Danny Huston as Orson Welles in "Fade to Black"

[glk]

Excellent point. The storyteller in Welles would love the idea.

And yes, this casting is perfect. I can see Huston really pulling this off physically.

With Criterion's Complete Mr. Arkadin coming out at the end of this month, it's a great time to be a Welles fan.

[Jamie S. Rich]

Arkadin should be out next week, actually...though DeepDiscountDVD shipped mine last Friday. I can't wait, as I've only ever seen the shitty Laserlight print that was all jumpy.

[glk]

Arkadin should be out next week, actually...though DeepDiscountDVD shipped mine last Friday. I can't wait, as I've only ever seen the shitty Laserlight print that was all jumpy.

Entertainment Weekly had a good little article about Arkadin this week called "The Movie that Broke Orson Welles's Heart." Worth checking out. Talks about the different cuts and a little about what's coming on the DVD.

[andeparks]

I don't care to see Orson solving crimes. If that's the film, it's lame. I'm gonna do a big historical fiction OGN about Orson someday, and it'll be about real issues from his life, not some kind of made-up caper.

It could be done very well, I suppose, but I'm very skeptical.

So far, I don't think Orson has been cast very well in films. The dude in Hand That Rocks the Cradle was weak (Tim Robbins himself would have been much better), Liev Whats-his-name was just okay, and the best actor to try it (Dinofrio) was dubbed by the guy from Pinky and the Brain!

Anj

[MattJohnson]

I don't care to see Orson solving crimes. If that's the film, it's lame. I'm gonna do a big historical fiction OGN about Orson someday, and it'll be about real issues from his life, not some kind of made-up caper.

It could be done very well, I suppose, but I'm very skeptical.

So far, I don't think Orson has been cast very well in films. The dude in Hand That Rocks the Cradle was weak (Tim Robbins himself would have been much better), Liev Whats-his-name was just okay, and the best actor to try it (Dinofrio) was dubbed by the guy from Pinky and the Brain!

Anj

Anyone else would get a , but since it's you, it gets a !

[sonnylarue]

I don't care to see Orson solving crimes. If that's the film, it's lame. I'm gonna do a big historical fiction OGN about Orson someday, and it'll be about real issues from his life, not some kind of made-up caper.
Anj

Exactly Anj, there's plenty of interesting stories to mine from Welles real life.

[sonnylarue]

I think it could work because Welles himself blurred fact and fiction (F is for Fake for example).

F is for Fake airs Monday 930 est on TCM

[Foolish Mortal]

Damn! How come I never read anything about this crazy shit in Wells bio??