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The Eyes of Orson Welles

A pink and black sky, maybe the stormy night in Romeafter the plot to kill Caesar is...

A pink and black sky, maybe the stormy night in Rome
after the plot to kill Caesar is hatched

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A pink and black sky,
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maybe the stormy night in Rome after the plot to kill Caesar is hatched.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:33:36
Uploaded
Jun 22, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
BofA Productions,BBC,FilmStruck

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Movie Summary

Mark Cousins dives deep into the visual world of legendary director and actor Orson Welles to reveal a portrait of the artist as he's never been seen before.
And, look, you planned to shoot it in Rome's EUR, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:11
And, look, you planned to shoot it in Rome's EUR,
You saw Caesar as an ancient Mussolini, didn't you? - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
You saw Caesar as an ancient Mussolini, didn't you?
And the ancient crowd didn't resist - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
And the ancient crowd didn't resist
You wanted to use a hanging miniature in front of the camera, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
You wanted to use a hanging miniature in front of the camera...
You thought of the Capitol as a kind of beehive. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
You thought of the Capitol as a kind of beehive.
But back in 1937, your visual ideas were even bolder. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
But back in 1937, your visual ideas were even bolder.
You'd seen images of the Nazi Nuremberg Rallies. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
You'd seen images of the Nazi Nuremberg Rallies.
The vertical torchlights made columns like a Roman temple. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
The vertical torchlights made columns like a Roman temple.
So, you had your stage production look the same. And guess what, Orson? - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:08
So, you had your stage production look the same. And guess w...
They recreated your production in the film, Me and Orson Welles. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
They recreated your production in the film, Me and Orson Wel...
Square-on shot. That graphic white lighting. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
Square-on shot. That graphic white lighting.
The camera glides in as the audience gets engrossed. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
The camera glides in as the audience gets engrossed.
FANFARE - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:08
FANFARE
NARRATOR: And all this before Hitler invaded Poland. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
NARRATOR: And all this before Hitler invaded Poland.
We've come a long way from your mother's Unitarian good deeds. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
We've come a long way from your mother's Unitarian...
But the story of your social ideas isn't over yet. Far from it. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
But the story of your social ideas isn't over yet. Far ...
You were only 22 when you did Caesar on the stage. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
You were only 22 when you did Caesar on the stage.
After radio and theatre, you found a new medium of the people. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
After radio and theatre, you found a new medium of the peopl...
It changed cinema - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
It changed cinema
But its most touching moment is related to your mother's ideas - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
But its most touching moment is related to your mother'...