‘The Other Side of the Wind’: How an Orson Welles movie was finished 33 years after his death
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Orson Welles’ ‘Voodoo’ Macbeth on film
Poster for the ‘Voodoo’ Macbeth on tour in Indianapolis (WPA Federal Theatre Photos, via Library of Congress) A theater company in St. Petersburg, Florida recently…
Cast and crew remember Orson Welles and his legendary film ‘The Other Side of the Wind’ in 1993 doc
We’re on the eve of Netflix’s worldwide debut of The Other Side of the Wind, Orson Welles’s legendary unreleased film. After four decades in limbo,…
‘New’ Orson Welles film announced: His final feature comes to Netflix in November
Orson Welles fans can rejoice, and start counting the days until the release of the great director’s final film, The Other Side of the Wind,…
Orson Welles first attempts at movie-making ‘Too Much Johnson’
Scene: A suite at the St. Regis Hotel, New York City, 1938. The floor is knee-deep in coils of highly flammable nitrate film. It sprawls…
‘Dark Avenger’: The brief heavy metal career of Orson Welles
After the breakup of the Dictators, the New York proto-punk band Richard Meltzer credited with returning “THE SPIRIT OF WRESTLING” to rock and roll, their…
‘F for Fake’: Orson Welles asks ‘What is reality?’ in dazzling masterpiece of oddball art cinema
“If my work hangs in a museum long enough, it becomes real.” —Elmyr de Hory If you’ve seen Orson Welles’ late period quasi-documentary F for…
Jean Cocteau’s poem for Orson Welles
Orson Welles by Jean Cocteau (from the frontispiece of André Bazin’s book on Welles) Orson Welles and Jean Cocteau first met at a performance of…
Touch of Basil: Orson Welles’ spicy salad recipe
While waiting for the third volume of Simon Callow’s Orson Welles biography to arrive in the mail, I’ve been watching a number of movies by…