Has unseen footage from ‘The Deep’ surfaced?
The image is reportedly from “a 16mmm positive duplicating reel that contains underwater shooting tests with Welles… and Oja Kodar” for the unfinished movie “The Deep.”
Orson Welles assistant Dorian Bond pens ‘Me and Mr. Welles’
Dorian Bond, who worked as a personal assistant for Orson Welles during a year-long stint 50 years ago, has written a book recounting those days, Me and Mr. Welles. Bond was a 22-year-old film school student when he was hired by Welles’ longtime private secretary, Ann Rogers, to deliver ten 400-foot rolls of 35mm film, and […]
Turin film museum contains trove of Orson Welles papers
The National Cinema Museum in Turin has a collection of Orson Welles papers that span the period from 1960 through 1976.
Dark voyages: ‘The Deep’ and ‘Dead Calm’
How “The Deep” launched Nicole Kidman’s career..
Stefan Dröessler casts light on ‘The Unknown Orson Welles’
He will present The Unknown Orson Welles on Nov. 19-22 in New York.
Lost Orson Welles films to be shown in New York, Nov. 19-22
The MoMa showing of The Merchant of Venice marks its U.S. premiere.
Roger ‘Skipper’ Hill on filming ‘The Deep’
An excerpt from “One Man’s Time And Chance – A Memoir of Eighty Years 1895-1975.”
After ‘Too Much Johnson’ and ‘Merchant of Venice,’ what will be unearthed next?
What other lost films are waiting to be unearthed.
Filmoteca de Catalunya to recall ‘Chimes at Midnight,’ ‘The Deep’
Read the program for the international seminar.
‘The Deep’ photos to be exhibited in Croatia
Photographs of Orson Welles directing the unfinished The Deep in Croatia will go on exhibit this month as part of a celebration of the centennial of his birth. The Galeriji Fotokluba Split exhibit at 5 Marmont Street in Split, Croatia runs May 5-26. The exhibition will be opened by Hvar Mayor Rino Budrović, and the keynote […]
Oja Kodar, Stefan Droessler among guests at University of Michigan symposium in June
Events will take place June 7-10.
Munich Film Museum to screen ‘The Deep,’ ‘The Dreamers’ and other Orson Welles rarities
Screenings are scheduled July 7 to Aug. 2
Is ‘The Deep’ boat for sale?
Wellesnet.com fields many questions from Orson Wellles’ fans, but our most recent query was quite intriguing. “I have located a 43-foot wooden sailing boat for sale in Croatia. The sellers say that the boat was used in the filming of an Orson Welles movie in early 70s… for some reason the film was never brought […]
Orson Welles’ ‘The Deep’ letters, scripts fetch $8,320 at auction
UPDATED: Wonderful news. We have been told by Peggy Daub at the University of Michigan that “The Deep” papers were purchased for the Special Collections Library. U-M is already home to “The Orson Welles – Chris Welles Feder Collection” and the “The Alessandro Tasca di Cutò – Orson Welles Collection.” By RAY KELLY A collection […]
Rare photos from Orson Welles’ unfinished film ‘The Deep’ surface in Croatia
By RAY KELLY Paul Bradbury of the website Total Hvar has been generous in sharing with Wellesnet several rare photographs of Orson Welles filming his unfinished thriller “The Deep” (also known as “Dead Reckoning”). According to Bradbury, the photographs were taken in 1967 on the beautiful Croatian island of Hvar. These black and white photographs […]
Letters, scripts from Orson Welles’ unfinished ‘The Deep’ on auction block
By RAY KELLY Julien’s Auctions has a Wellesian treasure trove of materials related to Orson Welles’ unfinished thriller “The Deep” on the block on Nov. 9-10. The items are part of its “Icons & Idols” auction. According the Beverly Hills auction house, production notes, correspondence, film rolls, contracts, scripts, and other materials were left by […]
Harvard and Stefan Drossler present: The Unknown Orson Welles in Cambridge, MA
Ray Kelly, our Wellesnet man in Cambridge sends along this exclusive report on Stefan Drossler’s presentation of The Unknown Orson Welles on December 1, 2008 at the Harvard Film Archive
Notes on Orson Welles’ unfinished ‘The Deep’
By LAWRENCE FRENCH THE DEEP (DEAD RECKONING) Written and Directed by Orson Welles. Based in the novel Dead Calm by Charles Williams. Cinematography by Willy Kurant and Ivica Rajkolvic (in Color). Music by Francois Rabath. Cast: Lawrence Harvey (Hughie Warriner); Jeanne Moreau (Ruth Warriner); Orson Welles (Russ Brewer); Oja Kodar (Rae Ingram); Michael Bryant (John […]
Willy Kurant on working with Orson Welles
Just a note that I’ve posted (in the Film section) a summary of some fascinating facts, as well as some rare stills from an article by Willy Kurant, a terrific DP who worked with Welles on The Immortal Story (1966), The Heroine (1969), and The Deep (1969), and was also asked to work on The […]
‘The Deep’ – a history
An essay on the making of Orson Welles “The Deep” can be found on the Legacy portion of Wellesnet. Please visit “The Deep” page here.