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The Eyes of Orson Welles

That's why people who love Laurence Olivier's literaryand psychological Shakespeare films...

That's why people who love Laurence Olivier's literary
and psychological Shakespeare films don't like yours

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That's why people who love
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Laurence Olivier's literary and psychological Shakespeare films
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don't like yours.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
01:43:38
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.
Yours were rougher and more to do with space and graphics and power. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
Yours were rougher and more to do with space and graphics an...
Once I realise this, I discover that you'd sort of said it already. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
Once I realise this, I discover that you'd sort of said...
You told one of your biographers - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
You told one of your biographers
And the Nazi Party's filmmaker, Leni Riefenstahl, of all people, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:13
And the Nazi Party's filmmaker, Leni Riefenstahl, of al...
F for Fake was a sketchbook on folded paper. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
F for Fake was a sketchbook on folded paper.
Macbeth, The Lady from Shanghai, Othello and Mr Arkadin - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:12
Macbeth, The Lady from Shanghai, Othello and Mr Arkadin
Approximately, excitingly, but in a way that many found too sharp. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
Approximately, excitingly, but in a way that many found too ...
They make you seem mad for contact with the world, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:13
They make you seem mad for contact with the world,
In 1953, you went here, Edinburgh in Scotland, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:09
In 1953, you went here, Edinburgh in Scotland,
You said that a Hollywood film needs an audience of 60 million people - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:13
You said that a Hollywood film needs an audience of 60 milli...
From the future, I can tell you that your dream has sort of come true. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
From the future, I can tell you that your dream has sort of ...
Film technology has changed massively since you died. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
Film technology has changed massively since you died.
If many of your films were like sketches, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:10
If many of your films were like sketches,
More than ever, you can draw with a camera now. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
More than ever, you can draw with a camera now.
Studio cinema was like history painting. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
Studio cinema was like history painting.
Now, film is more like oil painting. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
Now, film is more like oil painting.
Our computer didn't copy some footage of you properly, and so it pixelated it. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
Our computer didn't copy some footage of you properly, ...
Way back in the 1940s, when you were making Citizen Kane, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:13
Way back in the 1940s, when you were making Citizen Kane,
That dream has come true, too. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
That dream has come true, too.
On the morning of October 10th, 1985, you died. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
On the morning of October 10th, 1985, you died.