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The Eyes of Orson Welles

But I remember that as I drew, he started to look likehe was on the stage, taking a bow...

But I remember that as I drew, he started to look like
he was on the stage, taking a bow perchance,
or a curtain call

Full Transcript

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But I remember that as I drew,
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he started to look like he was on the stage,
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taking a bow perchance, or a curtain call.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
01:35:27
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.
Those with a keen eye might say I painted him more and more - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:09
Those with a keen eye might say I painted him more and more
Or rather it shrunk to his nose, because you see, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:08
Or rather it shrunk to his nose, because you see,
Day became night in this Christmas carol of mine. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
Day became night in this Christmas carol of mine.
And then even the nose was no longer red. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
And then even the nose was no longer red.
They took on the tone of a lot of my work. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
They took on the tone of a lot of my work.
Call it dark exuberance if you like. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
Call it dark exuberance if you like.
That's what The Lady from Shanghai was. And Macbeth. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
That's what The Lady from Shanghai was. And Macbeth.
Tenebrous and excessive. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
Tenebrous and excessive.
I've often said that Kane has the same tension. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
I've often said that Kane has the same tension.
Kane himself is close to farce close to parody close to burlesque - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
Kane himself is close to farce close to parody close to...
That rollercoaster you showed was like the great imperium, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:08
That rollercoaster you showed was like the great imperium,
I was a satirist - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
I was a satirist
The stick was straining - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:09
The stick was straining
The sots and thralls of lust - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:10
The sots and thralls of lust
How is Ireland these days? Yours, Orson. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
How is Ireland these days? Yours, Orson.
NARRATOR: Dear Orson, I just imagined that you wrote back to me. I wish you had. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
NARRATOR: Dear Orson, I just imagined that you wrote back to...
Should I mention that there's been another financial crash? - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
Should I mention that there's been another financial cr...
The wolves of Wall Street screwed up like they did in 1929. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
The wolves of Wall Street screwed up like they did in 1929.
Parts of it look like a deserted Hollywood studio backlot, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
Parts of it look like a deserted Hollywood studio backlot,
The Great Depression that followed the Wall Street crash - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
The Great Depression that followed the Wall Street crash