One of the most important reasons why he was such a great movie maker was because he was first trained as a musician and having first laid this groundwork as an artistic discipline, he later innately understood that a film must attain, on certain level, a rhythm and melody, so to speak, in order to help it to become a true work of art.
Not at all. Him being drunk during one shitty wine commercial and that being the only thing you know him from doesnt mean he was some kind of deranged drunkard who was shitfaced 24/7.
one of the most talented and intelligent human beings in movie history, imo ! great actor, great director, great story-writer/story-teller, great entertainer. and his voice was cool as hell ;-)
@sheerport This is from "Filming Othello", his last film, from 1978 - the whole thing (apart form one short sequence of him at a lunch with 2 actors) consists of him by the moviola, speaking to camera. It's a very rare film, never released on VHS or DVD - #Fluxyveloria1, do you have the rest of the film?
When the master speaks of the relationship between cinematic expression and music, he might be speaking of the mature work of the other great American master, Kubrick, whose films from "2001"-on are, more than anything, visual music: color, movement, rhythm and sound, orchestrated toward the abstract expression of an emotional landscape. As Woody Allen has noted, among the Americans only Welles and Kubrick are real film artists.
art is magic
I like to imagine he had no idea there was a camera and this is just the normal stuff he says to himself when he is alone.
that's probably the truth
"Ahhh, the Editing room. It has always been noted for its excellence... "
Has-always-been-celebrated-for-its-excellence!
One of the most important reasons why he was such a great movie maker was because he was first trained as a musician and having first laid this groundwork as an artistic discipline, he later innately understood that a film must attain, on certain level, a rhythm and melody, so to speak, in order to help it to become a true work of art.
The voice of God
A man whose enormous talent paled in comparison to his ego.
Not so. He was a great man in a time of few.
Even though I'm more a fan of Orson Welles's acting/voice acting, it is interesting to know he was also a director!
I wish there was an Orson Welles video on everything.
There are many interviews out there - he does speak to much of life, love and loyalty
He's referring to the re-cutting of "Ambersons."
@JohnKoroly whats he referiring too
Filming Othello! What a great essay documentry this is! i only wish somebody would re-post the entire thing so I can have it again!
So drunk.
Not at all. Him being drunk during one shitty wine commercial and that being the only thing you know him from doesnt mean he was some kind of deranged drunkard who was shitfaced 24/7.
one of the most talented and intelligent human beings in movie history, imo ! great actor, great director, great story-writer/story-teller, great entertainer. and his voice was cool as hell ;-)
@TheCrimsonSkull When the master speaks, we should ALL listen.
@sheerport This is from "Filming Othello", his last film, from 1978 - the whole thing (apart form one short sequence of him at a lunch with 2 actors) consists of him by the moviola, speaking to camera. It's a very rare film, never released on VHS or DVD - #Fluxyveloria1, do you have the rest of the film?
It's included as disc two of the Criterion Collection DVD of OTHELLO
does anyone know - is this from F for Fake?
Nope.
Orson Cart what a LEGEND!!
When the master speaks of the relationship between cinematic expression and music, he might be speaking of the mature work of the other great American master, Kubrick, whose films from "2001"-on are, more than anything, visual music: color, movement, rhythm and sound, orchestrated toward the abstract expression of an emotional landscape. As Woody Allen has noted, among the Americans only Welles and Kubrick are real film artists.
"...or savaged out of existence." You don't have to be a biographer of his to know what he's referring to!
That's an understatement.