Talking Pictures: Orson Welles
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- Опубліковано 8 тра 2013
- A retrospective look at television appearances made over the years by the legendary Hollywood actor and director Orson Welles, capturing the milestones and highlights of his life and career.
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Narrated by Sylvia Syms. - Розваги
Yes he's a great orator and raconteur, but I'm impressed with what a great listener Welles is. He always "gets" the question and addresses it (or apologizes for going off on a tangent).
So he doesn't always get the question and address it
@@TheBigMclargehuge I think he's expounding further beyond the question and apologizing for wasting people's time. I do it myself.
@@TheBigMclargehuge HaHa. In English, the sentence ain't over until that little dot at the end. Good luck in learning our language. Stick with it and you'll get it eventually.
The best humblebragger ever ... intended as a complement
A Wisconsin yankee trait
My hope is this: when future civilizations find the ruins of the United States and attempt to reconstruct the fabric of what constituted our society , they find videos of Orson Wells and use him as an example of the American mind and spirit. Let our legacy be with a man like this, and not the Kardashian's.
He elevated film-making in the States and in return, Hollywood spat in his face.
But you can't deny there was a strong element of self-destructiveness in his character.
@@fosbury68 that was his way of dealing with being abused as a child. PTSD behavior
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Easy to say that after he’s been left with very little else to do with his time and money but eat, smoke, and drink.
Dude! Where's my car?
@@CompelledUsername He didn't drink much and only smoked harmless cigars (you don't inhale cigars) but yes, he ate heartily.
I could listen to Orson Welles all day.
His radio and theatre work before films is also outstanding and innovative, groundbreaking.
One of the most eloquent, charismatic and gifted Human Beings ever to grace us with his presence....
Man, imagine being made to pay, for the rest of your life, because you made a masterpiece at the age of 25. This is what happened to Welles. After making Citizen Kane, the wrath of newspaper tycoon William Hearst was unleashed, and his influence of people reached all corners of America, and other parts of the world. Plus every major studio in Hollywood against you. Still, with all this adversity, Welles managed to make other brilliant works, The Stranger and Touch of Evil immediately come to mind, and he starred in some great roles, his characters totally immersing you in their reality, and belief in their portrayal. His friends list read more like that of a world leader, than lowly actor. Orson Welles was a genius, but more than that, by all accounts, he was a man of integrity, loyalty, generosity and didn't take himself too seriously.
Well as soon as you make it to the top you intimidate others so they devote themselves to trying to tear you down rather than attempt to rise to your level. Look at all the classic films being "cancelled" now just because the latest generation refuses to appreciate them. It's sad that Welles need apologize for his talent or be a constant target of criticism regardless he seemed very self aware and confident in himself which is appealing. To thine own self be true seems apt for him.
Many of his movies financing fell through. One time he had Ollie Reed on location with the rest of the cast, and the financier pulled the plug on it. Leaving everyone high and dry and would dine and dash at restaurants with the entire cast.
A true polymath and very determined. He was a rare gift to American culture.
SIMPLY THE MOST interesting human that has graced this earth, never to be repeated
Listening to Orson Welles articulate his thoughts is kind of like ambrosia to my cerebrum. I can listen to him for a good long time. Thank you so much for uploading this!
That's Great. In the meantime what have you done?
Exactly right. These people don't seem to exist anymore. When did everyone become so dull and shrill and empty?
Try searching.
@@voxer99 In 1994, the Internet!
@Rishi Eastwood Yep BINGO! The depersonalization and METOO SJW crap of Internet will end society and is about 80% complete RIGHT NOW!
There is something about Orson's storytelling that draws you in to the exclusion of everything around you. Stunning!
"Shouldn't swallow everything that comes from the top" Just as true today with social media as it was when Welles was talking about radio.
…”comes from the tap” - same meaning but a different metaphor to how you quoted him
He really was larger than life .His movies certainly weren't his only legacy but rather , his performances and interviews in shows such as this. His greatest role was as himself captured on video and much enjoyed .
Orson Wells talks about broadcast radio and television talks like today about the Internet and Social Media. It really is amazing how the past rhymes with the future.
Nice phrase.
Technology changes, humans do not.
We need this guy now.
We need Welles for President now !
Genius is used too often, but this guy had it all, as an actor he could hold his own with anyone.
You never know when Orson is telling the truth, but it doesn't matter.
I'm not so sure it doesn't matter. I suspect that Welles' failure to achieve his full potential (which I trust everyone agrees about . . .) has something to do precisely with this life-long tendency on his part to obscure the truth.
I have heard Orson Wells tell various versions of the same story and enjoyed every version of the story.
Is this Fred?
Who is that?
arbiter
> failure to achieve his full potential (which I trust everyone agrees about . . .)
you know, i wonder....i wonder how much of the fame/achievement was down to him, and how much to others that were working on those movies, for example how come he couldn't make another succesful movie after 'kane'? surely movies are not all about money? if his full potential was achievable ONLY by working as a part of studio system, than what sort of achievement is that? literally hundreds of directors became big as a part of studio system. to become big as outsider, now THAT would be something extraordinary, as that didn't happen much, if at all.
as for lying, it is interesting how important to him it is to defend the character of falstaff (in 'chimes at midnight'), who is, in essence, a liar, man making up stories, kinda like welles (?)
overall, welles did extremely well given he didn't really work a day in his life (like in that dire straits song "Money for nothing, and chicks for free") and was never hungry, obviously. i'm wondering would he be a decent screenwriter if he wasn't so obsessed with shakespeare.
(just now i see mankiewicz co-wrote 'kane', and i see mank. also did few of marx bros movies....see....welles did not do that...but welles did this:"but Mankiewicz claimed that Welles offered him a bonus of ten thousand dollars if he would let Welles take full credit. " from wiki on herman mankiewicz).
i guess legends are made by exagerrating, not by facts. not that 'kane' is not an excellent move, but it's not orson alone that made it.
Wonderful interview. Orson was such an intelligent and interesting man.
Orson Welles...the most interesting man in the world. (Also the greatest actor, director, voice and all-around man of mystery.)
His voice/accent is absolutely gorgeous. It’s Transatlantic American English at its finest. He also sounds Welsh at times.
And, sometimes, Wisconsonian. :-P
George C Scott and Orson Welles were both blessed with voices that have that certain something but i put Scott just ahead of Welles simply because Scott apart from his great voice was also in my humble opinion the finest screen actor of all time
As much as I can't imagine anyone other than Brando in the role of Godfather, I think Orson Welles would have been fantastic in it.
I never considered anyone else would have been conceivable in that role until I heard his comments there
Even though I can’t imagine it somehow I'm sure it’s true, even if it wasn’t seriously considered. Although, Brando wasn’t much loved by the studio suits either.
Better
Woww. Never thought of it. Would hv made a superb Godfather
Only problem is he's not Italian American. That's not an identity politics statement, but the way that Coppolla shot the first Godfather was deeply steeped in Italian Americana.
what a genius! those were the real actors and brilliant filmmakers--not like the garbage today...actors today and actresses cant hold a candle to the greats of then...pitiful we are today!!!!Bravo Orson!,,,,what diction! what class!
On another UA-cam clip,about Orson, someone commented "Whenever I hear that this guy talking, he makes me feel I'm extremely stupid. And that's fine.". Exactly how I feel.
One of the things that makes Orson Welles so fascinating to listen too is that all his motivations at the end seem in some way for moral purposes and he unapologetically tells the truth about things. No real filter. No self interest. No BS. Definitely an idealist but so much more. A fascinating listen ALWAYS and therefore always enriching as well.
Orson often said that there was no craft, skill, pursuit or field that couldn't be learned relatively quickly, which is heartening until you realize the truth of that statement. Namely, there is no craft, skill, pursuit or field that can't be learned quickly if you're Orson Welles.
Actually I believe he said that was something that any intelligent person could learn any skill or craft in a half a day. which means there's a lot of people who could not learn anything in half a day.
He was right. Just look at how many franchises Disney is trying to swallow up. Why? Because it's terrified about the future. Because Netflix proved that getting in the business wasn't that hard and Tech companies like Apple, Google or Amazon can buy all the movies in the world and put them on a streaming service to make money to make their own billion dollar movies. The future literally belongs to them.
Disney is just scrambling to buy as many ideas and franchises as it can to keep the other companies from making great movies
It was Gregg Toland who told him the fundamentals of directing, anything needed, nothing of that couldn't be taught in three hours. And this was, of course, referring to "Citizen Kane"!
@@blofeld39 You make directing sound mystifying. Welles was already deep in theatre, and nothing is new in directing Hollywood films if you do theatre.
@@firstblessings8777 beg to differ. originally theatre stars and directors were chosen to make features. however they were far too ott for the movies especially just after the silent era.the greatest hollywood stars had little to do with theatre and the same with directors hitchcock ford hawkes and co had little or no theatre experience nor did spielberg lucas or tarantino! most hollywood stars who came from theatre like tracy and bogart or hepburn had difficulty at first adjusting to screen having to tone performance down be more natural.on stage acting is big gestures exaggerated facial expressions and unnatural puases and phrasing abound onscreen less is more.they are two seperate disciplines.few great stage directors gained the same fame in film and then mostly in musicals or stage adaptions.
Every time I delve into Orson Welles' career, there comes pretty quickly a point of frustration that, from the making of Kane onwards, he was thwarted or limited at almost every turn. And not just by media barons, but by revisionist critics. The former I can understand, but I've yet to find an answer to the latter.
I'M A HERE WHAT DO YOU WANT?
They don't shoot at little people.
Don’t pretend that he didn’t have massive flaws in his character. I don’t buy all the “poor Orson Welles” sentiment. Charming, talented, but if you refuse to fit in, then filmmaking is not a good occupation.
In the end, Welles got his didn’t he? He not only became but remains one of the most famous and revered of actors.
id pay to take a time machine & go on a date with this man. woof aint not renaissance men around like this these days!
A mammoth of a man, and the best voice in cinema history.
Fascinating human being.
What a treasure
One of the better actors America produced. Wonderful voice and missed by those who recognize real telent that is light years from the so called talent of today.
Great series. Good old Orson, he did a lot for broadcasting and cinema.
Thank you for uploading.
You are very kind - it's a great series, it should be seen by anyone who loves cinema! Thanks again.
Welles was generous and giving with his genius as a stimulant and mentor. I would loved to have seen a magic performance and in my collection of magic I HAVE A RARE MAGAZINE WITH THE magic of Welles. Point being, Welles was living his manifest destiny as a showman, performer unique that cannot be mimicked or duplicated. Someone to be imagined what would it be like to be with the man other than my encounter in 1958 watching the filming of the opening scene of Touch if Evil on Windward Ave, Venice beach. A Venice Beach gone forever.
Thanks for uploading. Fascinating person. :)
I’ve never heard anyone speak with articulation and intelligence... pretty incredible.... would have made a great president,
Have a listen to Christopher Hitchins.
I just had a idea about the notion he instills that i couldn't quite quantify, but the way he talks about things is almost like he could be a time traveler that understands way more about the way things are and how people are than one would expect. Lol
I mean, he just always seems to have a great perspective on reality and it really doesnt matter what year or century he is in, he always has a dead on understanding.
he was a perceptive man unlike the great majority of people
Wonderful performance in Tomorrow is Forever
Thank you. I've been searching for this interview for a long time. 39:38
Orson was a consummate stage actor, his personage or rather his genius comes from knowing that one person can't be all things to everyone, especially to himself. His skill in film comes from looking at the world from the outside in. His Shakespearean endeavors were incredible in the same level as Olivier, Burton and John Gielgud.
Just great🎉🎉
Thanks very much.
Yes, our mind works good when we skip Harvard and just start acting and doing whatever we want and enjoying life like a mad man....
Every single interview you ever see of Welles, it always sounds like an idiot trying to interview a genius. Welles was leaps and bounds ahead of everyone in the film industry. Kane is still quoted as the best movie ever made, and is always number one on the lists. He did that at 25 years old. The downside to being a genius was that others in the industry hated Welles, and he did have a lot of enemies in the film game. So much so that Universal butchered Touch of Evil, which was another great movie by Orson, that used ground breaking methods of use of light sound and filming. He went in to self imposed exile, to Europe, and made his films there, living in Rome. The man was a enigma, a genius and a rebel all rolled in to one. Today, of course, hes an icon, he once said, "They'll love me when I'm dead", and of course, he was absolutely right. Imagine Welles as the Godfather, Brando was good, but Welles would of been great.
RSR423 Brando was an Italian Welles was not so Brando has that to help him. Also, Wells was a great Directer arguably in the top 3 of all time. However, as an actor he was not as top tier. I love Orson Welles but even he would say is acting was good at times and not so good at other times. Personally I think his performance in Jane Eyre (1943) was his best acting performance.
Charles Foster Kane also tomorrow is forever
America has a history of not appreciating, or at least not really caring for, it's great artists, especially the true mavericks. From Edgar Allen Poe thru Billie Holiday, gifted artists have been poorly maligned. The reasons vary, but, political, social and cultural norms, of the time, seemed to have undermined their brilliance. Sure, they're revered, after their death, usually a premature death. Welles was dead on, with his "they'll love me when I'm gone", quip. It's really pathetic, when you think about it.
Love him! X
Orson Welles was a genius and gave us honesty in phony HollyWeird this was his frustration. Welles was completely honest. The flash is complete bullshit cast of glitzy characters of hades. It’s still refreshing to listen to Mr. Welles because his clarity, diction, voice bathed in honesty.
若い時のオーソン・ウェルズがみれて、うれしいです
You're welcome. I've uploaded the Alec Guinness episode and I'll see what I can do about obtaining the others. :)
@Sudden Arrival he didn't, he said you're welcome.
Thank you so much for this video. I love this program.
Can you upload episode about Dirk Bogarde, please?
One about Dirk Diggler and/or Dirk Richter, too!
He wanted to be the Godfather? Always something new to learn.
"Ignorance, sheer ignorance; there's no confidence to equal it".
^Hurray for Hollywood^ [Hollywood]
❤
Thank you so much. Any chance of uploading any others from the series - Niven / John Mills or Bette Davis? Great upload :)
Or Trevor Howard, for that matter.
I don't know what the hell he's saying, but I just keep sinking deeper into his captivating... everything.
Welles could have read the phone book and made it compelling and entertaining.
HIS ACCENT CHANGED AFTER 1955 INTERVIEW..................
It's a shame he isn't here for Indy films.
I can't believe orson being in The Godfather can you imagine the films that many consider the greatest of all time Kane and father and he directed one and starred in the other unreallll
sensational
Made Citizen Kane at 25 !!! I couldn't wipe my arse properly at 25 ! Still can't at 55 ! Fucking GENIUS !
Orson's problem was that he was an artist and a non-conformist, but he was NO businessman!
True this was a problem for Welles, But the real tragedy was that Hollywood was ultimately incapable of nurturing a gifted artist of his calibre. Whenever an artist is forced to serve the bottom line, the art will always be diminished and compromised. The fact that Orson didn't have the financial backing to make more films is a great loss for American and world culture.
but he left some great movies!!
Absolutely! I only recently saw the often overlooked Chimes at Midnight, The Trial and F is for Fake!
Seen the last 2, but not the first!
I checked his net worth, out of curiosity. if I recall correctly his estate was worth 20 million. if that's a bad business man sign me up. it's hard to raise money for movies, now and then.
One of the greats.
perfect summation of hollywood at 31:00
The War of the Worlds radio broadcast was Orson Welles ticket to Hollywood to create Citizen Kane.
And Kane was his ticket to undeserved, life-long artistic struggle. It's a testament to his brilliance and sheer will, that his films after that, even got made and were as impressive as they were. Hollywood really had their head's up their arses with Welles and filmmakers of his ilk.
Love love. Or son wells,remarkable man
The man understood fine print**
** Buy the ticket take the ride
Welles, like Morgan Freeman and James Earl Jones, has what I call a telephone book voice, meaning I could sit and listen to them recite the phone book
Is this working?
Does anyone know the name of the music or the type of music played at 0:13?
I don't know the song but there's a lot of Duke Ellington that sounds like that and better- slow Duke Ellington songs are among the most beautiful pieces of music ever written or performed
I am searching the same. Did you find out the name of the music? If so, what is it?
@@vivenx I still have no clue. No luck so far!
@@Dr.A.n.i.m.e It's a beautiful piece if music. Will let you know if I find it.
@@vivenx It's called Midnight in Manhattan by Ron Goodwin:
ua-cam.com/video/kW5KajSRJGs/v-deo.html
I spent my first 25 years (1949-1974) in New Jersey. It's interesting to me that ,during that whole time,I never heard the Martian hoax mentioned. I wasn't even aware of the episode,back then.Later on,I asked older NJians what they remember. Nobody remembered anything. It was a non-event.
Indeed. Welles and his people greatly exaggerate the effects, consequences. He told many tall tales, such as his lie about meeting Hitler.
That impact of that infamous broadcast has been studied by sociologists for decades. That was an event.
He’s also Jack Black’s father.
I don’t recognize who is speaking marlena deitrich?
31.09
a genius of a man, a man who lived under his own rules.R.IP. Orson you will leave for ever. through your Trump's.
Orson Welles was a true auteur. Orson was too intelligent to be controlled by Hollywood.
At the 34 minute mark, Willem Defoe could portray him.
RACONTEUR PAR EXCELLENCE
Welles expanding 5 minutes on film into all of human history - ua-cam.com/video/9DAQ8Az5Gpc/v-deo.html. By the way, Huston said he did it in one take...
Seems interesting but I could not deal with the music crowding out the narration impossible to understand what she was saying
10:50 11:45 12:45 21:45 24:10 (" 37:24 ")
Welles must have offended the Angels with Kane. I have no doubt his lack of career after that movie was a result of angelic interference with his efforts. I can sympathize with him and I would suggest he is the most famous and daring of artists who do not produce the works to dazzle the sheep into terrified obedience. He got to make a movie and it made him famous. His problem is that it became a love affair, however, movie making is not about love. Movie making is about social control. The only subjects that can be shown are those that are for that purpose. His deviation in Kane was a one-time event and his pathos of attempts to make another became the show played out in the theater of the real.
24:41 David Brent
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All you need to learn about a film camera you could learn in half a day!
I love that part.
Pretty much true.
Deutscher Vortrag über Citizen Kane - ua-cam.com/video/K9CD4auZfYs/v-deo.html
what accent does Orson possess?
Affected transatlantic
That compromise would not have been Orson. He should have been given carte blanch. Movies would have excelled and been entertaining and stimulating intellect of audience rather than tar and glue to brains. It’s to say also how much farther along society would be working if Lennon lived! We was robbed terribly to no recourse!
Agree. From Welles to Lennon, and even before, we in this country, have treated such gifted artists, not with encouragement, but with contempt. Or even worse. Especially one's like these, with political and social relevance.
Such a good listener and storyteller! Orson Welles was a jewel.
Sylvia. Can you please remove drivel accompaniment when you speak? Orson Welles a clear speaker and not using accompaniment. Citizen Kane a masterpiece.
Is this the "They blew up Congress" lady
awww the French....
Sylvia Sims wasn't a small woman.
it was far better than most, but he didn't really have that great of a hollywood contract. he couldn't pick the subject he wanted to make (heart of darkness). Ambersons was cut and edited by the studio so he didn't have total control.
Wrong, the story he wanted to create was Kane, afterwards Heart of Darkness. He did have TOTAL control on Kane, picked the subject, and nobody did shit about it. Being as your comment shows your ignorance of Welles history and facts, Ambersons was made after the studio had changed hands. The people in charge when Ambersons was made, were not the same people Welles had the original contract with. So now, hopefully, you see how ignorant and redundant your comment really is. If your going to put it out there, at least put the truth out there. There's enough shit out there already, and if your unsure, then shut the fuck up and don't bother.
RSR423 www.orsonwelles.org/search/label/Heart%20of%20Darkness?_escaped_fragment_
He did have total control on the Kane contract. And initially on Ambersons but they ‘redid’ the contract, taking away the final edit control and he never got that back with studio projects. I wonder at his legal team, how did they let that element be removed from his contract.
@@charlesfosterkane8034 thanks for the comment.
@@RSR423 such hostility. why don't you scream at charles foster kane's comment. your knowledge is less than your anger. and on amberson's a contract is still valid if one party sells its position. example--if you are a tenant with a lease and the owner sells the apartment building the lease is still valid until completion.
The music is too loud. There's a woman talking and the music is drowning her out.
Orson wells would be a riot on the trump era if he lived in it
What a tragic waste of talent.
How was anything Orson did "a waste"??
He was just blazing a path for CNN and the other liberal anti american media
Welles wasn't 'anti-American', ya twit. America, or parts of it, were anti-Welles. Christ.
Welles would have despised the left of today. Especially a channel that only spews mindless hatred and communist rhetoric and propaganda.
He was center left but he wouldn't be in board with the new left which is basically the new brown shirts.
I watched The Third Man and found it... boring.