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The Eyes of Orson Welles

He was a wit and as he said himself,he was not only witty in himself

He was a wit and as he said himself,
he was not only witty in himself

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He was a wit
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and as he said himself, he was not only witty in himself...
Duration
8 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
01:04:57
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.
This huge hill of fat, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
This huge hill of fat,
This reverend vice, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
This reverend vice,
He was a spokesman, you might say, for Merrie England, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:12
He was a spokesman, you might say, for Merrie England,
GREENSLEEVES CONTINUES TO PLAY - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
GREENSLEEVES CONTINUES TO PLAY
NARRATOR: And, of course, you filmed Falstaff in Chimes at Midnight. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
NARRATOR: And, of course, you filmed Falstaff in Chimes at M...
Your drawings for the Battle of Shrewsbury sequence - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:08
Your drawings for the Battle of Shrewsbury sequence
PEN SCRATCHES - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
PEN SCRATCHES
And this, the swiftest and the best, in brush only. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
And this, the swiftest and the best, in brush only.
In pose and concision, it's as good as this. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
In pose and concision, it's as good as this.
This bed scene in Chimes at Midnight with you, Doll Tearsheet, Prince Hal - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:09
This bed scene in Chimes at Midnight with you, Doll Tearshee...
You get up and move left, and then a swirl of movement like a '60s love-in. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
You get up and move left, and then a swirl of movement like ...
I owe her money. Whether she be damned for that, I don't know. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
I owe her money. Whether she be damned for that, I don'...
Am I not fallen away...? - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
Am I not fallen away...?
NARRATOR: Like a Tintoretto painting. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
NARRATOR: Like a Tintoretto painting.
Like you, he liked to have people almost roll in the foreground. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
Like you, he liked to have people almost roll in the foregro...
Everybody in bed, the camaraderie of love. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
Everybody in bed, the camaraderie of love.
...the doctor to my water.NARRATOR: There's Beatrice. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
...the doctor to my water.NARRATOR: There's Beatrice.
The water itself is a good water, but for the party who owned it. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
The water itself is a good water, but for the party who owne...
NARRATOR: And it brings us to the fourth aspect of your love life, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:08
NARRATOR: And it brings us to the fourth aspect of your love...
Your relationships with the men you loved weren't sexual, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:09
Your relationships with the men you loved weren't sexua...