Host Dick Cavett welcomes his only guest, actor-writer-director Orson Welles. I do not claim ownership to any of this content nor receive monetary gain. All rights belong to their respective owners.
I just noticed the joke Cavett and his crew put in the credits at the end of the show: "Entire production conceived, produced, directed, written, staged, choreographed, built, designed, lit, managed, rehearsed, contracted for and criticized by Orson Welles." LOL that was awesome
Well, they're not trying to entertain people today. I've got no idea who actors are today. I see their photos and I've never seen them before. The old world has well and truly gone.
Mr Welles looks like a Mafia boss here, he once said in an interview he would have loved to have played Don Corleone in 'The Godfather'. Would have been very interesting to have seen that performance.
@@paolamura3497 orson welles did not consider brandos performance very good..in fact quote" it wasnt even a good performance"......after someone suggested it was great performance
Well, you know what? I heard people talk bad about brando. The thing about people is, they appear out of nowhere into your life and then rapidly vanish, never to be seen ever again. I've retired from listening to people. Its a worthless hobby.
Entire production conceived, produced, directed, written, staged, choreographed, built, designed, lit, managed, rehearsed, contracted for and criticized by Orson Welles.
He would have been raised on organically grown food, no fluoride, no vaccines and given a much higher grade education than is available (outside of homeschooling) today.
He's the only filmmaker I know of who casts himself as the villain. Multiple times. He was also the first to produce a Shakespeare production with an all-black cast.
Just the way they speak...not to say everything was better in the old days, but the language and vocabulary were on such a different, higher level than nowadays. Class, elegance, grace - call it what you want, but the difference is blatantly noticeable compared to the pretentious, tasteless language and behavior of today, especially in today's talk shows.
As a Brit I was totally unaware of Dick Cavett until I stumbled across him one day, on RU-vid. What a delight. Insightful, erudite, intellectual and possibly most important, just plain old likeable. What an amazing interviewer. Possibly the finest I've seen (we had the much revered Michael Parkinson, brilliant interviewer himself). Incredible composure too.
I have fallen head over heels in love with Orson fucking Wells. That man was stupendous. So pleasurable and proper. Reminds me of the etiquette that my grandmother taught me. Makes me smile
Of course Orson was Dick's only guest. You give the whole hour to him or you don't bother. Welles could have come on every night as the sole guest for two weeks straight, and still have half a lifetime of great stories left to tell.
The George Marshall and Winston Churchill stories are brilliant and probably made so by not just the content of the stories but the way in which they were told. Thank god for RU-vid for preserving these moments of entertainment history.
I beg to differ Johnny Carson and Charlie Rose were the best interviewers because they were both great listeners and could be spontaneous with their questions.
Orson Welles was truly a unique creative genius. (And a compassionate genuine human being) It truly is a tragedy the original version of The Magnificent Ambersons was destroyed and we will never be able to watch the real story that Orson wanted to tell. And his way of story telling through his movies & paintings and interviews (such as this one) are true treasures. F for Fake was so far ahead of its time and sadly when it was released people just did not understand it...amazing how decades later it resonates and is simply a fascinating story. If you are a fan of O.W. then you need to see F For Fake Orson Welles has given us an Immortal Story of his own creation and his artwork and insights are truly eternal and I am eternally grateful for all of his contributions to this world.
A wonderful “old school” interview but I especially loved the bit where he turns the interview on to Cavett, great humour and Welles seemed genuinely interested in Cavett.
What an interview. First time of ever watching an interview with Orson Welles, and first time I have ever heard of Dick Cavett.. what a pleasure to watch! I'm completely blown away by Mr Welles' charm, intelligence and voice. Great interview, I could have watched them talk for hours on end. Marvellous. Thank you for posting 👍
This is a HOOT! Dick and Orson just being masters of comedic timing and innuendo and double entendre is on fucking point. Its classy yet trashy but not too trashy with a pinch, dash, and splash of extra class back into it. I love it.
This was wonderful, thank you. I felt like I was spending time in Orson's company, what a splendid raconteur. Cavett was great too- gently inquisitive and respectful, asking just enough to let Orson do his thing, reeling off great stories. "So I was swimming with Churchill and..." So cool. He knew everybody, had seen it all. One of the greatest 20th century men.
Orson a genius, superb interview from the great DC. Orson left us with a handful of genius pieces, the system shut him down., and didn’t want us to see more. Orsons portrayal of Shakespeares, Falstaff is sublime. Look again.
Welles was such a unique individual. He talks so differently than anyone else I've ever heard. When you first hear him he sounds a little dramatic, a little pretentious, a little over the top, but you just listen to him for 2 minutes and you simply can't deny his genius. Hollywood would not be what it is today without this brilliant mind.
Man...what a classic, fun, and quite revealing interview! A legend in Mr. Welles and a melancholic reminder that Mr. Cavett should have been on TV much, much longer than his tenure!
I watched Cavett all the time, he is a great interviewer, a great man and witty. When he was taken off the quality of talk shows went down. I would never have been able to sit down with either of these men and not have put on that hat they are talking about, when you sit down with giants you are always going to have a hard time not having the deer in the headlights thing going on.
One of the best interviews I've ever seen--because of the quality of the interviewer and the interviewee. Both are truly intelligent, thoughtful people.
Spent his teens pretending he was in his twenties, it all makes sense now. How wonderful if todays teens would do likewise instead of what they do today.
I used to watch Orson Wells in a TV series called Orson Wells Great Misteries and I am dedicating this TV series to my old school friends who are both sisters as I hope to see them both again very soon to Chris and Hester from Billyxxxxx
A true through and through human being who first and foremost to start with understood the respect an artist can give to a story and the audience with which to convey they're art comes out of an unwavering commitment to being all in. Even existentialism at its first look on his work could finally sigh and see that true meaning is the connection with a pure tangibility and the human condition, not hedonistic convenience.
I see what Orson means when he complains about the music that was added. The gunshots and the broken glass were a full orchestral arrangement, and didn't need anything added.
