Chimes at Midnight - The Creation of an Accidental Tragedy

[@ericnoble5194]

“Two stars keep not their motion in one sphere!” I love that phrase. It’s the Shakespearean equivalent of, “This town ain’t big enough for the two of us!”

[@TheLaho93]

I would love to see Kyle talk more about Welles. Maybe a "winter of Welles" or something. There's something truly genius about his moviemaking that is worth talking about in my opinion. Anyways, great work as always. Thank you!

[@bartsanders1553]

The funniest moment was his appearance on The Dean Martin Show in which did Fallstaff's aside on Sherisac, or as he put it, a wine commercial.😂

[@Gixwing]

wait a minute! does those epilogues also mean Shakespeare used the post-credit teases as well

[@Lunne89]

Oh my goodness I guess it does!

[@PassTheMarmalade1957]

William Shakespeare - He did everything first.

[@scaper8]

Giovanni Romanelli The Zeroth Law of Tropes: "Shakespeare did it first."

[@tripdefect87]

"Chimes At Midnight" is one of those films that, after watching, I feel like a better person for it. IDK, bit of a weird feeling to describe

[@tatehildyard5332]

tripdefect87 No I get it. You feel like some dormant part of your brain has been jump started and you're using it for the first time. It happened to me after seeing Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" for the first time when I was 14.

[@MikeJRhodes1]

Exactly. 100%.

[@originlollol7]

Kyle, I think I speak for everyone here when I say that we really appreciate all the time and effort that you've put into this project. You've given your audience minutes upon minutes of free, high quality content. Thank you, yo.

[@Philbert-s2c]

Amen.

[@rusted_ursa]

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[@representationmetaphorique]

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[@snowmystique2308]

Yes, thank you Kyle!

[@LenHummelChannel]

yes. outstanding reviews, insights, and entertainment along the way.

[@wrywh]

"banish plump jack and banish all the world with him. " "I do, I will."

[@Roheryn100]

I wrote a paper in University about those lines…😆

[@maecooper8540]

My grandfather was a set designer. The project that he was most proud of was a production of King Lear starring Orson Welles. He had several stories about that production, but the best one was that Welles insisted that he wanted to rip up a giant map of England for every performance. Well, my grandfather didn't want to paint 100 maps of England. So he went to a printer who had one of the first Xerox machines so that he could paint it once and have it copied for all of the performances.

[@Redem10]

A possible 500 years old feud between writers and actor affecting Art even nowaday

[@Churchmilitant67]

I agree with your assessment of Wells as an actor, Citizen Kane and the third man are two of my most favorite movies.

[@bruscar8495]

"I shall be sent for soon... at night." What a line to end on. It gave me chills because Orson Welles himself did end up dying at night.

[@LenHummelChannel]

starting at 8:55, - *love your insights on the amazing "force of nature", the genius of Orson Welles, - an original in search of an audience that cares one way or another.*

[@brittanybecker170]

Is it frightening that when you describe Orson Wells' roles as a 'tyrant' who looked 'down on the world', Unicron makes way too much sense?

[@meteorrejector]

"the henry v cinematic universe" killed me

[@Melvinshermen]

Freddy Thornton yes Shakespeare did it first

[@EndingSimple]

The battle scene in The Chimes convinced me that that was how real melee battles were were fought. Never forgot that scene.

[@brain_apostrophe_t]

Don't worry about it being summer or Shakespeare month anymore and just do all year round Shakespeare videos, please. (By which I mean, do them all year but with other vids in between). I mean you clearly enjoy it, and your enjoyment makes us enjoy it. The time limit doesn't really have a purpose if none of us really mind, considering we're just here to listen to you talk about something interesting, and Shakespeare is always interesting.

[@representationmetaphorique]

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[@featheredskyblue]

I listen to the old Summer of Shakespeare videos whenever I'm feeling a lack of bard in my life, and I could definitely go for a year of Shakespeare. More Shakespeare is always a good thing to me (maybe accompanied by some other pieces, because I love me some Renaissance plays in many forms).

[@enflamedhuevos]

6:24 Bruh William Shakespeare was doing post credits scenes for sequels in goddamn Elizabethan England 😂

[@captainmidnight]

How did I not find this until just now? Great video.

[@SoleMan117]

Just perfect Kyle...just perfect. I can't help but think that Falstaff is used as the common archetype in comedy today: Alf had Falstaff as an Alien, Futurama had him as a robot, Archer has him as a Secret Agent. How I Met Your Mother renamed him Barney Stinson, and Two and Half Men called him Charlie Harper, Friends called him Joey Tribiani. He truly is the Clown with a Thousand Faces.

[@aspetty]

Wonderful work Kyle. I hope you continue the tradition and the great work. I feel like I'm getting a great lesson on film, history, literature, music, and theater all at once from that college professor you loved to go to class for when I view your videos. They are insightful, well spoken, and well researched. Keep up the great work.

[@buckleygeneration]

One of the greatest performances of all time.

[@MegaOrwell1984]

Yay, new video; I alway look forward to a new episode. I've been a fan since the blip era.

[@valeriemclean192]

5:05 It makes sense (to me, at least) that the guy who originated Dogberry and Bottom would have played Falstaff. 5:43 The Norton that I use has that amalgam you mentioned, and it also refers to Falstaff as 'Oldcastle' in one line. 8:06 He also wrote "The Merry Wives of Windsor"-- essentially allowing him to have his cake and eat it too. Orson would approve (9:38). 10:15 Ah, 'The Third Man'. A great film. One of Welles' best performances. A terribly dissonant soundtrack. It'd be interesting to see your complete take on it. It makes me wonder how he would have done Gatsby. 11:19 I'm pretty sure Falstaff gets the message in 1 Henry IV II.v.439 "I do, I will." About 3 minutes in, you even had the lead-in for it. Then again, that could just be my interpretation of Hal, but that entire scene sets up his rebuff of Falstaff in 2 Henry IV quite well. 13:01 Ah, don't sweat it. You make great videos, I always look forward to seeing them. And sorry if I sound nitpicky, I just love these plays, and have many things to say about them.

[@Twentythousandlps]

It's a very skillful condensation of two plays - Henry iv Part One and Two. But do take in Shakespeare's plays as well.

[@hannahmoran2149]

Urgh, I can't believe Summer of Shakespeare is ending! But what a film to end it with. Do you think maybe next year you could do the film "Shakespeare in Love"? I know it isn't an adaptation of one of Shakespeare's works, but I think it's definitely the culmination of that Shakespeare in media craze that happened in the 90s. Loved loved LOVED this installment!

[@ceilingotaku]

Thank you for being one of the key figures inspiring me to pursue my major - media production & criticism with a minor in film. Your videos are always high quality and extensively researched, and you made me love film critically. I cannot begin to thank you enough for that.

[@AE-lw1ug]

[@donaldreed2351]

This is very VERY good.

[@Inspectornills]

Welles usually plays villains with a booming voice that looks down on others? Man, no wonder he made an awesome Unicron. Destiny... you cannot... destroy... my... DESTINY!

[@SimarilRL]

You are to me the best youtuber working right now. Your content is pure gold. Thanks for another summer with the bard.

[@sirrliv]

To be fair Kyle, it still feels very summer-y here in Texas, with sunny days and temperatures in the 80's & 90's. Besides, with the quality of your work, magnificent introspections such as this, I think I would not be alone in saying to hell with petty arbitrary concepts like the beginnings and endings of seasons. So long as you do not try to rush a video with the result of the quality suffering, we are all most thankful for your wisdom whenever it may come.

[@thequietdreamer2186]

Ditto for Florida.

[@bifflechips-t5r]

And doubly so here in Vegas!

[@cassiebrien2290]

Same in LA

[@Lexivor]

It was 80 here yesterday even in Ohio!

[@malloryelmo]

One thing you didn't mention: Falstaff appears alive and well, though as a less important character and without such a strong personality, in Henry VI Part One, which takes place after Henry V but was written before any of the Henriad plays. Some editors try to correct this continuity error by changing his name to Fastolfe, but the First Folio clearly identifies him as 'Iohn Falstaffe'.

[@MarquisSmith]

Who needs summer anyway? Autumn of Shakespeare works fine. (You'd call it Fall Of Shakespeare, but that sounds like one of those terrible "he didn't write it!" documentaries)

[@UberMan5000]

Season of Shakespeare. Theatrical seasons always run a little long, anyway. ;)

[@tatehildyard5332]

Deep Fried Jesus He actually did an episode all about those people. It was the theme of his episode where he analyzed Rolland Emmerich's "Anonymous".

[@Kraut108]

I used to watch you on TGWTG. When you left I lost track of you. After a year or so I found your channel by complete chance and I basically exploded in happiness.

[@Mcmos9000]

Let's not forget about Welles' greatest villain role, Unicron in the Transformers animated movie!

[@DarcOfTheShadows]

Your reviews are the only thing I ever look forward to during the summer. Here's to next year.

[@matthewdoyle6823]

Well done yet again. I watch it every few years. Cheers.

[@Foxpawed]

I think the majority of your fans appreciate the quality-over-quantity of your work. Same as SJWAC. I don't mind waiting if it means you keep consistently putting out awesome stuff. That's why I financially support your work.

[@alexsdemkin]

Wells reminds me of the Yugioh card "pot of greed" and " "Goblin of Greed" just the way they look.

[@FranciscoJxL]

It could've been a year since your last video, and I'd still be excited when I see it in my sub box. I'm never disappointed by anything you make. And if this serves as consolation, where I live, it wasn't even sumer when you finished, so you're good in my book :)

[@SilentChelsea]

another great!! the summer of shakespeare has come to a close and i will miss it but i look forward to some new stuff. love the work you do, it has inspired my to add a lot more of ol' billy shake on my "to watch" and "to read" lists.

[@quiroz923]

I'd heard of Kemp, his speculated feud with Shakespeare, and his departure, but I didn't know that it could have been the cause of Falstaff's off stage death. This video has given me an interesting way to see it, and reminded me why it's important to remember that Shakespeare's plays did not exist in a vacuum: the real context that they were written in affected them and determined them in many ways, from the big things like who was ruling to possibly the smaller stuff, like the actors he had at his disposal. This was a particularly poignant example of the latter: the departure of an actor may have caused an actor to died and created a tragedy that ol' Billy Shakes probably didn't have in mind, judging from the original epilogue, but ended up creating anyway; and Welles picked up that tragedy and took all its cut up parts from the many different plays that it is part of, and he made it whole by turning it into a unit, a singular film.

[@warrirornunluv801]

Dude, it doesn't matter if you missed the deadline. All that matters is the fun and enjoyment that you have in your work!

[@schrama007]

Ga zo door. Ga zo door. Een vleugje cultuur in de woestijn van smakeloosheid en kortzichtigheid is altijd gewenst.

[@griffithadams9232]

Just finished reading Falstaff: Give Me Life and watching Chimes at Midnight. Amazing video. Thank you for the awesome epilogue to those!

[@williammartel7843]

I hope you'll be doing more this year. These are my favorite!

[@chishionohana]

I've been longing to hear you talk in depth about the Henry IV plays for so many years, so this was such a treat

[@brendanmcnally9145]

Well done, Kyle! Chimes at Midnight is my favorite!! You did it justice.

[@archer1949]

The Henriad is probably my favorite thing of all things. I have never seen this, but I really look forward to checking it out.

[@Cabochon1360]

"Honor, then, hath no skill as a surgeon." Falstaff's musings to himself may be the most incisive and honest words in all of Shakespeare's plays.

[@marcdunworth]

Just got this the other day on DVD. The extras are lovely and even includes an interview with Beatrice Welles, Orson's daughter who played his page in the movie.

[@CarelessFoolFallsFlat]

The best kind of summer is the one that lasts 4 months. Your productions are consistently well-polished and your analyses are eloquently put. Here's to the next Summer and the reviews that will come before it.

[@Yojonbo]

Just stumbled across this channel while looking at some Chimes at Midnight stuff. I love your style and content. Subscribed.

[@apizzathatgiantforthesimpl5191]

Wonderful video, Kyle! Your content is worth waiting for, so don't beat yourself up about not meeting the exact time restrictions.

[@Ronin11111111]

I'm just happy whenever you release a new video.

[@terminator324343]

First, wonderful review! Second, Kyle, you mentioned, while reviewing Kenneth Brannagh's "Hamlet," that some directors focus on the story (the revenge of Hamlet) over the plot (the tensions between Norway and Denmark). I'm just curious: does it seem that some people overemphasize the story of Henry IV (the maturity and development of Prince Hal) instead of giving good focus on the plot (the civil wars and the environment that Prince Hal grows up in)?

[@DFloyd84]

I don't begrudge you being a few days late to end the Summer of Shakespeare. As long as you're happy enough to let us see the video you've put together, I'm satisfied.

[@alexandrafokine3227]

That Marvel-style animation for the Henriad theatrical universe.... I had to pause the video it was so funny. You're brilliant.

[@ROBOTPETER101]

Huh, I literally just finished your last video and was like 'oh, shoot, might be a bit until his next one it seems.' So hey, nice. Love your stuff.

[@isabeamon1190]

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

[@Cabochon1360]

So glad I finally got to see this film recently. I knew it from Isaac Asimov's description, but the actual film was unavailable for so long. Note: there's no actual "official end" (or beginning) of seasons. We can time the solstices and equinoxes precisely, but the seasons are regional and variable. Interesting to note that in Shakespeare's time, it was the summer solstice (usually about June 21) that was called Midsummer.

[@blackbird5634]

excellent assessment. Definitely looking forward to watching more. Thanks for posting.

[@hernanrubindearmas5640]

Thanks, for more on Shakespeare, Falstaff and Welles. Though here´s no Welles appreciation on Kamelot´s refugees, the consideration on character/actor/Welles is beautiful, magnificent.

[@matthewkuchinski1769]

Great Review. I truly enjoy these Shakespeare reviews, as well as many of the other reviews that you have given. I hope that you will do more Shakespeare reviews next year.

[@WillShakes423]

Truth be told, I'm glad I found this video. Orson is a great actor and he deserves the praise he already has.

[@MaydeOfDreams]

Kyle, you are so fantastic! As if by magic, you have extended my summer!

[@MrGyges]

I’ve always admired this film, and Welles too ( for all his faults ). Well done, a worthy tribute.

[@dondevice3342]

Well, I'll be damned if this isn't a stand out piece of work. Well researched, a nice deep reading. In the respect the man is do thank you for this. You spare me the pain of attempting to do it myself. And doubtless less well.

[@gamestation2690]

Considering how long it took to release Summer of Shakespeare videos this year, I think you deserve a break next year, so we could see more on that long list of Patreon-requested reviews.

[@akaisamurai]

A great review and a great look at Orson Welles too. Thanks for turning me on to this movie and more. Cheers.

[@richardsiciliano7117]

I just saw this film for the first time, a truly amazing experience. I have rewatched it at least 5 times in the last 2 weeks. Ranks right up there with the best of Orson's American films. Even the closing credits are fascinating.

[@TomWilson]

Excellent work.

[@davidells6760]

Alas, poor Falstaff … He was happy in the daze of the drunken hour, but Heaven knows he’s miserable now!

[@vinc2303]

that movie is great! Thank you, without you, i would have Never Watched that gem!

[@sedgeflower]

This video was especially poignant. Well done, and thank you for the heart and effort that you put into it.

[@MadameChristie]

The Stratford Festival of Ontario currently have their own condensed Henriad running. They call it The Breathe of Kings

[@meteorrejector]

very well done, kyle! i saw chimes at midnight for the first time recently, and i actually hated it, but this video gave me a much bigger appreciation for both the film and for orson welles. thanks dude!

[@elizabethhenry6605]

I am ridiculously late to the party, but this has been brilliant. Thank you!

[@libertines24]

Beautiful review. Gave me goosebumps at the end. Loved it.

[@Skullkan6]

Damn man... your videos always feel like they end almost too early in a way that leaves me wanting more and to see the film. you found a way around just outlining the movie and its addictive.

[@LieutenantAmerica]

The Third Man is still my favorite of Orson Welles' roles (though that may just be because I've never seen Chimes at Midnight); Harry Lime is one of my favorite villains in film history.

[@lindabuonline]

I Love Falstaff. Love him for years and now love him more due to your video.

[@JaesadaSrisuk]

I find the idea of Falstaff representing the personification of a "Merry Olde England" to be fascinating. Also, I can't even being to comprehend the scholarly rigor required to find out which actors contemporary with Shakespeare performed which roles in his plays.

[@davidmisch7182]

Really terrific docu.

[@davidbrown4140]

A tavern,espied through the bare meadows,a smoky pot,stars a twinkle,frosty breath and frozen leaves,embraced welcome,the roaring fire,there,under timber eaved inn,sit Will,Falstaff,sac held,embraced,Henry,et al,conversing,and,looking up,welcome the stranger into their midst...this,is my Heaven...

[@kostasvantzos8023]

Anyone other went to faint of joy when he saw the Henry V timeline? I mean, a Shakespeare geek lives for things like this.. I love it!!

[@mysteryperson1976]

As someone who is close to a lot of morris dancers, I always love it when I see William Kemp mentioned.

[@filipeelias9612]

This is an amazing vídeo. Thank you.

[@ShotDownInFlames2]

Really. Maybe his best.

[@wigglyziggly]

Anyone else mistake this title for the Doctor Who audio drama? I'm sure it's just me but y'know it would be nice to not be the only one feeling ashamed and embarrassed.

[@gamestation2690]

That's "The Chimes OF Midnight."

[@wigglyziggly]

I know, again thanks for making me feel more ashamed and embarrassed ;D

[@Popcultureguy3000]

Leonardo Zighelboim It's a fantastic Doctor Who story. The actors gave it their all and you could really see the core of both Charlie and The Eighth Doctor shine through. It's no surprise to me that Charlotte Pollard is Steven Moffet's favorite audio companion (maybe his favorite eu companion?) when this the audio he likes to listen to the most.

[@SonofSethoitae]

@@Popcultureguy3000 The sheer lack of Paul McGann in any visual medium lately is criminal. He's a wonderful Doctor

[@someonerandom8552]

In Australia it's Summer practically all year. In fact we're in summer (or at least it feels like it.) More Shakespeare!!

[@tipsyviewer1495]

I feel that people should start out with a director’s favorite movies or the director’s favorite of their’s to get a good taste of what they’re going for in their movies. Chimes At Midnight is my first Orson Welles movie and that’s because of you. I might not share the same political, but your analysis of film is the reason I watched “Chimes”, so thanks and good night.

[@jimpickard3850]

Very very interesting and enjoyable video .. I'll be checking out your others

[@Moscato_Moscato]

GEEZ! Kyle it's like you don't want to talk about anything!!

[@Jjrmtv]

brilliantly done. Welles version of Falstaff is my favorite as well.

[@andrews527]

It's possible that WS simply liked the connotation of the name Oldcastle re: the Lost England theme of the tavern-dweller characters, and didn't create Falstaff out of the historical Oldcastle. The skills of the actor-investor WS wrote the role for seem the impetus for SJF's tragicomedy.

[@TS2dethmonkey]

This certainly my favorite of Orson Welles movies, though I will admit that with this film included I have only seen three.

[@davidcolby167]

I'm now really curious where you heard of Khorne...

[@jdprettynails]

Blood for the blood god! Skulls for the skull throne! Seemingly unrelated interests often intersect in interesting and unexpected ways

[@GeoffBurt08]

Well done Kyle.

[@Philbert-s2c]

"Yeah, the more things change..." And ain't that the sorry truth?

[@DwRockett]

Can you look at “The other side of wind” now that it’s out?