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The Eyes of Orson Welles

PEN SCRATCHES Here's your sketch of the compoundwhere he lives

PEN SCRATCHES Here's your sketch of the compound
where he lives

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Here's your sketch of the compound where he lives.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
01:28:33
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.
In 1938, you adapted Heart of Darkness for radio. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
In 1938, you adapted Heart of Darkness for radio.
You played Kurtz, of course - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
You played Kurtz, of course
MAN: How are you tonight, Mr Kurtz? - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
MAN: How are you tonight, Mr Kurtz?
That place is mine. They've no right to take me away. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
That place is mine. They've no right to take me away.
That manager, that stupid scoundrel! He wants my ivory. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
That manager, that stupid scoundrel! He wants my ivory.
MAN: Don't excite yourself, Mr Kurtz. You're sick, you know. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
MAN: Don't excite yourself, Mr Kurtz. You're sick,...
KURTZ: Sick! Sick? - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
KURTZ: Sick! Sick?
NARRATOR: Heart of Darkness is set during one of the worst human atrocities, Orson, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:08
NARRATOR: Heart of Darkness is set during one of the worst h...
Kurtz was, for you, a fascist king. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
Kurtz was, for you, a fascist king.
That's the end of the king line, in a way, except for one more thing. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
That's the end of the king line, in a way, except for o...
In 1953, you played King Lear live on TV. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
In 1953, you played King Lear live on TV.
That low king angle, that roaring king voice. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
That low king angle, that roaring king voice.
A poor, infirm, weak and despised old man. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
A poor, infirm, weak and despised old man.
NARRATOR: He says, "O, let me not be mad, not mad, sweet heaven!" - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
NARRATOR: He says, "O, let me not be mad, not mad, swee...
But he's driven by the burdens of power and family. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
But he's driven by the burdens of power and family.
The camera pulls out and lightning and that expressionism again. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
The camera pulls out and lightning and that expressionism ag...
It's like it's raining here, or it's a lightning storm. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
It's like it's raining here, or it's a lightn...
You did Christopher Marlowe's Faust on stage in 1937. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
You did Christopher Marlowe's Faust on stage in 1937.
You had him say, "I refuse to be insane. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
You had him say, "I refuse to be insane.
"Pray for the free man who damned himself." - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
"Pray for the free man who damned himself."