Awesome Welles

[Corpsey]

Figured he might as well have his own thread. His films, yes (although I've only seen one, Kane), but also his personality.

As far as I'm aware no scandals have emerged to bring him down.

Could he be the greatest American of modern times?

 

[line b]

What are his best films? Not really interested in seeing citizen Kane atm.

 

[woops]

What are his best films? Not really interested in seeing citizen Kane atm.

his masterpiece is called F for Fake

 

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Four perfect minutes:

 

[hmg]

I misread the thread title, didn't I?

 

[Corpsey]

Four perfect minutes:

I have actually seen this now I've remembered

I think i saw it at the bfi

 

[Murphy]

his masterpiece is called F for Fake

 

[Corpsey]

my opinion is that his best film is the magnificent ambersons

and there's no way you can prove that it's not my opinion

 

[...]

my opinion is that his best film is the magnificent ambersons

and there's no way you can prove that it's not my opinion

It's definitely an opinion.

 

[...]

 

[Corpsey]

Falling asleep to this tonight

 

[Corpsey]

I've never heard another american with that sort of voice before, is it cos he was a luvvy?

 

[woops]

his book length interview with Peter Bogdanovich is worth a read

 

[woops]

his book length interview with Peter Bogdanovich is worth a read

or just watch that video eh :/

 

[version]

He did another in a similar style to F for Fake called Filming Othello that's brilliant too.




I thought The Other Side of the Wind, the unfinished film Netflix eventually released, was great as well. There's a film within the film where he takes the piss out of Antonioni.




The only one I've seen which I thought was properly shit was Mr. Arkadin. It has its moments, but it got a real butchering, even by Welles' standards; The Lady from Shanghai's a mess too, but better overall. The Irish brogue was a misstep though.

 

[Clinamenic]

I think theres a good case to be made that Touch of Evil is better than Citizen Kane (haven't seen Kane in a while, but love Evil). Also, Third Man is my favorite film, and I suspect Welles had a non-trivial directorial influence on Reed there.

 

[Clinamenic]

I remember feeling pretty ambivalent about his adaptation of The Trial, which did have an interesting cast.

 

[Clinamenic]

Could he be the greatest American of modern times?

Also a good case to be made here. Orson Welles or Terrence Malick.

 

[version]

It's a shame he never got to make his Heart of Darkness adaptation. What little there is of it is absolutely haunting.

 

[william_kent]

I'm aiming at upping my ratio here due to at least one like from @WashYourHands



Cabaret Voltaire - A Touch Of Evil