Wells theories on how performers win over an audience
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@LesterPruitt7 жыл бұрын
I am in total awe of this man. So brilliant with an unpretentious, down to earth quality.
@swolltits3927 Жыл бұрын
That's funny because I would never use unpretentious to describe him. I acknowledge he was a man of contradictions and was many things to many different people. But I cant help but see him as pretentious in the best way.
@kennethbrady6 жыл бұрын
Kids...THIS is what a titan looks like. LOVE you Orson.
@michaeljayklein5009 жыл бұрын
"Your cake gets moist and all your troubles are over". I truly cannot think of anybody more fascinating, more outrageously witty, and more (sometimes painfully) insightful than Orson Welles (well, Groucho ranks up there too in my estimation). It makes me wish there were 20 million miles of his thoughts recorded on tape. Thanks for sharing this!
@TheDisinterestedSpectator6 жыл бұрын
You might be interested in reading his published interviews with Peter Bogdanovich: _This is Orson Welles_ (Da Capo 1998).
@spinoz23193 жыл бұрын
Oscar Wilde?
@Anna.Lippert3 жыл бұрын
@@spinoz2319 Indeed ― absolutely ― as well Oscar Wilde...
@bobstevens32653 жыл бұрын
@@TheDisinterestedSpectator unfortunately it includes Peter Bogdanovich
@sandrashevey82523 жыл бұрын
She was gobsmacked..could barely regain her composure!
@ricarleite11 жыл бұрын
I could hear Orson Welles speak for hours
@jebidiahkorn4 жыл бұрын
he speaks for four
@ericad86162 жыл бұрын
Sometimes the word "brilliant" tends to be overused when describing celebrities, but it's the perfect word to describe Orson Welles. He was a brilliant filmmaker, brilliant speaker, brilliant storyteller. The world is poorer and a little less interesting with him no longer in it.
@lennyjackson74677 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! Genius!! Greatest speaking voice of all time.
@richardmcleod59675 жыл бұрын
As usual, Orson Welles makes statements in this interview that will remain with you for the rest of your life. He was somewhat saddened by the changes happening in the World today, and that included Nations, cultures, cities all over the World that have lost or are losing their identity. He once stated that Madrid, Spain was one of the last cities on the face of the Earth to still have some of its' unique qualities. But, he later commented that sadly that unique quality even in Madrid was also losing its' identity. I don't think Orson Welles would be very happy with the World today because of the Internet and computer as they have aided heavily to this tremendous loss of identity with individuals and cultures today. It is all becoming the same, with fewer and fewer unique cultural qualities.
@michaeljames49044 жыл бұрын
Central Madrid even today is like stepping back into all the ancient European capitals that were wiped away by time, because Spain’s neutrality during WWII meant it was rare among all those most historic of cities not to have a large part of itself levelled to rubble from the air. You’re so right though, Welles’s remark decrying the moon landing was a case in point. He felt that our doing so had permanent robbed that celestial pale night orb of the mystery and enchantment it had held for all time for all of humanity.
@richardmcleod59674 жыл бұрын
@@michaeljames4904 I don't think Orson Welles would be very happy in this World we live in today. Even at the time of his death, there was a sadness he oftentimes expressed in his interviews expressing how he felt towards the fast changing World we find ourselves in today. Not necessarily that it is changing (as change of some sort always happens) but that it was all becoming the same. A World that is losing its' unique cultural qualities and even losing specific vocal qualities and certainly traditions that once defined one cultural group from another one. Maybe that is what the term "Globalism" really means? I guess it would be a good idea to visit Madrid Spain from what both you and Orson Welles have said about that now unique city amongst the Capitals and cultures of the World. For the others (even Madrid), they are now meshing together and all losing their individual identities with MacDonald's Restaurant seeming to be one of the most commonly seen sights around the World today. Some people would think that to be good, but to me it is a sad loss of the uniqueness in different places we once knew (and not so long ago) on this Planet we live. Previously there was a color and spice amongst the various cultures of the World whereas today the World is becoming colorless and lacking individual identities.
@michaeljames49044 жыл бұрын
Richard McLeod It’s true that twenty years ago Dublin was much the same for identical reasons of wartime neutrality but its central skyline has since been robbed of its former authenticity by globomodernist architecture. I know just how the old raconteur felt, so very much, but as he died I think close to the arms of a model something like thirty years his junior I shan’t pity him too much. 😉
@richardmcleod59674 жыл бұрын
Orson Welles states in several of his many interviews that he was "Old-Fashioned" and liked "Old Fashioned" ideas and the way traditions and world views were in previous years.
@michaeljames49044 жыл бұрын
Juli Kidman I think this was Uncle’s view, no?
@Flickchaser8 жыл бұрын
Nobody could maintain control in an interview with Orson Welles unless he allowed. He takes the lead from Dinah with precision and polish. A legendary powerhouse. With monumental talent and presence. When that bass baritone voice takes command, with his trained inflection and nuance your attention is captured and held in an dramatic embrace, awaiting the next spoken word while following the thought and feeling the deep vocal resonance of a master at work.
@Billkwando2 жыл бұрын
Nobody can interrupt Orson Welles! He would make Howard Stern's head explode in an interview.
@MikehMike012 жыл бұрын
you writing a fanfic
@davidbeddoe6670 Жыл бұрын
Cocaine is a powerful drug.
@FormulaVase-kp3dc3 жыл бұрын
Orson was predicting the future of talk shows all the way back in 1979.
@robertortiz-wilson158811 ай бұрын
Yep.
@TheouAegis15 жыл бұрын
"Most of the people laughing on that box died long ago." That made me but out laughing. The good actors are all gone -- the charismatic voice is practically no more. RIP Master Welles.
@jeffmotsinger82032 жыл бұрын
He didn't talk about it, he demonstrated it!
@jeffstone21365 жыл бұрын
The most amazing thing about Welles was how modest he was. How polite. if anyone could afford to show off as little bit, it was him, but he never did.
@waynej26084 жыл бұрын
Very true. He was a real class act.
@PabluchoViision2 жыл бұрын
He pulled off a contradiction not unlike the one he described Johnny Carson as managing so brilliantly (coming off as the smartest guy in the room, but also the modest boy next door). I think Orson's trick may have been to embody this emperor (his word for Sinatra) figure exuding an air of mastery and command, while at the same time, not perhaps the boy next door, but a kindly and beloved uncle.
@CurtisWaltermire7 жыл бұрын
I've always been a fan of Orson since my youth, and love these old interviews. I've made my living for a long time entertaining LIVE audiences, and what he said back then is even truer now (if that's possible) than ever before. Genuine, LIVE audiences are a dying breed. Even for me, live audiences aren't what they used to be even back in the 1980s when I first started performing professionally. I've never really had to worry about "fake" audiences such as the TV studio audiences that he's describing, but live, paying audiences' expectations have changed drastically. Everything is compared to what people see on internet video, TV, etc., often without the slightest realization that such things are totally contrived. Reality TV isn't "REAL" at all (and I have been involved in TV enough over the years to know this to be true). I had a man say to me one time (he was being playful and fun, mind you, and not critical) "Who the hell do you think you are, David Blaine?" To which I replied "I was doing this stuff when David Blaine was a schoolboy." I love the challenge of a real, live, thinking audience and since the dynamic is ever-changing, it makes things still fresh and exciting for me even after 30 years in the business. TV fame and other fame comes and goes, but the performer who can engage and work live audiences well will always find gainful employment, regardless of how famous he may or may not be..
@briant21403 жыл бұрын
Orson delivers again. He had a way of getting to the essence of a subject and laying it bare for all to see.
@AengusFallon15 жыл бұрын
I'd have given anything to meet with this man and hear his opinions on any subject. The cinema lost its greatest creative genius when he died.
@darkangelzephyron12 жыл бұрын
2:57 "and you know that most of the people laughing on that box died long ago". PRICELESS!!
@bernardguynunns56583 жыл бұрын
Laughing out of the box from the grave, that's you now Orson!
@JSTNtheWZRD3 жыл бұрын
Except for the mad assassin
@csfan654 жыл бұрын
Orson Welles was a genius, in every sense of the word.
@lvolendrungl33625 жыл бұрын
He looked and sounded so full of life yet died 5 years later, life is crazy.
@bobstevens32653 жыл бұрын
a lot happens in 5 years; one can go from young to middle aged, or from middle aged to old. And perhaps if u are lucky, in rare cases vice-versa, at least for a little while
@vidiegoquam15 жыл бұрын
"Your cake gets moist and all your troubles are over!" Unknown aspects of brilliance from this man.
@KennethConyers8 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe these two were less then a year apart in age.
@Vingul4 жыл бұрын
whaat
@SteVin8914 жыл бұрын
Listen to that voice, it's wonderful.
@zmani4379 Жыл бұрын
Incredible, the way he outlines this topic - my head was spinning - the idea of what an audience really is - an independent entity waiting to be pleased - a beast out there in the dark waiting to pounce - and how the performer woos or dominates
@james54605 жыл бұрын
When Orson was going through those commercials, I was hoping that Dinah would chip in, "and like when someone says that they will serve no wine before its time!"
@rickdynes3 жыл бұрын
sell
@lindashelley36357 жыл бұрын
This was fascinating and I would love to have heard more of Mr. Welles' theory.
@sclogse114 жыл бұрын
@Corvastus It was still her show...and she was always a pro. SHe simply knew she had a show to take care of at the same time.
@moranih8 жыл бұрын
Absolute genius
@Zopf-international7 жыл бұрын
Dinah is absolutely delightful. Orson is again the celestial Orson Welles.
@fredgarvinMP6 жыл бұрын
This is awesome. As relevant today as in 1979. Dinah was getting a little uncomfortable when he was revealing the man behind the curtain and I'm sure the producers in the booth were losiing their shit.
@allstarmark123453 жыл бұрын
Damn straight! She’s cringing and trying to hustle this rant
@DINOLOVER67172 жыл бұрын
The only real audience by his account is the audience in comedy clubs. It’s true. You don’t hear any of the things he mentioned. We all know about canned laughter etc etc. I wish Orson was alive today; what a mind. I wish there were more talks of his available to us. Sheer brilliance
@ER1CwC10 ай бұрын
Audiences still exist in some places. For example, if you are performing at La Scala (the opera house in Milan) and the hard core fans don’t like you, they’ll let you have it. I was at a performance where they booed the tenor and the production team for a good ten-fifteen minutes. Likewise, British audiences can be icy. But audiences don’t exist in America anymore, since standing ovations are practically a reflex at this point. I would be interested in what he would have to say about that.
@NextScamdemic15 жыл бұрын
What a fascinating opinion - and to think this was on mainstream TV. Today, he wouldn't have been allowed to keep talking that long-the host would have cut him off. And props to Shore for asking intelligent questions, eliciting more great thoughts from Welles.
@truthiseverything95118 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Orson Wells was a true master.
@dmontes1333 жыл бұрын
So brilliant and ahead of his time! Some who deserves the description of genius!
@dougchatman8212 жыл бұрын
I'll never forget Orson Welles being on Merv's show and talking about the current music. He said something I would love to hear again, on how today's music was just a few words played on a short loop over and over again. Just a repetition of sound with no story telling. It was said in away that was so true , but I'd love to hear how he exactly said that , because it was so true.
@CraigWeinstein14 жыл бұрын
I agree with you. She wasn't being blown over by any means-- she wanted to listen to what he had to say. And it is very good wisdom for any performer to hear. What he is talking about is something you have to OWN, pure and simple. From there you are only limited by your appearance and vocal cadence-- and even if you don't have a booming presence like Welles' you can still "own" or "seduce" in other ways. Welles was quite an amazing man.
@solidmotion15 жыл бұрын
What an entertaining and thought provoking clip. Thanks for sharing!
@MichaelSHartman4 жыл бұрын
An intelligent person who could perform so believablely, and direct so well that he could convince a nation into panic that an absurd possibility was happening all within a half hour.
@martinhanley95242 жыл бұрын
Genius
@topnotch4564 Жыл бұрын
Preach Orson.
@williameason57953 жыл бұрын
Rosebudd. Rosebudd
@donclark468511 жыл бұрын
Such a Bright and Entertaining man. I miss him.
@madelinethomasian91562 жыл бұрын
No one like him anymore he's so articulate knowledgeable well versed I didnt know he was the voice of the SHADOW many Many years ago.
@gopherstate777 Жыл бұрын
Because he was so many things and most people have trouble being anything!
@MrHEC38199111 жыл бұрын
Spot on.
@LenHummelChannel11 жыл бұрын
Orson was actually lamenting the passage [or 'virtual extinction'] of the critical REAL and demanding audience. ... and he was, of course, right. he was a genius at his craft. and a very honest man, ... even when he was lying or embellishing every word.
@NakedTongues13 жыл бұрын
come on you all Dinah was a class act Burt was a fool to give her up for Lonnie whatshername
@fredgarvinMP6 жыл бұрын
She's prettier than Loni Anderson too.
@MrRazorblade99912 жыл бұрын
That charisma. He eats up everything in a room with his presence. I'm surprised the audience had air to breath at all.
@JimMarshall5711 жыл бұрын
The Great GREAT Awesome Wells!
@clintcalvert9250 Жыл бұрын
It’s why preachers seem so fake. They’re not themselves. They’re trying to get something from an audience. You must give a gift to the audience.
@alfandeddie7 жыл бұрын
What an erudite cat!
@bh56064 жыл бұрын
Great....
@mightyxo11 жыл бұрын
BRAVO, sir! So wonderfully observed and explained.
@sumofann171310 жыл бұрын
awesome to watch a master. thanks for posting.
@baronzaebos88884 жыл бұрын
I would say the most charismatic man of the 20th century.
@guinnesstrail14 жыл бұрын
Pound for pound, America's greatest dictor.
@gopherstate777 Жыл бұрын
Ounce per ounce a spelling whiz!
@theflorgeormix Жыл бұрын
U love Orson. Great voice...very Hollywood. He always shared his heart
@dtzjones76325 жыл бұрын
The great man's right 🤗
@mattkprovideo10 жыл бұрын
He didnt let Dinah get a word in edgewise
@kiwitrainguy Жыл бұрын
I found her interruptions annoying.
@choatelodge15 жыл бұрын
Look at Dinah, forcing that smile and doing exactly what Orson is talking about... and he knows it as he speaks! She obviously didn't know how far Orson intended to go with his allusion and the more uncomfortable and out of her control the situation, the bigger the strained leer she pastes onto her mug. Then Welles calms the waters as he proceeds with the interview at HIS pace, so that she never resents nor seems to realize she has become the sidekick on her own show. Orson the master.
@johnheart6890 Жыл бұрын
Such insightful comments. No doubt these comments are still essentially true. Actors have to know about this relationship with an audience or they lose or fail. Still, the internet has altered the audience even further- audiences are so different now compared to the days of Dinah’s show. I wonder what Orson would think of KZbin? To be honest, I kind of miss the kind of show business that Dinah and Orson performed. There was more dignity for the artists in those days than there is now. Ah, time…..
@LorenzoCarbonaramusic15 жыл бұрын
I love this man!
@TheJabberwock11 жыл бұрын
Did you see how that lady lit up when he said he word "raped"?
@Jude107c14 жыл бұрын
This guy is a GENIUS! PURE GENIUS!
@darrencarter Жыл бұрын
Fantastic!
@vicmclaglen16317 жыл бұрын
I tend to get in a lot of trouble now for speaking the truth in such a way as this.
@bobstevens32653 жыл бұрын
It was ever thus. No doubt u get accused of being "opinionated". But isn't everyone?
@CinemaDave11 жыл бұрын
Welcome to cyberspace, I'm lost in the fog everything's digital I'm still analog when something goes wrong I don't have a clue sign on with high speed you don't have to wait sit there for days and vegetate I access my email, read all my spam, I'm an analog man. the whole world's living in a digital dream it's not really there it's all on the screen makes me forget who I am by Joe Walsh
@RedcoatsReturn4 жыл бұрын
Profound and deep thinking to the end!
@krod13696 жыл бұрын
2:55 gives me chilles every time!
@glennorange5 жыл бұрын
Every theatre person should watch this!
@monsieurhassan14 жыл бұрын
He;s absolutely right, . .. sincerity is engendered in the people when they actually pay for something . . . they take it more seriously then
@bandiit1712 жыл бұрын
Orson Welles was never interviewed.
@RaphaelAnthony Жыл бұрын
I think he was referring to the world of vaudeville, but boy wild love to hear his take on what TikTok is. Strangers getting attention from other strangers
@thehouseofcm7 жыл бұрын
So ahead of his Time we are living in the moment that the audience is disappearing with some exceptions (Movies and performances on a stage seem 2 be immune). What a brilliant man his peers must have hated him so much that was sabotaged from making movies.
@PatrickLeeRyan15 жыл бұрын
Spellbinding. As always. Brilliant.
@HS2218115 жыл бұрын
Oh ya, I'm all about the happy ending. Love me long time please.
@RH3D14 жыл бұрын
he is awesome.
@pendafen7405 Жыл бұрын
the shaaaaaaade at Sinatra I love it King
@eslubin13 жыл бұрын
@doctornoooo surely you jest. loni was the best
@yb171114 жыл бұрын
What a total badass
@pandaeyes425 ай бұрын
AAAH, THE PERFORMERS!!!
@emmanuelgilliot61284 ай бұрын
A genius ! The only one !
@drewpowers72363 жыл бұрын
As he was mid talking about the audience being a beast and you need to seduce it or it needs to be tamed or raped etc...her eyes lit up and she was about to exclaim "how exciting!" At that moment Orsen could of taken her right there on live TV. Legend!!!
@gopherstate777 Жыл бұрын
I love this comment!
@michaelboyce93732 жыл бұрын
What a shame Hearst did his career in!
@chrisstone60789 жыл бұрын
so true! hard facts!
@SnowGiant.95 жыл бұрын
Brilliant 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
@TheDisinterestedSpectator6 жыл бұрын
2:59-3:06 - Priceless.
@robertortiz-wilson158811 ай бұрын
This guy is so awesome!
@musicom6713 жыл бұрын
@Flickchaser Unless you're Paul Masson - wine, that is!
@scorsese16 жыл бұрын
Genius
@Igor-ps5cd Жыл бұрын
Brilliant mind
@ricarleite11 жыл бұрын
GENIUS
@napndash Жыл бұрын
Dinah who?
@sclogse114 жыл бұрын
Jaqueline Bisset..man...that gal is so fine. That of course, means, that Orson and she got to say hello. She showed up in my neighborhood..here in S.F. on 16th St. at the Roxie theatre...took some shots outside. And orson, was always a fan of the world.
@LitchAustin9 жыл бұрын
I suspect that part of why stand-up comics have been such particular centers of creative brilliance over the last few decades is because they were one of the few performers who regularly faced a Welles "Audience". However even that ethic of audience is fading, fairly often even a bad comic will be treated politely these days. In fact one of the few place we see real occasional hostile audiences is right here. KZbin is the last flower of critical audiences, not just a handful of people scattered all across the country, but handfuls on handfuls, tiered up together on line to jeer and throw vitual brickbats and rotten fruit.
@EricFontenot9 жыл бұрын
This is a great share. Thank you, R. Michael Litchfield. I do agree with ***** to a point. A lot of the KZbin audience really are yelling at each other. It's more like an out of control Jerry Springer episode where one member stands up to make a point and the rest of the group pounces on them to illustrate how terribly they utilize the word "the" in their synopsis of the situation presented to them.
@ericvalenzuela47088 жыл бұрын
+R. Michael Litchfield You're not a bad philosopher of media. Are you familiar with Marshal McLuhan?
@LitchAustin8 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I have read some of his stuff, but I think he's gotten kind of dated.
@brettrosenberg3 жыл бұрын
he really blew some minds here
@mvies7713 жыл бұрын
Correction on comment below. Stupid iPhone spell check! It is supposed to say, Orson was a genius and knew it!
@eslubin14 жыл бұрын
visionary words by welles. there is no audience today, we're all on stage here on youtube
@krackheadkola14 жыл бұрын
@choatelodge this is exactly , the replica of my thoughts during the clip. nicely writen
@eslubin13 жыл бұрын
@choatelodge maybe if he didn't do that his career would have flourished
@PabluchoViision2 жыл бұрын
What a joy, the only rain cloud being brevity. Welles is a commanding presence, fascinating, insightful, witty, and entertaining. Dinah is absolutely lovely (can't get enough of her little old fashioned Southernisms, when Orson says something outrageous, she'll give a little "Good heavens!" or some such), not just beautiful but smart, perceptive, with a lovely demeanor. Enchanting!
@clydenolet7364 жыл бұрын
I really like the tenor approach. Like vaudville strongman acts.. You made sure to have fat handles or unique objects to keep any spectator from having his moment.
@justbeyondthecornerproduct35402 жыл бұрын
Is it just me or does the laugh after the line "most of the people that laughed died long ago" sound.... Really old? Sounds like a joke from the editors to me 😂