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The Eyes of Orson Welles

?? Then don't take your lips ♪ Or your arms ♪ Or your love... ♪ She kept your love letters...

�� Then don't take your lips ♪ Or your arms ♪ Or your love... ♪ She kept your love letters and notes
in her make-up box for years

Full Transcript

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♪ Then don't take your lips
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♪ Or your arms
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♪ Or your love... ♪
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She kept your love letters and notes in her make-up box for years.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:57:08
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.
♪ ...away ♪ - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:10
♪ ...away ♪
You cast your third wife, Paola, as your daughter in Mr Arkadin, Orson. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
You cast your third wife, Paola, as your daughter in Mr Arka...
A film about a powerful man with a mysterious past - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
A film about a powerful man with a mysterious past
NARRATOR: And you gave Paola these concerned close-ups - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
NARRATOR: And you gave Paola these concerned close-ups
- Tell him it's too late! - It's too late. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
- Tell him it's too late! - It's too late.
INTERVIEWER: This relationship with your mother, did he woo her? - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
INTERVIEWER: This relationship with your mother, did he woo ...
They were in Fregenae and she was walking on the beach - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:08
They were in Fregenae and she was walking on the beach
She was a young starlet and the next day, she got a phone call. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
She was a young starlet and the next day, she got a phone ca...
It was Visconti's assistant and he said, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:08
It was Visconti's assistant and he said,
And she went rushing over there and instead, she met Orson Welles. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
And she went rushing over there and instead, she met Orson W...
NARRATOR: In 1961, while filming The Trial, you met Oja Kodar. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
NARRATOR: In 1961, while filming The Trial, you met Oja Koda...
Look how you introduced her in F for Fake. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
Look how you introduced her in F for Fake.
Glimpsed, glanced, ogled, long-lens, the centre of a network of men's looks. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:08
Glimpsed, glanced, ogled, long-lens, the centre of a network...
No scene in your films is more about looking, its splinters and seductions. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
No scene in your films is more about looking, its splinters ...
So, you loved places, Orson, and you loved visually. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
So, you loved places, Orson, and you loved visually.
The third aspect of your love life is its attraction to chivalry. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
The third aspect of your love life is its attraction to chiv...
The millennium-old idea of the chivalrous knight in love - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:09
The millennium-old idea of the chivalrous knight in love
Lancelot and Guinevere. Arthurian legend. The Middle Ages. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
Lancelot and Guinevere. Arthurian legend. The Middle Ages.
But more than most artists of the 20th century, you filled in the line drawings. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
But more than most artists of the 20th century, you filled i...
You believed in these samurai, these courtiers who behaved with honour, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:11
You believed in these samurai, these courtiers who behaved w...