Don't know if this has been posted before in its entirety; apologies if it has. I've seen excerpts in documentaries.
Welles's answer to the second question: "How did you choose THe Trial to film?" results in a tour de force of about 20 minutes, ending with the wonderful line "And after unloading that piece of eccentricity, you now know who you're dealing with."
How could this genius be allowed to complete only 3 features for the last 30 years of his life, not including TV shows and documentaries?
As he said "For too many years my life has been 99% hustle and 1% movie-making."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCmfi1cs4qw&t=1503s
Welles's discussion at UCLA after a showing of the Trial
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Re: Welles's discussion at UCLA after a showing of the Trial
That discussion (filmed by Welles and Gary
Graver for the documentary FILMING "THE TRIAL") was actually at the University of Southern California (USC).
No more work was done on the documentary, which would
have included clips from the film and Welles
talking and so forth (like FILMING "OTHELLO") but the discussion shot
by Gary with a single 16mm camera was released by the Munich
Film Museum and plays quite well. Stefan Drossler of the museum
tried to interest German TV in showing it first, but they
rejected it because it was shot with a handheld camera (!).
Graver for the documentary FILMING "THE TRIAL") was actually at the University of Southern California (USC).
No more work was done on the documentary, which would
have included clips from the film and Welles
talking and so forth (like FILMING "OTHELLO") but the discussion shot
by Gary with a single 16mm camera was released by the Munich
Film Museum and plays quite well. Stefan Drossler of the museum
tried to interest German TV in showing it first, but they
rejected it because it was shot with a handheld camera (!).