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The Eyes of Orson Welles

PEN SCRATCHES Admit it, Orson, your tastes were regal

PEN SCRATCHES Admit it, Orson, your tastes were regal

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Admit it, Orson, your tastes were regal.
Duration
7 seconds
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28
Timestamp in Movie
01:18:50
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.
Is it true that the director Richard Fleischer - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:08
Is it true that the director Richard Fleischer
"I am royalty", you barked back. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
"I am royalty", you barked back.
And you were fascinated by a Latvian gunrunner - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
And you were fascinated by a Latvian gunrunner
His name was Michael Olian. You visited him in this mansion designed by Raphael. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:08
His name was Michael Olian. You visited him in this mansion ...
You should have played Napoleon, Orson, or Henry VIII. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
You should have played Napoleon, Orson, or Henry VIII.
Actor Geraldine Fitzgerald said that you were like a lighthouse. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
Actor Geraldine Fitzgerald said that you were like a lightho...
"When you were caught in his beam, he was utterly dazzling. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
"When you were caught in his beam, he was utterly dazzl...
"When the beam moves on, you're plunged into darkness." - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
"When the beam moves on, you're plunged into darkn...
Kingship in your work is visual, about law-making, suffocating, isolating. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
Kingship in your work is visual, about law-making, suffocati...
And about ambition, totalitarianism, corruption and madness. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
And about ambition, totalitarianism, corruption and madness.
Most aspects of your visual style were extravagant. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
Most aspects of your visual style were extravagant.
As we saw in the pawn section, you had moments of realism in your work, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
As we saw in the pawn section, you had moments of realism in...
You famously walked out of this film, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
You famously walked out of this film,
It's hard to imagine you doing a simple pan like this. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
It's hard to imagine you doing a simple pan like this.
Shoulder height to show a fisherman scene naturally. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
Shoulder height to show a fisherman scene naturally.
This was more your style: Macbeth. A distant castle, a misty middle ground. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
This was more your style: Macbeth. A distant castle, a misty...
It's like Charles Foster Kane's isolated castle. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
It's like Charles Foster Kane's isolated castle.
Castles fired your imagination, especially if they were crumbling. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
Castles fired your imagination, especially if they were crum...
This etching of yours looks like there's been a fire. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
This etching of yours looks like there's been a fire.
You had an eye on Piranesi's Imaginary Prison sketches of the 1700s. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
You had an eye on Piranesi's Imaginary Prison sketches ...