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The Eyes of Orson Welles

It changed cinema and it is known for its expressionismand critique of vainglory

It changed cinema and it is known for its expressionism
and critique of vainglory

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It changed cinema
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and it is known for its expressionism and critique of vainglory.
Duration
6 seconds
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29
Timestamp in Movie
00:35:36
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.
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'...
Charles Foster Kane is in the rented room of a working-class woman, Susan Alexander, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:11
Charles Foster Kane is in the rented room of a working-class...
I'm wiggling both my ears at the same time. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
I'm wiggling both my ears at the same time.
And, at the top right, photos of a woman who looks a bit like your mother. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
And, at the top right, photos of a woman who looks a bit lik...
Took me two solid years and the best boys' school in the world to learn that trick. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
Took me two solid years and the best boys' school in th...
Fellow who taught it to me is now the President of Venezuela. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
Fellow who taught it to me is now the President of Venezuela...
He's famous, but she doesn't know it. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
He's famous, but she doesn't know it.
She's probably one of the most ordinary people he's met in his life. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
She's probably one of the most ordinary people he'...
The camera drifts in. The look of love, perhaps? - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
The camera drifts in. The look of love, perhaps?
Some of the softest lighting in the film. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
Some of the softest lighting in the film.
Your small tribute to a powerless, but sincere woman. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
Your small tribute to a powerless, but sincere woman.
I'm awful ignorant, but I guess you caught on to that. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
I'm awful ignorant, but I guess you caught on to that.
I bet it turns out I've heard your name a million times. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
I bet it turns out I've heard your name a million times...
Hollywood was more interested in glamorous people in the 1940s, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:08
Hollywood was more interested in glamorous people in the 194...
A scene like this must have caught your eye. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
A scene like this must have caught your eye.
A white couple's in Harlem, where you did your Macbeth, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
A white couple's in Harlem, where you did your Macbeth,
No fancy lighting here, no Wellesian angles, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:11
No fancy lighting here, no Wellesian angles,
MUSIC PLAYS - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:14
MUSIC PLAYS
ORSON: It's the sameness I'm talking about now. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
ORSON: It's the sameness I'm talking about now.
Different sounds to the words, but the same idea. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
Different sounds to the words, but the same idea.