Posted on August 3, 2009 in Interviews | 2 Comments
B-movie producer and writer Harry Alan Towers sadly died this Sunday of heart failure in Toronto. He was 88.
He made more than 100 films working with such actors as Orson Welles, Michael York, Michael Caine, Richard Harris, James Earl Jones and Tony Curtis. He sometimes used the pseudonym Peter Welbeck.
Towers was one [...]
Posted on July 27, 2009 in Editing | No Comments
Spoken as only the great Orson Welles could spoken it:
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Posted on June 18, 2009 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
The opening scene from Orson Welles’ 1941 film “Citizen Kane”, starring Orson Welles and Joseph Cotten.
Roger Ebert’s commentary on Citizen Kane is without a doubt the best DVD extra ever. Not only do you get the best film ever made, you get the best film school you’ll ever have for under $20. [...]
Posted on April 6, 2009 in Filmmaking 360 | 5 Comments
MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity. MIT has made available free lecture notes, exams, and videos from MIT. No registration required.
Below we have posted videos from 2 of their courses “Philosophy of Film” [...]
Posted on November 17, 2008 in Cinematography | 1 Comment
by David Worth
Imagine being able to learn about something as complex as the Art of Cinematography in only half an hour or a weekend. Isn’t that what we all want today, in our new millennium, instant gratification world of the Internet, High Def, GoogleEarth and YouTube?
As we look back to the very origins, to the [...]
Posted on October 6, 2008 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
The Lost Films of Orson Welles. Also known as Orson Welles : The One-Man Band. A film featuring Ojar Kodar and the unrealized film projects of Orson Welles. Includes clips of “The other side of the wind.”
(All 9 parts embed in playlist)
Posted on September 30, 2008 in Interviews | No Comments
Extensive interview with Orson Welles in Las Vegas 1982 with Leslie Megahey. Features contributions by Welles collaborators Jeanne Moreau, Peter Bogdonovich, John Huston and Charlton Heston.
(All 16 parts embed in playlist)
Posted on September 10, 2008 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
Is there a difference between “the greatest film of all time” and “your favorite movie?” Roger Ebert discusses those 2 questions and how the answer(s) change as the viewer changes.
…So it’s settled: “Citizen Kane” is the official greatest film of all time, with Renoir’s “Rules of the Game” (1939) close on its heels. [...]
Posted on September 8, 2008 in Outtakes | No Comments
From “The Dean Martin Show,” episode dated September 17th 1970 (I think).
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Posted on August 1, 2008 in Interviews | No Comments
by Charles Thomas Samuels
“Encountering Directors”
Paris, September 1 and 3, 1970
The image presented when Francois Truffaut played the principle role in The Wild Child—that of a short, compactly built, but expressionless and ordinary-looking young man in his late thirties—leaves out his most striking features: a smile no less charming than his most charming films and the [...]
Posted on July 24, 2008 in Directing | No Comments
Roger Ebert’s commentary on Citizen Kane is without a doubt the best DVD extra ever. Not only do you get the best film ever made, you get the best film school you’ll ever have for under $20. Here are a few short clips of Ebert’s highly educational commentary, which focuses on the technical, [...]
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