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 ;-)
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.
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.
@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?
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.
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
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 ;-)
"Ahhh, the Editing room. It has always been noted for its excellence... "
Has-always-been-celebrated-for-its-excellence!
"...or savaged out of existence." You don't have to be a biographer of his to know what he's referring to!
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.
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
@TheCrimsonSkull When the master speaks, we should ALL listen.
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!
The voice of God
art is magic
That's an understatement.
Orson Cart what a LEGEND!!
He's referring to the re-cutting of "Ambersons."
Even though I'm more a fan of Orson Welles's acting/voice acting, it is interesting to know he was also a director!
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.
@JohnKoroly whats he referiring too
does anyone know - is this from F for Fake?
Nope.
@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
A man whose enormous talent paled in comparison to his ego.
Not so. He was a great man in a time of few.
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.