Film

The Eyes of Orson Welles 2018

Directed by Mark Cousins

  • Documentary
  • 111 min

A poetic journey into the visual world of the legendary filmmaker and actor Orson Welles (1915-85) that reveals a new portrait of a unique genius, both of his life and of his monumental work: through his own eyes, drawn by his own hand, painted with his own brush.

Documentarycinema on cinemamovie businessdrawing and paintingbiographysketch artistcinema historyportrait of an artisthollywood historyportrait of a filmmaker

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Prestige, grave, character-led and contemplative.

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  • gravecomic
  • character-ledplot-driven
  • contemplativerelentless
  • contemporarynostalgic

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