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The Eyes of Orson Welles

A stick was straining. What happens when it breaks? Absurdity becomes the norm

Orson Welles, Himself: A stick was straining. What happens when it breaks? Absurdity becomes the norm

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The stick was straining
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What happens when it breaks
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Absurdity becomes the norm
Duration
9 seconds
Views
158
Timestamp in Movie
01:37:30
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.
The sots and thralls of lust - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:10
The sots and thralls of lust
How is Ireland these days? Yours, Orson. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
How is Ireland these days? Yours, Orson.
NARRATOR: Dear Orson, I just imagined that you wrote back to me. I wish you had. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
NARRATOR: Dear Orson, I just imagined that you wrote back to...
Should I mention that there's been another financial crash? - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
Should I mention that there's been another financial cr...
The wolves of Wall Street screwed up like they did in 1929. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
The wolves of Wall Street screwed up like they did in 1929.
Parts of it look like a deserted Hollywood studio backlot, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
Parts of it look like a deserted Hollywood studio backlot,
The Great Depression that followed the Wall Street crash - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
The Great Depression that followed the Wall Street crash
Will our new Depression make a new Orson Welles? - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
Will our new Depression make a new Orson Welles?
Beatrice had an unopened letter from you to your guardian, Dadda Bernstein. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
Beatrice had an unopened letter from you to your guardian, D...
This letter was written on the 14th of October in 1931 - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:30
This letter was written on the 14th of October in 1931
Nothing in it! LAUGHS - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:08
Nothing in it! LAUGHS
NARRATOR: We were hoping that there'd be some secret in that envelope, Orson, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
NARRATOR: We were hoping that there'd be some secret in...
NARRATOR: But maybe what was in the box - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:09
NARRATOR: But maybe what was in the box
Your art has made me look again at your life and work. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
Your art has made me look again at your life and work.
MAN: You don't understand. These people are supposed to represent the paintings. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
MAN: You don't understand. These people are supposed to...
NARRATOR: It's a Goya painting, with an added pinch of Josef Von Sternberg. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
NARRATOR: It's a Goya painting, with an added pinch of ...
In the same film, this scene near the start is, what? - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
In the same film, this scene near the start is, what?
Graphic, certainly. It's a murder-and-chase moment, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:10
Graphic, certainly. It's a murder-and-chase moment,
You're more taken by the steam of the train, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:08
You're more taken by the steam of the train,
TRAIN CHUGS AND BRAKES - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:10
TRAIN CHUGS AND BRAKES