The Eyes of Orson Welles

00:00:35 Dear Orson Welles.

00:04:40 A sketch book of your life.

00:09:00 So, there were at least a thousand of your artworks.

00:14:15 I don't take art as seriously as politics.

00:18:30 You wrote, "In 16 short years of living,

00:24:36 In the beginning was NOT the word. Your life experience was broadening.

00:28:57 And you and your team decided to mount

00:33:48 the chilly monumental district built by Mussolini's fascists.

00:38:06 NARRATOR: It's like a Soviet film by Eisenstein.

00:42:55 not to chase criminals - that's an incidental part of his job.

00:47:19 and the way he was acting when he died.

00:52:41 NARRATOR: Parents arguing, as yours did in the Sheffield.

00:57:44 NARRATOR: And you gave Paola these concerned close-ups

01:02:25 or I'll run you through!

01:07:03 Everybody in bed, the camaraderie of love.

01:11:14 in Morocco and Venice.

01:15:46 Not only an end of love, but a rewrite of its history.

01:21:28 NARRATOR: You slung it low, of course, to make foreground people look massive.

01:26:12 that he doesn't even realise that he's free.

01:30:20 THUNDERBOLTS, SCREAMING

01:35:13 BRUSH STROKES

01:40:32 This scene in Mr Arkadin, for example.

01:44:45 They make you seem mad for contact with the world,

01:49:44 "Obviously", replied Don Quixote, "you don't know much about adventures."