Orson Welles - Shakespeare = ?
An intriguing event at the UCLA Film and Television Archive:
Thursday August 10 2006, 7:30PM ( Buy Ticket )
ORSON WELLES AND THE HOLLYWOOD SYSTEM, 1939-42: IT'S ALL TRUE IN CONTEXT
This program investigates the events surrounding the collapse of Orson Welles' Hollywood directing career following the release of CITIZEN KANE in 1941. The evening will center around newly preserved footage from Welles' abandoned project IT'S ALL TRUE, as well as scenes from THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS and JOURNEY INTO FEAR, Welles' two other films from the same period that were completed in ways other than he originally conceived. Author and scholar Joseph McBride will present a clip lecture focusing on this brief period at the peak of Welles' fame when anything seemed possible. Catherine Benamou of the University of Michigan will follow the clip lecture with a presentation on the preservation of IT'S ALL TRUE.
In person: Joseph McBride, Catherine Benamou
Approx. 120 min.
ORSON WELLES' MACBETH SANS SHAKESPEARE
For those familiar with Welles' MACBETH (restored to its full 107-minute length by the Archive and shown in previous Festivals), this screening will be unique. We will present the 89-minute general-release version with the original music and sound-effects track, but without the dialogue. Except for a short introductory narration by Welles, not a single spoken word will be heard. While Shakespeare recedes, cinematic language and filmmaking technique-the actors' non-verbal performances, costumes and sets, editing, lighting and composition, and most of all, the musical score by Jacques Ibert-will come to the fore.
Thursday August 10 2006, 7:30PM ( Buy Ticket )
ORSON WELLES AND THE HOLLYWOOD SYSTEM, 1939-42: IT'S ALL TRUE IN CONTEXT
This program investigates the events surrounding the collapse of Orson Welles' Hollywood directing career following the release of CITIZEN KANE in 1941. The evening will center around newly preserved footage from Welles' abandoned project IT'S ALL TRUE, as well as scenes from THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS and JOURNEY INTO FEAR, Welles' two other films from the same period that were completed in ways other than he originally conceived. Author and scholar Joseph McBride will present a clip lecture focusing on this brief period at the peak of Welles' fame when anything seemed possible. Catherine Benamou of the University of Michigan will follow the clip lecture with a presentation on the preservation of IT'S ALL TRUE.
In person: Joseph McBride, Catherine Benamou
Approx. 120 min.
ORSON WELLES' MACBETH SANS SHAKESPEARE
For those familiar with Welles' MACBETH (restored to its full 107-minute length by the Archive and shown in previous Festivals), this screening will be unique. We will present the 89-minute general-release version with the original music and sound-effects track, but without the dialogue. Except for a short introductory narration by Welles, not a single spoken word will be heard. While Shakespeare recedes, cinematic language and filmmaking technique-the actors' non-verbal performances, costumes and sets, editing, lighting and composition, and most of all, the musical score by Jacques Ibert-will come to the fore.
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