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The Magnificent Welles: The Rise and Fall of Orson Welles
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Directed by David-Edward Hughes.
The director who rocketed to fame on the heels of Citizen Kane sits alone in a Brazilian hotel room as he realizes that his dreams or creating a masterpiece are crumbling to the ground in this one-man powerhouse performance starring stage actor Marcus Wolland. The Magnificent Ambersons was supposed to be Welles' masterpiece, but instead of cementing his status as Hollywood royalty, it ruined him. This is a portrait of Welles as few outside of Welles' talented artistic circle ever saw him; confident yet cowering, fearless yet terrified, willing to bare his entire soul for the sake of his art. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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"F for Fake [Motion] Pictures are supposed to clarify people's emotions, to explain the feelings of people on an emotional plane. An art film should not preclude laughter, enjoyment and hope. Is life about horror? Or is it about those few moments we have? I would like to say that my life has some meaning. - John Cassavetes I watched Marcus Wolland in his play, The Magnificent Welles (2002, available on DVD). Wolland wrote and stars as Orson Welles in this one-man play. Set in a hotel room in Rio De Janeiro, Welles carries on a conversation with the audience in between phone calls from RKO Studios on the night his film, The Magnificent Ambersons, is taken from him. Historically, Welles believed Ambersons to be his masterwork. While Welles was shooting another film in South America, RKO Studios cut 44 minutes from Ambersons, reshot the ending, and burned the cut negatives so that Welles could never show the film the way he wanted. It's an insightful play that pulls no pun ... " [More]
 



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