{"id":143,"date":"2019-01-16T21:33:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T21:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/220.jcdelama.info\/?page_id=143"},"modified":"2022-07-06T09:37:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T09:37:03","slug":"orson-welles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/220.jcdelama.info\/?page_id=143","title":{"rendered":"Orson Welles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-slate-section-hero-title gpb-slate-section-hero-title gb-layout-columns-1 one-column gb-has-background-dim gb-has-background-dim-20 gb-background-cover gb-background-no-repeat gb-has-custom-background-color gb-has-custom-text-color gb-columns-center alignfull\" style=\"padding-top:5em;padding-right:1em;padding-bottom:5em;padding-left:1em;background-color:#1f1f1f;color:#f5f5f5;background-image:url(https:\/\/220.jcdelama.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Wel.l.esxToucdhn.jpeg);background-position:47% 26%\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-1 gb-is-responsive-column\" style=\"max-width:1200px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-layout-columns-2 gb-2-col-wideleft gb-columns-center alignfull\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-8 gb-is-responsive-column\" style=\"max-width:1200px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column gb-is-vertically-aligned-top\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#f5f5f5;font-size:60px\">Orson Welles<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column gb-is-vertically-aligned-center\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4>Readings :<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/220.jcdelama.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/6-CitizenKane.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Citizen Kane<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Mandatory movie for this learning unit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1940)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1>Orson Welles<\/h1>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_43677\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A8EUaGTtKis?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Born in May 6, 1915 at Kenosha, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in May 6, 1915 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Orson Welles was the son of Richard Head Welles, a wealthy industrialist and Beatrice Ives Welles. He was considered to be a <strong><em>Wunderkind<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 and infant prodigy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some\nexamples of his precocity: At the age of 2 he could already read. At 7 he was\nable to recite by heart any speech of Shakespeare\u2019s King Lear, and could play\nviolin and piano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welles\u2019\nmother died when he was 19. The trauma was such that he never played any\ninstrument again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike\nmost of the infant prodigies, who used to lose energy at young age, Welles was <strong>extremely active all his life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\n<strong>1937<\/strong>, he founded the <strong>Mercury Theater<\/strong>, which is especially\nimportant because this theater produced, in addition to Welles, a couple of\ninteresting names for the film history. Two of these names are <strong>Joseph Cotten <\/strong>and <strong>Everett Sloane<\/strong>, whom you can also see in \u201cCitizen Cane\u201d, the\nmandatory movie for this learning unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In 1938, <\/strong>Orson Welle<strong>s <\/strong>became overnight famous when he produced and directed the Radio Broadcast show \u201c<strong>The Invasion from Mars<\/strong>\u201d, based in H. G. Wells\u2019s novel \u201cThe War of the Worlds\u201d. Of course, always with his Mercury Theater troop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This\nprogram opened him Hollywood\u2019s doors. He signed his first contract with the <strong>RKO<\/strong>, the company that produced his\nfirst movies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One\nyear later, in 1940, he released \u201cCitizen Kane\u201d. This was the only movie of his\nfirst period he had total control over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\nchanged soon. He was never able to edit his next movie: The Magnificent\nAmbersons\u201d (1942) \u2013 also a very sensitive movie about the decline of a wealthy\nfamily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And\nhe had to interrupt his 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Movie \u201cIt\u2019s all true\u201d. He was called\nback from South America, where he was shooting the movie because of his\ntroubles with the producers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\nneeds to be emphasized that the reason for such troubles were not the contents\nof his movies \u2013 he had absolute freedom in this regard \u2013 but his inability to\nkeep deadlines and manage the budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After those bad experiences with the industry, he was declared <strong>PERSONA NON GRATA<\/strong> in Hollywood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welles seemed to love troubles, though. In his biography you can read: \u201cThe greatest danger for an artist is to find himself in a comfortable position\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1>American Phase<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201cCitizen Kane\u201d (1940)<\/li><li> \u201cThe Magnificent Ambersons\u201d (1942)<\/li><li> \u201cThe Stranger\u201d (1946)<\/li><li> \u201cThe Lady from Shangai\u201d (1948)<\/li><li> \u201cMacbeth\u201d (1949)<\/li><li>\u201cTouch of Evil\u201d (1958)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1>European Phase<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u201cOthello\u201d (1951)<\/li><li> \u201cMr. Arkadin\u201d (1955)<\/li><li> \u201cThe Trial\u201d (1962)<\/li><li> \u201cChimes at Midnight\u201d (1965)<\/li><li> \u201cThe Immortal Story (1968) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1>Stylistic and Thematic Elements<\/h1>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_30559\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e83CFg0h4Ok?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<ul><li>Creation of unscrupulous and damned characters who don\u2019t obey any given moral code<\/li><li> Prismatic narration<\/li><li> Deep-focus<\/li><li> Chiaroscuro effects <\/li><li> Long Sequence Shots <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Touch of Evil, opening scene<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_27316\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EhmYY5ZMXOY?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3>Lady from Shanghai<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_62344\"  width=\"480\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eFpmvaDSbzI?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1>Literature<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Callow, Simon:<br> \u201cOrson Welles. The Road to Xanadu\u201d. Viking Penguin, 1996.<br> Conrad, Peter:<br> \u201cOrson Welles: The Stories of his Life\u201d. Faber and Faber, 2003<br> Cowie, Peter:<br> \u201cThe Cinema of Orson Welles\u201d. Da Capo Press, 1973.<br> Sarris, Andrew:<br> \u201cYou Ain\u2019t Heard Nothing Yet: The American Talking Film History &amp; Memory, 1927-1949\u201d. Oxford University Press, 1998.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Readings : Citizen Kane Mandatory movie for this learning unit: Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1940) Orson Welles Born in May 6, 1915 at Kenosha, Wisconsin. Born in May 6, 1915 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Orson Welles was the son of Richard Head Welles, a wealthy industrialist and Beatrice Ives Welles. 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