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Movie Info

For all his brilliance, Orson Welles was consistently plagued by the inability to secure funding for his own projects, leading to decades' worth of films left unrealized or partially completed. Documentary filmmaker Vassili Silovic follows Croatian actress and screenwriter Oja Kodar, Welles' creative partner and lover during his later years, as she reconstructs Welles' notes and what little surviving footage remains from these abandoned projects from the 1960s to Welles' death in 1985.

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Vassili Silovic
Producer:

Dominique Antoine, Fredy Messmer, Roland Zag
Writer:

Vassili Silovic, Roland Zag
Runtime:

1h 30m

Cast & Crew

Vassili Silovic
Director

Dominique Antoine
Producer

Fredy Messmer
Producer

Roland Zag
Producer

Pit Riethmuller
Executive Producer

Vassili Silovic
Writer

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Critic Reviews for Orson Welles: The One-Man Band

All Critics (6) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (6)

It adds up to a tremendously exciting, but at the same time deeply frustrating, viewing experience.

April 7, 2007

David Stratton
Variety
If much of this previously unseen work seems simply frivolous, every bit of it is entertaining. Even when he wasn't being serious, Welles, like all really good magicians, had the ability to mesmerize.

May 20, 2003 | Rating: 4/5

Stephen Holden
New York Times
Seeing this film is like finding out the Beatles actually recorded four or five albums that were never released -- and then getting to hear only a song from each album.

January 22, 2002 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
A treasure chest of his lost films.

March 26, 2011 | Full Review…

Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
Fascinating stuff.

April 7, 2007 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Ken Fox
TV Guide
What a sad, unfulfilled conclusion to Welles' promising life.

January 22, 2002 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Barbara Shulgasser
San Francisco Examiner