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‘Immortal Story’ remake planned by Argentinian filmmakers

In the works is an Argentinian-led remake of The Immortal Story –  the Karen Blixen short story previously filmed by Orson Welles for French television in 1968. Argentina’s Daniel Rosenfeld and director Luca Puenzo will write the screenplay for the big screen effort. Argentine-French actor Nahuel Parez Biscayart (BPM) and Leonardo Sbaraglia (Pain and Glory, Wild Tales) […]

ORSON WELLES: An Immortal Story

GEORGE ORSON WELLES May 6, 1915 — October 10, 1985 25 years ago the great artist and poet of the cinema, George Orson Welles met the end of his adventure on Earth. But not really–if you listen to what Ray Bradbury told the American Society of Cinematographers in 1967.  Strangely enough Mr. Bradbury made these […]

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 […]