Orson Welles on Acting and Directing. From an interview conducted in Paris in 1960. Help Support The Narrative Art. Products and transcripts available at www.thenarrati...
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@MikelGCinema3 жыл бұрын
"Movie directing is the only job in the world where you can be utterly incompetent and have career for over 30 years without anybody discovering it" Such a powerful and truthful comment...only him could have said it.
@schmebulockjizz3 жыл бұрын
Lets see if we agree with these examples: James Wan Sam Méndez The people who make bullshit teen dramas The directors behind the terrible modern day horror movies, like conjuring 3 and countless others Adam Wingard David benioff (not director but whatever) Many people behind most nextflix tv shows, like Lauren Schmith People working at Bloomhouse studios. Some of the more cookie cutter directors at marvel studios. Sucess is never ever proportional to quality.
@MikelGCinema3 жыл бұрын
@@schmebulockjizz and the impossibly more mediocre of Ron Howard.
@hevykevy3162 жыл бұрын
@@MikelGCinema mediocre maybe, incompetent no.
@Johnconno Жыл бұрын
Ron Howards appalling work is only matched by his astonishing good looks.
@zombiesl4yer499 Жыл бұрын
@@schmebulockjizz I know you didn't just lump Sam Mendez into that list! Maybe you didn't like Empire of Light or the Bond films he did, but god damn, 1917 is a masterpiece. Mendez is too good to be on that list.
@pam06266 жыл бұрын
This was back when interviewers really did their homework and asked meaningful questions. Their conversation blossomed from just one key question, “Is your acting performance affected negatively or positively when you are also the director of the film?”
@monwhooperinvasive80646 жыл бұрын
pam0626 this was back when people had a real education.
@bishlap6 жыл бұрын
and people's attention span lasted more than 3 seconds.
@misterexpresshimself5 жыл бұрын
@Dante Murch what do you mean?
@NostalgiNorden5 жыл бұрын
well...he was kind of pushing the question on him 3 or 4 times until the conversation "Blossomed". If he had done his research eh wouldn't have had to ask the question in the first place.
@jcc69133 жыл бұрын
I think that a lot of interviewers are still like that, but they tend to be in more esoteric publications
@floyjoy3 жыл бұрын
That last statement was profound. The director has be something of a writer, cameraman, editor, etc. This makes me think of Chaplin who I consider one of the greatest director. Chaplin even wrote the music to accompany his movies once movies had a sound track. The composed the music for his silent films too.
@JD373 жыл бұрын
This interview is on fire. Thank you algorithms.
@palecap5 ай бұрын
Can't help but admire this man. Even when it seems someone is trying to back him into a corner, he responds with candor but absolute fairness. Just the facts, as he sees them.
@jeremyevans8374 Жыл бұрын
Gotta love that Mid-Atlantic accent. Smooth as silk.
@dennymandrake98175 жыл бұрын
Orson...please come here via time machine!
@samfilmkid6 жыл бұрын
That last bit about directing is so fucking true.
@krisjill59183 жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly. This man was a genius!
@bacht47993 жыл бұрын
And that’s why one of the reasons why Kubrick was a brilliant as he was .. and it’s funny sorry too say this nonsense I know it’s annoying but I was thinking something about that too except I wouldn’t have the genius or knowledge that Mr Welles have..
@margaritalazo31934 ай бұрын
I love his voice! Your pronunciation. Is special. ❤
@donaldmatthew49803 жыл бұрын
The greatest actor Ever, watch Citizen Kane, Orson Welles was amazing.
@davidtignor66983 ай бұрын
welles put everthing on the line with citizen kane . is career was bascially over after that ,he was blacklisted without pubically being blacklisted . he stepped on peoples toes iscareer was never the same. citizan kane is the greatest film ever made
@pahari753 жыл бұрын
Seems so real and in the moment as if this conversation is happening right now in 2021 not 61 years ago!!
@DanJanTube5 жыл бұрын
I genuinely love this man. Despite his reputation, he was so magnanimous when discussing his peers, so self-effacing and even self-critical, somehow without being phony.
@Kareragirl4 жыл бұрын
He also wasn't a racist or sexist, which was very common back in the day.
@themoreyouknowfools49742 жыл бұрын
@@Kareragirl lol he hates Irish men
@lourencooliva74292 жыл бұрын
Nonsensical comment, if the artist is born in a certain time, of course the common habits of the time are relevant.
@dezvyzelman97777 ай бұрын
It's called class. A quality not that abundant nowadays
@tubian3235 ай бұрын
I always admired him for not putting his name first in his movies, also he didn't always make himself the hero. Often he was the villain in his own films.
@nanny2876 ай бұрын
“The Third Man”’where Orson played the “Harry Lime” character he discusses briefly at the beginning of this video is his best role. I loved the cinematography and camera angles in this excellent black and white film with the great Joseph Cotten, Orson’s friend. There were many rumors that Orson “informally co-directed” this film, which does reflect Orson’s style, but no one formally admitted to it that I am aware of. The credited director, Carol Reed, did an outstanding job as well.
@8TENASTER8IDSАй бұрын
.....Good Afternoon, yes but you need to watch the 2 films that Carol Reed directed prior to The Third Man (1949) to appreciate and understand Reed's directing style and camera work/angles, Odd Man Out (1947) and The Fallen Idol (1948).....interestingly Robert Krasker was the same cinematographer for both Odd Man Out (1947) and The Third Man (1949), so Orson Welles would have been fully aware of this prior to accepting his acting role for The Third Man.....additionally, Carol Reed produced all 3 of these films, likewise all 3 films won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film.....
@knightlight2627 Жыл бұрын
I could listen to both Welles & Friedkin talk about filmmaking for hours.
@zombiesl4yer4993 жыл бұрын
Imagine what Orson Welles would have done in today’s age of filmmaking. He would’ve shown a lot of these phonies a few things.
@JohnC-er3rg Жыл бұрын
Yes with the advances in technology he wouldn’t be restrained as much with trying to find financing
@chriswiggins16793 ай бұрын
Who are people talking about when they say "these insert whatever". There have always been trash film makers. His time is full of trashy forgotten movies. We have great movies today and great filmakers as well as trash. What Im saying is great filmmakers dont prevent bad ones.
@dallasbrunson36776 жыл бұрын
Absolutely astounding
@rre9121Ай бұрын
I don't really give a crap about movies, but i like hearing Orson Welles speak. There's a lot going on in that noggin of his, and I couldn't name a single movie he's made.
@govanentertainment17772 ай бұрын
He’s a great inspiration, no doubt.
@aslan93344 жыл бұрын
When he stared talking about Charlie Chaplin - God i wish i had been alive during this time!
@bobtaylor170 Жыл бұрын
Twenty years ago, I was talking with a friend about the qualitative difference between various artists and celebrities of 2002 and those circa 1960.
@YomsterFUT137 ай бұрын
@@bobtaylor170I’m with you guys but h also think we over romanticise a time where we weren’t there and take nowadays for granted in how many insanely talented people are you there across a bunch of mediums.
@bobtaylor1707 ай бұрын
@@YomsterFUT13 what pleases and surprises me is how many young people there are who are first rate classical musicians and opera singers. I've seen articles about the fact that fifty years ago, such people would gotten jobs with major companies easily, but now, there just isn't the audience interest which there once was.
@bishlap6 жыл бұрын
Orson was too down to earth and "normal" for the Hollywood elite and Hollywood BS.
@NostalgiNorden4 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't call him "Down to earth" at all. Very smart for sure but also larger than life.
@DC-zi6se4 жыл бұрын
His ego was bigger than everyone. He was enormously intelligent but never down to earth.
@Gorboduc3 жыл бұрын
I suspect the "big courtroom scene" he mentions was Compulsion.
@Conn30Mtenor Жыл бұрын
He often played the villain in his films. You can never expect that of the likes of Costner or Mel Gibson.
@urubear Жыл бұрын
“What you’re trying to get me to admit…” 👏👏👏
@monwhooperinvasive80646 жыл бұрын
Great man.
@ny49785 жыл бұрын
Roy Batty N6MAA10816 great profile photo
@rafaelpaulino91294 жыл бұрын
Crazy how this accent doesn't exist anymore.
@afonsolucas22194 жыл бұрын
It's an upper class New York kind of accent I think. I wouldn't say Trans-Atlantic, that one is taught though.
@IGetAround294 жыл бұрын
Afonso Lucas yeah but he’s not from New York. It sounds a lot like Trans Atlantic. He also did a lot of theater in his early career and that’s where that training comes from (also England). Either way it’s a fascinating accent!
@LeiaThePrincess1 Жыл бұрын
I love when he says "yes" to some questions and at the same time shaking head "no"
@jupiterlegrand481711 ай бұрын
...and the exact same "yes" pitch, timber and delivery as "...yes, always. Your FRIEND..." Orson was the best!
@citizenchris0993 ай бұрын
When he describes what a competent and good director should be doing he sounds like he’s predicting Stanley Kubrick in some ways
@citizenchris0993 ай бұрын
The only thing Stanley didn’t do on his list is act. However he did have very particular preferences regarding the performances in his films.
@zetok4515 күн бұрын
Kubrick was very wasteful. Shooting scenes 50 times and not trusting the people around him. "Oh, if I move the camera 2 inches to the left it will be so dramatic" .... Clint Eastwood by far is probably one of the best
@LosHuxleys3 ай бұрын
Best director ever
@jayfolk7 жыл бұрын
Great man. Wasn't popular, but critically, goes down history as a /\.
@juanlambda276 жыл бұрын
Wasn't popular?
@SonofSethoitae5 жыл бұрын
What do you mean "wasn't popular?" He directed what many consider the greatest film of all time
@PeterStellenberg5 жыл бұрын
@@SonofSethoitae He wasn't popular while he was alive. Sure, he was well known but Hollywood and the public despised him. Only in Europe his work would find some reverence.
@Squigglies2 ай бұрын
A man well and truly ahead of his time - I'm in the video games industry where this is even MORE disquietingly accurate 😰😰😰😰 We don't hold any one in power accountable for their bad decisions, but the lowest echelons of staff will be laid off to foot the bill for bad decision making, poor leadership and bombed reviews.
@_film.seeker_3 жыл бұрын
Loved this. Got to learn a lot
@EWACPRODUCTIONS7 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂 he does have a point
@Havaseet26 жыл бұрын
Huh... I never knew Orson Welles played Paulie in Goodfellas.
@youssefbelhaous75335 жыл бұрын
Did he?
@sumitnagaria6167 жыл бұрын
nice
@vicmclaglen16317 жыл бұрын
Correct
@jonsnow9113 ай бұрын
4:10
@scottnapier9433 жыл бұрын
I can't believe people are praising the interviewer Bernard Braden in the comments. Watch the complete interview, he is totally inept and not capable of dealing with the intellect of a man like Orson Welles. At one point he claims Sir Laurence Olivier doesn't have a very good acting voice, much to the disgust of Welles. He then tries to quote something Welles had said and can't even remember the quote! Thank goodness Orson is a great orator and took control of the situation. It is a great interview despite Mr Braden.
@chrisdell5679 Жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIfZn2iGhq2GfJo Was it as bad as this?
@nicolasch8999 Жыл бұрын
Well believe it. I watched the whole interview and I think the interviewer did a great job asking intelligent informed questions and allowing Orson to talk without interrupting much. He may have made those mistakes you point out, but overall I think he did a fantastic job. Imagine for a second this interview with Jimmy Kimmel or Jimmy Fallon instead, and then tell me what do you think of this guy´s job.
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M Night
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@dh-ck2om3 жыл бұрын
Bro i thought he was the guy that wrote 1974
@Numberonedetour1945fan5 ай бұрын
H.G Welles* and 1984
@j.j.57314 ай бұрын
@@Numberonedetour1945fanno, George Orwell wrote 1984.
@Numberonedetour1945fan4 ай бұрын
@@j.j.5731 goddamn it, you're right H.G Welles wrote the invisible man
@Johnconno Жыл бұрын
I'd prefer him talking about food, drink, women, and men's fashion.
@theboofin4 жыл бұрын
What a lot of crap. The director is very often the only person who knows the complete movie and who can guide performances (often shot totally out of sequence) that will make sense when cut together. Actors usually only know their parts.
@beflygelt6 жыл бұрын
Interviewer did a great job at getting Welles to give his honest thoughts
@NostalgiNorden5 жыл бұрын
By forcing it on him until he gave in?
@MrBenzcdi11 ай бұрын
the whole interview went like that
@8TENASTER8IDS Жыл бұрын
.....this "full-interview" held within his Suite at the Le Meurice Hotel in Paris during 1960, is the most insightful Q&A interview ever given by Orson Welles.....
@cinnamon46054 жыл бұрын
Great experience watching and listening Welles.
@mindriot91_963 жыл бұрын
I can listen to him speak for hours. A truly fascinating man. RIP OW.
@Zed-fq3lj3 ай бұрын
This is GOLD!
@zmani4379 Жыл бұрын
This interview was taking place during the decline of the studio system, but studios were still strong, and I wonder how much of Welles' observations was predicated on the assembly line approach to film-making that was prevalent during that era
@aslan93344 жыл бұрын
I wish this interviews were longer :(
@tommythegreekotisakaitchy42214 жыл бұрын
A WONDERFUL MAN IN FILM.
@Mc007QueenАй бұрын
He is the best . But a good director will bring out the best actor ... if you have an awesome director they will let them Know ... they are Peter O'Toole , Michael Caine , Alan Rickman + .. is the director that makes them the Great
@aslan93344 жыл бұрын
When he said Lawyer i thought he would have been so good for that new show as Perry Manson!
@Johnconno Жыл бұрын
Charlie's brother?
@HeadbutKneecap19 күн бұрын
He gives such a great answer. His performance was always going to be great, and he is a good director, but the film would have been better if Welles directed it.
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@tryharder7511 ай бұрын
There's only one Orson Welles! what a guy
@LosHuxleys3 ай бұрын
Best actor ever
@henrychamberlain4724 Жыл бұрын
Orson is just great!
@PariAbi2 ай бұрын
❤❤
@philbaxter93726 жыл бұрын
OK, this has nothing to do with the interview: but, I would like to have seen John Candy in a biographical film playing Orson Welles.
@NostalgiNorden5 жыл бұрын
Good luck with that.
@AceMoonshotАй бұрын
He was great as Welles in comedy bits. "I'm always on my mark. Move your camera." But he had legit acting chops. I think he totally could have pulled it off. You made me miss something that I never knew I wanted in the first place.
@dezvyzelman9777 Жыл бұрын
Strange question considering Welles directed himself in Touch of Evil (1958) 2 years prior to the interview
@DenkyManner8 ай бұрын
A little bit strange, but I think the context is then agreeing The Third Man was his best role, and he didn't direct it. I think it was almost just a thought experiment to get get Welles' view
@dezvyzelman97777 ай бұрын
@@DenkyManner Maybe his most charming and memorable role, but in terms of acting, really taking on another persona, his corrupt cop in Touch of Evil is also on par. But yeah, good point
@AceMoonshotАй бұрын
@@dezvyzelman9777 Harry Lime vs Hank Quinlan...both are splendid performances but I think I prefer Welles as Hank Quinlan.
@navigatorone1808 Жыл бұрын
coming from different areas of expertise but In style and thought process i see a lot of interchangeable characteristics with Elon Musk...both geniuses... but not universally loved by many....
@dorkbrandon4422 Жыл бұрын
I tell my kids this was Robbie Coltrane who played Hagrid