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The Eyes of Orson Welles

An eight-second felt-tip pine

An eight-second felt-tip pine

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An eight-second felt-tip pine.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:38
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.
The helix in white now, reduced to a hieroglyph. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
The helix in white now, reduced to a hieroglyph.
All distant reminders of your mother, perhaps? What a woman she was! - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
All distant reminders of your mother, perhaps? What a woman ...
And then the Wall Street Crash came. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
And then the Wall Street Crash came.
The Depression brought new realism in American art. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
The Depression brought new realism in American art.
But something more personal happened to you, Orson, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
But something more personal happened to you, Orson,
You took a boat, the SS Baltic, to Ireland - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:08
You took a boat, the SS Baltic, to Ireland
PEN SCRATCHES - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
PEN SCRATCHES
There are four lookers alone in this small section of one of your drawings. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
There are four lookers alone in this small section of one of...
What you saw on the boat was people. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
What you saw on the boat was people.
Real people, like you'd seldom seen before. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
Real people, like you'd seldom seen before.
What about this woman's twisty jawline and pursed lips? - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
What about this woman's twisty jawline and pursed lips?
PEN SCRATCHES - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
PEN SCRATCHES
Your background was privileged, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:08
Your background was privileged,
You later became fascinated by ageing, sagging faces. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
You later became fascinated by ageing, sagging faces.
Aged just 23, in the play Heartbreak House, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
Aged just 23, in the play Heartbreak House,
Were you in a hurry to get old, Orson? Did youth bore you? - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
Were you in a hurry to get old, Orson? Did youth bore you?
You wrote, "Our very landing was dramatic... - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
You wrote, "Our very landing was dramatic...
Men and women got on their knees, weeping for joy. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
Men and women got on their knees, weeping for joy.
"It's almost beyond belief that two days' journeying - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:20
"It's almost beyond belief that two days' jou...
The words you used about the Irish were rich indeed. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
The words you used about the Irish were rich indeed.