This channel is dedicated with the noblest of intentions to the memory of Orson Welles and his brilliant body of work.
This channel intends to promote as much of his work as possible, particularly for those watching in North America where many of his works have gone unseen in quality editions.
IMHO, the closest real-life similar experience is the full aircheck broadcast recording of Dallas radio station KLIF-AM from Nov 22, 1963. The upbeat, jovial disc jockey; the top 40 tunes, the cheery commercials interrupted with bulletins that shots were fired at the motorcade of President Kennedy, and you hear the tone go downhill as further news is released until the reporters take over. The flow is very reminiscent of WOTW.
New prose: Running 🏃♂️ out of time How does one, run out of time? When Time is on your side? Do you know your on the side of Time? Or on the side, of just about anything else out there? Or do you care? Do you know that Jesus Christ is Time? Or would you rather have someone tell you the time of day? Do you pray, and meditate on God's holy book? 📖 Or would you rather go fishing 🎣 in that there moving brook? It took a lot of human courage for God's Son, to go to the Cross ✝️ and literally be nailed there Or are you at a loss, about this? Or do you care? He went down to the depths of hell, for you So you, wouldn't have to go there God chose mercy, instead of Judgment Although Judgment Day is coming Can you feel the Last Days drumming? Your life is like hell I understand your plight - so much fear, you don't know whether to run, or fight So, why don't you let go, and let God And get yourself into the zone, of the Miracle Man Who walked upon water 💧 Just because He can And you can't Running out of time How does one run out of time? When Time is on your side
The scene that gets me is when you see the sled being covered by snow, and you hear the train whistle in the distance as Charles is being taken away from his family. The train whistle sounds almost hysterically mournful, like a child crying.
This wonderfully charming man was also the Welles who later told people saying hello to him or asking for an autograph to 'go fuck yourself'. A genius, but a contradictory one.
Soleman had over a 1,000 wives. it is documented in the bible. Whether you are Catholic or Protestant. 1Kings 11:3. I don't really differentiate between wives and concubines. They were his and no one elses' as spouses.
I'm so glad these recordings still existed in the time of being available for BBC Four to screen then in the 21st Century. They could have easily fallen into the "Missing presumed wiped" category if they had been recorded to VT! Such a relief this wasn't the case. This episode in particular is still so relevant to today in 2023, since their recording in 1955, nothing much else has changed for the better.
The Sight and Sound poll really declined in the new millenium. Today its meaningless. Citizen Kane is still the best film ever made. To have it superseded by a 3 hour film with a woman sitting in her kitchen is kind of sick. And The Godfather films are not in its class either. In his first film, Welles took directing to a point that no other American has ever matched, forget surpassed. He did this in both sound and visuals. Toland's photography alone revolutionized the cinema. The last sequence of the film is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, ever shot.
It's a great film but it's not the best. The world of cinema is vast, there's too much out there in order to say what is number one. Even among Welles' films, I wouldn't call Kane the best. That would be The Trial because it throws conventional narrative rules out the window. That was a dream in the cinematic language and I get far greater emotional impact from that film than Kane.
I watched movie once...its was about the war ofnthe world broadcast but ive never been able to find it. Bit they showed the orchestra in the studio and how they did the special effetcts etc
We have some good storytellers in America, and this fellow was one of them. Here he is so entertaining and bemusing, just sitting there regaling me with anecdotes (be they truth or lawn fertilizer; doesn't matter to me).
He was basically a selfmade man, with very little outside intervention. I simply never get tired of watching or listening to him, my God bless your soul.
