Talking Pictures: Orson Welles

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• IL

  @ilkersönmez · 6 years ago

  He elevated film-making in the States and in return, Hollywood spat in his face.

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• TM

  @Tmanaz480 · 7 years ago

  Yes he's a great orator and raconteur, but I'm impressed with what a great listener Welles is. He always "gets" the question and addresses it (or apologizes for going off on a tangent).

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• RI

  @ricardo53100 · 8 years ago

  A true polymath and very determined.   He was a rare gift to American culture.

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• HA

  @hayleyanna2625 · 1 year ago

  A superb orator and very witty. <br>Brilliant actor/film maker. <br>All round dazzling human being.❤

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• WI

  @winstondurden4427 · 5 years ago

  My hope is this: when future civilizations find the ruins of the United States and attempt to reconstruct the fabric of what constituted our society , they find videos of Orson Wells and use him as an example of the American mind and spirit. Let our legacy be with a man like this, and not the Kardashian&apos;s.

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• CH

  @ChrisOliver4307 · 5 years ago

  I could listen to Orson Welles all day.

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• P_

  @p_nk7279 · 5 years ago

  His radio and theatre work before films is also outstanding and innovative, groundbreaking.

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• FL

  @FlowIrec · 11 years ago

  Listening to Orson Welles articulate his thoughts is kind of like ambrosia to my cerebrum. &nbsp;I can listen to him for a good long time. Thank you so much for uploading this!

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• RS

  @RSR423 · 7 years ago

  Man, imagine being made to pay, for the rest of your life, because you made a masterpiece at the age of 25. This is what happened to Welles. After making Citizen Kane, the wrath of newspaper tycoon William Hearst was unleashed, and his influence of people reached all corners of America, and other parts of the world. Plus every major studio in Hollywood against you. Still, with all this adversity, Welles managed to make other brilliant works, The Stranger and Touch of Evil immediately come to mind, and he starred in some great roles, his characters totally immersing you in their reality, and belief in their portrayal. His friends list read more like that of a world leader, than lowly actor. Orson Welles was a genius, but more than that, by all accounts, he was a man of integrity, loyalty, generosity and didn&apos;t take himself too seriously.

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• PA

  @parrmik · 7 years ago

  He really was larger than life .His movies certainly weren&apos;t his only legacy but rather , his performances and interviews in shows such as this. His greatest role was as himself &nbsp;captured on video and &nbsp;much enjoyed .

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• MO

  @morpheus6749 · 8 years ago

  As much as I can&apos;t imagine anyone other than Brando in the role of Godfather, I think Orson Welles would have been fantastic in it.

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• FR

  @freddylubin · 11 years ago

  You never know when Orson is telling the truth, but it doesn&apos;t matter.

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