Unreleased Orson Welles film nearing the light of day
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A Welles-Huston collaboration. Count me in. 
This is the film equivalent of Duke Nukem Forever. It's been "nearing the light of day" for 30 years. I'll believe it when I see it.
The Criterion DVD release of Welles' brilliant "F for Fake" includes a documentary on Welles' unfinished projects, including several scenes from Other Side of the Wind. It's a weird one that could play well to today's audiences. The Hard R-rated sex scene featuring Oja Kodar, who at the time was Welles' girlfriend or something like that, is likely to raise some eyebrows, if it even makes it into the final edit (but it's shown complete in the documentary). John Huston is just one of the actors as far as I know. Peter Bogdonovich has been trying to get this thing finished for years.
That documentary, One Man Band, shows how much bad luck the guy had in getting movies completed. He had one film almost done when the lead actor died on him or something, and he'd completed a version of Don Quixote for TV but the negative was lost in shipping! He also at one point tried to get a TV series mounted that featured Monty Python-like comedy skits (this apparently before Python came along) but it never went anywhere, and at one point he (apparently for no reason other than personal satisfaction) went back and completed one unfinished skit 15 years later; it was a fake interview in which a 1960s-era Orson is interviewed by a 1970s-era Orson. Bizarre! (Though not as bizarre as the footage of a talk show pilot he made guest-starring Kermit and the other Muppets.)
Alex
The Criterion DVD release of Welles' brilliant "F for Fake" includes a documentary on Welles' unfinished projects, including several scenes from Other Side of the Wind. It's a weird one that could play well to today's audiences. The Hard R-rated sex scene featuring Oja Kodar, who at the time was Welles' girlfriend or something like that, is likely to raise some eyebrows, if it even makes it into the final edit (but it's shown complete in the documentary). John Huston is just one of the actors as far as I know. Peter Bogdonovich has been trying to get this thing finished for years.
That documentary, One Man Band, shows how much bad luck the guy had in getting movies completed. He had one film almost done when the lead actor died on him or something, and he'd completed a version of Don Quixote for TV but the negative was lost in shipping! He also at one point tried to get a TV series mounted that featured Monty Python-like comedy skits (this apparently before Python came along) but it never went anywhere, and at one point he (apparently for no reason other than personal satisfaction) went back and completed one unfinished skit 15 years later; it was a fake interview in which a 1960s-era Orson is interviewed by a 1970s-era Orson. Bizarre! (Though not as bizarre as the footage of a talk show pilot he made guest-starring Kermit and the other Muppets.)
Alex
If this sees the light of day, I'll geek out for a week.
Yeah, Orson Welles had one of the strangest careers in Hollywood. It's very depressing, but it only adds to the aura surrounding the man. What a life that guy had.
^^^"MMMMmmyyyyaaaaaargh the french"......Just don't tell Mrs Buckley hes on the booze again.
Who doesnt love Orson Wells.
Who doesnt love Orson Wells.
Wow, interesting news. I hope he got to shoot all of the footage necessary to assemble a proper release rather than simply an unfinished curiosity.
While I'll be glad to see this movie I'm horribly sad that Orson isn't around to enjoy it.
Any Mad Men fans here? At times Michael Gladis looks like he could be Orson's clone.
He does look at lot like young Orson, but does he SOUND like him? That would be the hard part.
I remember looking into this a tiny bit a couple years ago (I was wondering who scored it -- I don't recall the composer's name at the moment).
I seem to recall some of the film hadn't been shot (I didn't click on the link -- no that interested), so some creative editing might have to be done.
And that they've been trying to get the film out for years now, but there was some herdle.
I seem to recall some of the film hadn't been shot (I didn't click on the link -- no that interested), so some creative editing might have to be done.
And that they've been trying to get the film out for years now, but there was some herdle.
