Orson Welles Portfolio

Orson Welles was not only one of the world’s greatest film directors, he was also a pioneer of radio drama and modern theatre, and an accomplished and prolific artist. Orson Welles Portfolio: Sketches and Drawings from the Welles Estate, by Simon Braund, features full-page reproductions of drawings and paintings by Welles, sourced from his archive and the Library of Congress. Most of the images are previously unpublished, and those that were published before (drawings for Everybod...

CITIZEN KANE: T for Technique and T for Tragedy

Citizen Kane is the greatest movie ever made, but it’s not the greatest movie Orson Welles ever made. In his lifetime, he described the movie as a millstone around his neck. No one could ever appreciate anything else he made because it was always held to that impossible standard. With some distance and critical reappraisal behind us, now we can see that he never really failed to live up to the promise of Citizen Kane. If anything, he surpassed it. Kane reinvented filmmaking, but it looks down...

Dateline Bangkok: The Lost Tapes Of Orson Welles

The Lost Tapes Of Orson Welles The Lost Tapes Of Orson Welles was broadcast on the BBC World Service on 30th November, as part of the series The Documentary. It will be repeated tomorrow, and it was first broadcast in two episodes on Radio 4 last year (episode one on 19th December, and episode two on 26th December).The programme was presented by Christopher Frayling (author of numerous books, including The 2001 File, Ken Adam Designs The Movies, Ken Adam & The Art Of Production Design, Spag...

The Story of Orson Welles’s Unfinished Film, The Other Side of the Wind | Vanity Fair

Skip to main contentOpen Navigation MenuSign InSubscribeSearchHIVEBusinessTechnologyPoliticsThe PlayersHWDMoviesTelevisionAwardsReviewsVANITIESCelebrityFashionBeautyRoyalsCOMPLETE ARCHIVEFROM THE MAGAZINEMay 2015The Epic Story of Orson Welles’s Unfinished MasterpieceThe Other Side of the Wind was going to be Orson Welles’s comeback, perhaps even topping Citizen Kane—but to this day, it remains unfinished (though that may change soon). In an adaptation from a new book about the 45-year struggl...