If this movie were not an Orson Wells production, it would never have been released. It is scattered, fragmented, disjointed, unfinished and impressionistic. It was filmed three decades ago, presumably when Welles found extra money laying about, over a six-year period.
It is a movie about making a movie and the dialogue is thick with insider jargon and film terminology. This film would appeal a lot of film students and cineastes. There a lots of references to film schools of thought and film movements.
Because it took so long to come to the screen, a lot of the people appearing in it have been dead a long time.
It is a story about a legendary filmmaker who has a gigantic reputation and no money to finish his film. The acting and directing are immediately disappointing because the movie looks pornographic in style, but without graphic sexual content.
Overblown, pedantic and grandiose performances abound. There is a story to follow and the movie gets better. It overcomes its beginning. It's not a pretty picture. It's about a love/hate relationship with films.
It is a movie about making a movie and the dialogue is thick with insider jargon and film terminology. This film would appeal a lot of film students and cineastes. There a lots of references to film schools of thought and film movements.
Because it took so long to come to the screen, a lot of the people appearing in it have been dead a long time.
It is a story about a legendary filmmaker who has a gigantic reputation and no money to finish his film. The acting and directing are immediately disappointing because the movie looks pornographic in style, but without graphic sexual content.
Overblown, pedantic and grandiose performances abound. There is a story to follow and the movie gets better. It overcomes its beginning. It's not a pretty picture. It's about a love/hate relationship with films.
