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The Eyes of Orson Welles

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�� Two dollar bills I'm given ♪ So I'm just searchin' ♪ Along the street... ♪ Talk about people's theatre!

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♪ Two dollar bills I'm given
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♪ So I'm just searchin'
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♪ Along the street... ♪
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Talk about people's theatre!
Duration
15 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:37
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.
And in the same year as this - what a 1937 you had - - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:09
And in the same year as this - what a 1937 you had -
You ripped into another Shakespeare play, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:09
You ripped into another Shakespeare play,
As a teenager, you drew Mark Anthony's speech to the people like this. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
As a teenager, you drew Mark Anthony's speech to the pe...
Already, you were thinking of Julius Caesar in terms of lighting. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
Already, you were thinking of Julius Caesar in terms of ligh...
And look what I found in the box, Orson. Drawings from about 1950. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
And look what I found in the box, Orson. Drawings from about...
You were planning a film of Julius Caesar. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
You were planning a film of Julius Caesar.
You imagine a camera above a light. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
You imagine a camera above a light.
A pink and black sky, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:08
A pink and black sky,
And, look, you planned to shoot it in Rome's EUR, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:11
And, look, you planned to shoot it in Rome's EUR,
You saw Caesar as an ancient Mussolini, didn't you? - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
You saw Caesar as an ancient Mussolini, didn't you?
And the ancient crowd didn't resist - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
And the ancient crowd didn't resist
You wanted to use a hanging miniature in front of the camera, - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
You wanted to use a hanging miniature in front of the camera...
You thought of the Capitol as a kind of beehive. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:05
You thought of the Capitol as a kind of beehive.
But back in 1937, your visual ideas were even bolder. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
But back in 1937, your visual ideas were even bolder.
You'd seen images of the Nazi Nuremberg Rallies. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
You'd seen images of the Nazi Nuremberg Rallies.
The vertical torchlights made columns like a Roman temple. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:06
The vertical torchlights made columns like a Roman temple.
So, you had your stage production look the same. And guess what, Orson? - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:08
So, you had your stage production look the same. And guess w...
They recreated your production in the film, Me and Orson Welles. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:07
They recreated your production in the film, Me and Orson Wel...
Square-on shot. That graphic white lighting. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
Square-on shot. That graphic white lighting.
The camera glides in as the audience gets engrossed. - The Eyes of Orson Welles 00:04
The camera glides in as the audience gets engrossed.