T For True Matthew Asprey Gear September 2013 Book Reviews Bewildered by false tales circulating about his life, Orson Welles once came to a general conclusion: "I don't think history can possibly be true!" (1) Of course, in the same interview, Welles claimed to ...
Fan Filmmaker and Star-struck Celebrity: An Interview with Michael Winner Christopher Hogg and Douglas S. Kern July 2013 Feature Articles Orson Welles, Sophia Loren, Marlon Brando, Lauren Bacall, Michael Caine, John Gielgud and Ben Kingsley: whilst this list offers a roll-call for some of the most famous film stars of the Twentieth Century, it al...
Orson Welles – Painter Michael C. Riedlinger December 2009 Feature Articles Citizen Kane, rightly so, owes much of its fame to its deep-focus effects, but Orson Welles’ staging of shots also points to a whole host of pictorial references. Michael Riedlinger’s analysis uncovers Welles’ ‘painterly’ eye for composition.
Interview with Orson Welles André Bazin and Charles Bitsch March 2008 Special Dossiers, The New Wave Remembered: Focus on Charles Bitsch In the first decade of the Cahiers era, Bitsch conducted many interviews with Hollywood directors. He has expressed great fondness for this particular one – because of Welles and in memory of his co-interviewer, the legendary André Bazin.
Chimes at Midnight Darragh O’Donoghue February 2006 CTEQ Annotations on Film Chimes at Midnight/Campanadas a medianoche/Falstaff (1966 Spain/Switzerland 119 mins) Source: NFSA Prod Co: Alpine Films/Internacional Films Prod: Ángel Escolano, Emiliano Piedra Dir: Orson Welles Scr: O...
The Trial Temenuga Trifonova February 2006 CTEQ Annotations on Film Le Procès/The Trial/Il Processo/Der Prozess (1962 France/Italy/West Germany/Yugoslavia 118 mins) Source: Level Four Films Prod Co: Paris-Europa Productions/Hisa-Films/FI-C-IT Prod: Michael Salkind, Alexa...
Mr. Arkadin/Confidential Report Nelson Kim February 2006 CTEQ Annotations on Film Mr. Arkadin/Confidential Report (1955 USA/Spain 99 mins) Source: NFSA Prod Co: Mercury Productions/Film Organization S.A./Filmorsa/ Cervantes Films/Sevilla Film Studios Prod, Dir, Scr, Art Dir, Cost: Ors...
The Magnificent Ambersons Tamara Tracz February 2006 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Magnificent Ambersons (1942 USA 88 mins) Prod Co: Mercury Productions/RKO Pictures Prod, Dir: Orson Welles Scr: Orson Welles, based on the novel by Booth Tarkington Phot: Stanley Cortez Ed: Robert Wi...
The Immortal Story: Like the Sound of the Sea Deep Within a Shell Adrian Danks February 2006 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Immortal Story (1968 France/Spain 63mins) Source: ScreenSound Prod Co: ORTF, Albina Films Prod: Micheline Rozan Dir, Scr: Orson Welles from novella by Isak Dinesen Phot: Willy Kurant Ed: Yolande Maur...
The Hearts of Age Brian L. Frye February 2006 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Hearts of Age (1934 USA 8 mins @ 18 fps) Source: PC Prod, Phot: William Vance Dir: Orson Welles, William Vance Cast: Orson Welles, Virginia Nicholson, William Vance, Edgerton Paul, Blackie O’Neal ...
Macbeth Tony Williams February 2006 CTEQ Annotations on Film Macbeth (1948 USA 107 mins) Source: Library of Congress Prod Co: Mercury Productions/Republic Pictures Corporation Prod, Dir: Orson Welles Scr: Orson Welles, adapted from the play by William Shakespeare ...
The Lady from Shanghai Chris Justice July 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Lady from Shanghai (1948 USA 87 mins) Source: Columbia/Tristar Prod Co: Columbia Exec Prod: Harry Cohn Prod, Dir: Orson Welles Scr: Orson Welles, adapted from Sherwood King’s novel If I Die Before I ...
“The Company of Magicians”: Orson Welles, Abb Dickson, Scarlet Plush, and Purple Hokum Peter Tonguette July 2004 Feature Articles Welles' fascination with magic fuelled one of his most intriguing late projects. His collaborator recalls its making.
