5/10
Some interesting and less interesting clips presented poorly
14 January 2018
This is some clips of unfinished Orson Welles films along with some interview footage of him and his ex lover and some pretentious filler.

This includes a fascinating scene from The Other Side of the Wind, some interesting bits from The Dreamers and The Deep, some Moby Dick monologues and some comedic nonsense that is like some weird old guy's home movies.

Oja Kodar is engaging as she talks about her time with Orson, but she's apparently also been a major impediment to the finishing of The Other Side of the Wind, and one suspects that a lot of the intent of this film is to put Oja in front of the public, since she Welles was never able to make a star of her. (On the bright side, I think Netflix has managed to get the project of finishing the film going again; hopefully they'll finally do it!)

While there are some terrific moments, the presentation is lacking and some of Welles' material is shockingly amateurish.
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