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The Eyes of Orson Welles

He called your performance obscene, terrible and "driven bysome irresistible interior...

He called your performance obscene, terrible and "driven by
some irresistible interior violence"

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He called your performance
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obscene, terrible and "driven by some irresistible interior violence".
Duration
8 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
01:08:03
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.
He visited your dressing room and found you half-naked. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
He visited your dressing room and found you half-naked.
The two of you went outside to a nearby bar. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
The two of you went outside to a nearby bar.
Your dedicated biographer, Simon Callow, says you wooed Houseman. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
Your dedicated biographer, Simon Callow, says you wooed Hous...
You seemed to become addicted to Jack Carter, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
You seemed to become addicted to Jack Carter,
You threw your arms around him, crying with gratitude, according to Houseman. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
You threw your arms around him, crying with gratitude, accor...
You wooed him and went carousing with him in the bars of Harlem. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
You wooed him and went carousing with him in the bars of Har...
You loved as passionately as a bullfighter fights. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
You loved as passionately as a bullfighter fights.
But, of course, the bullfight ends in death. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
But, of course, the bullfight ends in death.
Which brings us to the last aspect of your love life. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
Which brings us to the last aspect of your love life.
You and Rita look purposefully ahead, but she steers. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
You and Rita look purposefully ahead, but she steers.
The way a Frenchman thinks about laughter in French? - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
The way a Frenchman thinks about laughter in French?
The Chinese say it is difficult for love to last long - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:12
The Chinese say it is difficult for love to last long
NARRATOR: But it seems borne out by your love life, Orson. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
NARRATOR: But it seems borne out by your love life, Orson.
Your relationship with Hayworth quickly waned. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
Your relationship with Hayworth quickly waned.
And, in one of your most surprising images, also for Hayworth, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:08
And, in one of your most surprising images, also for Haywort...
You had affairs. Is the devil your guilt, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:08
You had affairs. Is the devil your guilt,
You called this pencil and watercolour sketch, with its miserable sun, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:14
You called this pencil and watercolour sketch, with its mise...
You're far from Eden here. The smoke from the factories gathers to show your mood. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
You're far from Eden here. The smoke from the factories...
BEATRICE: Very pregnant, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
BEATRICE: Very pregnant,
NARRATOR: "I feel lousy" is one of your most ambiguous drawings, Orson. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
NARRATOR: "I feel lousy" is one of your most ambig...