSON WELLES WORDS
82 BEFORE CHIMES, FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH ORSON WELLES �
WHO HAD TURNED 49 YEARS OLD (1964 INTERVIEW)
128 AFTER CHIMES: SECOND INTERVIEW (1966)��
148 SURVEY: THE THREE BEST FILMS OF ORSON WELLES
BY 100 CINEASTES
157 WORKS BY ORSON WELLES
158 YOUNG ORSON: THE EARLY YEARS
BEFORE CITIZEN KANE, 1934-1940
Richard France
168 THE SMALL MR. WELLES
Javier Maria
174 WRITING OF ORSON WELLES WHEN CITIZEN KANE WAS CHOSED ONE OF THE TEN BEST FILMS IN THE HISTORY OF THE CINEMA
176 FAKE: WELLES IN IBIZA
Eduardo �rculo
182 ORSON�S FALSTAFF
Gustavo Villapalos
188 LEGEND OF ISAK DINESEN AND
THE TRICKSTERS OF WELLES
Vicente Molina Foix
192 PAT HOBBY, ORSON WELLES
AND THE STREET CAR of CHARLES CHAPLIN
V�ictor Erice
198 SERMON OF THE LAST WORD. IN MEMORIAM
Antonio Drove
206 A GENIUS FROM TOP TO BOTTOM
Medardo Friar
210 THE DENIED OSCAR OR MURDER
IN THE BILTMORE HOTEL
Innocent Aryan
214 THE SENSE OF THE PAST
Miguel Maria
220 THE SUBJECT OF ORSON WELLES
Miguel Rubio
238 MR. ARKADIN: FROM FILM
TO NOVEL TO SCRIPT
Antonio Martinez Sarri�n
241 THE THIRD MAN TO MR. ARKADIN
Juan Cobos
246 THE WELLES MYSTERY
Eduardo Tower-Candy
254 THE LABYRINTH OFMIRRORS
Javier Go�i
259 THE MAGICIAN
Ramon Gomez Redondo
264 AMBERSONS, CITY OF THE DEAD
Jose Andr�s Dulce
268 ORSON WELLES AND HIS VILLAINS
Juan Teb�r
276 THE YOUNG PRODIGY OF KENOSHA
Oti Rodriguez Marchante
280 WITH REGARD TO GOYA AND WELLES
Luis Revenga
282 MY FAVORITE PLAY OF
IT BUILDS DE ORSON WELLES
Miguel Maria
284 ORSON WELLES,
TO RETURN TO THE MONTAGE
Antonio Isasi Isasmendi
288 ORSON WELLES,
THE MOVIOLA FRIEND
Pedro of Rey
294 SECRETS
NEXT TO THE MOVIOLA
Miguel Maria
298 THE CINEMATOGRAPHERS OF ORSON WELLES
Tote Trenas
306 ORSON WELLES IN A MINOR KEY
Peter von Bagh
312 AN ISLAND TO THE SUN
Juan Cobos
316 CONVERSATION WITH ORSON WELLES
(on Mr. ARKADIN)
Caesar Gonz�lez-Ruano
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319 WELLES AND CERVANTES
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320 UNFORTUNATE HISTORIES
OF A HORSEMAN OF WISCONSIN
Juan Cobos
329 MEXICAN SHOOTING OF DON QUIXOTE
Daniel Aubrey
332 PAGES FROM THE
SCRIPT FOR DON QUIXOTE
336 THE WRITINGS OF ORSON WELLES
364 ORSON WELLES FILMOGRAPHY,
50 YEARS OF SPECTACLE
392 BIBLIOGRAPHY
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