tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post5342094373557714734..comments2024-03-27T15:16:57.305-05:00Comments on F This Movie!: Cinema Bestius: Touch of EvilPatrick Bromleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00771837625286775607noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-71131884926590421362017-03-31T22:11:04.033-05:002017-03-31T22:11:04.033-05:00For Welles fans, "My Lunches with Orson"...For Welles fans, "My Lunches with Orson" is a very interesting read It's transcribed from a number of recorded restaurant conversations between Orson Welles and his friend, Henry Jaglom. It includes a lot of info. Charles Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00815988686501079051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-18424796326634645372016-09-06T10:06:54.874-05:002016-09-06T10:06:54.874-05:00This is my favorite Welles film. Hank Quinlan is a...This is my favorite Welles film. Hank Quinlan is another outsized version of Welles himself, alongside Charles Foster Kane and Falstaff. I can only imagine the pain Welles endured when he first sat down to see what Universal had done to this, the perfect film noir. It's funny - I was just reading about Welles's last unfinished film, The Other Side of the Wind. It started filming in 1970. It finished principal photography in 1976. And it's supposed to take place over the course of a single night. I continue to be amazed at Welles's ability to patch together masterpieces over the course of years, and I sincerely hope that The Other Side of the Wind does finally get finished. Hell, it took this long for Chimes at Midnight to get the video release it finally deserved.<br /><br />The moment when Quinlan mutters to Joe Grandi that he does not drink, only to see that he has already fallen off the wagon - that slight hitch in his voice when he knows he has gone too far to go back. Touch of Evil is known for its filmmaking brilliance, but Welles's performance is one for the ages.Steve K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02141959251034133806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-62876612975479912372016-09-06T08:59:45.558-05:002016-09-06T08:59:45.558-05:00I have to see this and way more Orson Welles films...I have to see this and way more Orson Welles films! Thanks! OW was really great on radio, too, and I've listened to all the Campbell's Playhouse radio episodes I could find. His Les Miserables is like the definitive version of LM across any medium and that one I listen to regularly and know it by heart because it's so inspiring. He was phenomenal. Meredith https://www.blogger.com/profile/11361935408436355904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4217427319662074458.post-43767694456609333612016-09-06T08:15:15.364-05:002016-09-06T08:15:15.364-05:00This movie is amazing! It's a favorite of my b...This movie is amazing! It's a favorite of my brother and mine. We saw a screening of it and were absolutely blown away. Welles is terrifying and pathetic at the same time. I hadn't thought about it being Shakespearean, but you're absolutely correct.Wil Anoreply@blogger.com