tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612392.post6406908212021090931..comments2024-03-08T00:43:41.681-05:00Comments on film babble blog: A Birthday Tribute To Orson Welles With 10 Welles WannabesDaniel Cook Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10429877492305095834noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612392.post-48875842289136980452008-05-08T00:02:00.000-04:002008-05-08T00:02:00.000-04:00I loved watching Citizen Kane in Film 460 at CSUB ...I loved watching Citizen Kane in Film 460 at CSUB with Prof. Gary Byrd, and afterward I noticed something myself. In Law and Order: Criminal Intent, especially in the Rene Balzer directed episodes, they love to use the same camera tricks on D'Onofrio as they used in Kane. It's terribly fun to watch D'Onofrio now and see how Welles' directing innovations have lived on after all these years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612392.post-30969955538947022762008-05-07T15:40:00.000-04:002008-05-07T15:40:00.000-04:00Ah, you're right - I had forgotten about Jack Blac...Ah, you're right - I had forgotten about Jack Black in KING KONG. In an interview in Science Fiction Weekly at the time of the release of the film Black said:<BR/>"Here's the Orson Welles-ian thing that I don't have. Whatever he's doing, he's kind of cool. He's always kind of debonair and in control, which is not my style. But hopefully, yeah, I did channel [Welles] a little bit because I know that's what they had envisioned for the character."<BR/><BR/>And yes, you're also right - it was horrible as Black himself acknowledged later.Daniel Cook Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10429877492305095834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612392.post-9615468745740329132008-05-07T14:45:00.000-04:002008-05-07T14:45:00.000-04:00What about Jack Black's terrible homage to Welles ...What about Jack Black's terrible homage to Welles in King Kong?Big Mike Mendezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13883097296917205119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612392.post-63422590710530543022008-05-07T14:36:00.000-04:002008-05-07T14:36:00.000-04:00I saw the raw footage of Otherside of the Wind a f...I saw the raw footage of Otherside of the Wind a few years back. Gary Graver, the late friend and cinematographer of Welles (not to mention eminent director of various porn titles in the 80s), made a cut with various footage that he shot with interspersed intertitles to give story details for which the footage does not exist or was not completed. It was terribly frustrating to watch because it had everything thats so attractive but self-destructive about Welles. On one hand there are elements of the visual and stylistic genius he famously possessed, but its also aimless, stubborn, and lazy; just like most of his non-Hollywood films.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612392.post-54141877328402861942008-05-07T11:09:00.000-04:002008-05-07T11:09:00.000-04:00I'm surprised you left out the stage play ORSON'S ...I'm surprised you left out the stage play ORSON'S SHADOW by Austin Pendleton. It's based on the hilarious real-life account of how Welles directed Laurence Olivier and Joan Plowright in a stage production of Ionesco's RHINOCEROS.Paul Stephen Limhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08570488477037696303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612392.post-6722902320810767852008-05-07T10:52:00.000-04:002008-05-07T10:52:00.000-04:00If you want to see "La vengence de la femme en noi...If you want to see "La vengence de la femme en noir", you can buy it on the Archambault web store at: <BR/><BR/>http://www.archambault.ca/store/Product.asp?mscssid=&sku=001830630&type=2<BR/><BR/>Since I live in Quebec (where the movie is from, just tell me if you want more info!<BR/><BR/>Alex<BR/>commeunturc@hotmail.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612392.post-74556792803461504902008-05-06T22:38:00.000-04:002008-05-06T22:38:00.000-04:00HHMM?! Wonder what the accuracy is for the Fade to...HHMM?! Wonder what the accuracy is for the Fade to Black story? Good stuff Man. I'm a huge Welles guy and didn't know half this list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6612392.post-57286461759101742552008-05-06T14:57:00.000-04:002008-05-06T14:57:00.000-04:00Great insightful list, Daniel. I had no clue there...Great insightful list, Daniel. I had no clue there had been so many Wellesian roles over the years. If you had asked me to name one I could have picked out D'Onofrio from ED WOOD, but that is about it. And I had no clue that Burton had used a separate actor to record the dialogue, although now that I think of it, the scene did have an otherworldly air to it, due in part to the fact that it didn't sound like D'Onofrio. <BR/><BR/>Great read, this.Evan Derrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00717664805927242148noreply@blogger.com