The filmmaker who showed Martin Scorsese how to be a director: “I was too young to understand”
He’s been on a learning curve ever since.
Orson Welles
The filmmaker Orson Welles called “the best director in the history of the cinema”
“Much better than Eisenstein…”
“I’m trying to get out of his footsteps”: the filmmaker Terry Gilliam called “one of my heroes”
Two peas in a difficult pod.
The two legendary directors Quentin Tarantino shares a “sibling rivalry” with
Formidable filmmakers.
The classic movie Orson Welles blasted as “the glorification of a bunch of bums”
He was never one for holding back.
Roger Ebert once named “the most dramatic entrance in the history of the cinema”
An iconic British film.
Cinema that takes the breath away: five iconic scenes that gave every audience chills
Spellbinding moments of cinema.
Orson Welles on why Clint Eastwood is an underrated director: “They don’t take him seriously”
A perception that eventually shifted.
The actor Orson Welles called “the greatest actor who ever appeared in front of a camera”
“Acted at the top of his bent and never hammed for one moment.”
Orson Welles and the battle for “total control” over ‘Citizen Kane’
“I didn’t want money. I wanted authority.”