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The Eyes of Orson Welles
The Eyes of Orson Welles
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THE EYES OF ORSON WELLES

Directed by Mark Cousins
United Kingdom, 2018
Documentary

Synopsis

Granted unprecedented access to hundreds of sketches, drawings, and paintings by Orson Welles—tantalizing, never-before-seen glimpses into the filmmaker’s rich inner life— Mark Cousins sheds new light on the experiences, dreams, desires, and obsessions that inspired his masterpieces.

Synopsis

Granted unprecedented access to hundreds of sketches, drawings, and paintings by Orson Welles—tantalizing, never-before-seen glimpses into the filmmaker’s rich inner life— Mark Cousins sheds new light on the experiences, dreams, desires, and obsessions that inspired his masterpieces.

Our take

The inimitable film historian and filmmaker Mark Cousins returns with another of his idiosyncratic essay films, in which his customary and enchanting voice-over starts a posthumous one-way conversation with the enfant terrible of cinema, the one and only Orson Welles.