- Moby Dick (1971 film)
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Moby Dick Directed by Orson Welles Produced by Orson Welles
Stefan Drössler (reconstruction supervisor)Written by Herman Melville Starring Orson Welles Cinematography Gary Graver Running time 22 mins Country America Language English Moby Dick is an unfinished film by Orson Welles, filmed in 1971. It is not to be confused with the incomplete (and now lost) 1955 film Welles made of his meta-play Moby Dick Rehearsed.
The film consists of readings by Welles from the book Moby Dick, shot against a blue background with various optical illusions to give the impression of being at sea. It was made during a break in the filming of The Other Side of the Wind. There is some ambiguity about what Welles intended to do with the footage, and how he was going to compile it.[1] It remained unedited in his lifetime.[2]
After Welles' death in 1985, all of his unfinished films were bequeathed to his long-term companion and mistress Oja Kodar, and she in turn donated many of them (including Moby Dick) to the Munich Film Museum for preservation and restoration. In 1999 the Munich Film Museum then edited together the rushes into a 22-minute cut, which has subsequently been screened at numerous film festivals.
The restored footage has never been released on video or DVD, although some unrestored clips can be seen in Vassili Slovic's 1995 documentary Orson Welles: the One Man Band.
References
- ^ Vassili Slovic, Orson Welles: the One Man Band (1995) - documentary on Welles' unfinished projects.
- ^ IMDB entry for 'Moby Dick'
External links
- Moby Dick at the Internet Movie Database
Works directed by Orson Welles Filmography · Awards and nominations 1940s Citizen Kane (1941) · The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) · The Stranger (1946) · The Lady from Shanghai (1947) · Macbeth (1948)1950s 1960s 1970s Shorts The Hearts of Age (1934) · Too Much Johnson (lost film) (1938) · The Miracle of St. Anne (lost film) (1950) · The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh (1984)Unfinished It's All True (1942) · Don Quixote (1956~69) · Vienna (1968) · The Merchant of Venice (1969) · The Deep (1967~70) · One Man Band, aka London (1968~71) · Moby Dick (1971) · The Other Side of the Wind (1969~76) · Filming 'The Trial' (1981) · The Dreamers (1980~2) · Orson Welles' Magic Show (1976~85)Television Orson Welles' Sketch Book (1955) · Around the World with Orson Welles (1955) · Orson Welles and People (lost) (1956) · The Fountain of Youth (1958) · Portrait of Gina (1958) · In the Land of Don Quixote (1964) · The Orson Welles Show (1979)Theatre Voodoo Macbeth (1936) · Horse Eats Hat (1936) · The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus (1937) · The Cradle Will Rock (musical) (1937~8) · Caesar (1937~8) · Heartbreak House (1938) · The Shoemaker's Holiday (1938) · Too Much Johnson (1938) · Danton's Death (1938) · Five Kings (Part One) (1939) · Native Son (1941) · The Mercury Wonder Show (1943) · Around the World (musical) (1946) · The Blessed and the Damned (1950) · Othello (1951) · The Lady in the Ice (ballet) (1953) · Moby Dick Rehearsed (1955) · King Lear (1956) · Five Kings (1960) · Rhinoceros (1960)Radio The Shadow (1937~8) · Les Misérables (1937) · The Mercury Theatre on the Air (including The War of the Worlds) (1937~8) · The Campbell Playhouse (1938~40) · Orson Welles Show (1941~2) · Hello Americans (1942~3) · Ceiling Unlimited (1942~3) · Orson Welles Almanac (1944) · This Is My Best (1945) · Orson Welles Theatre (1945) · Orson Welles Commentaries (1945) · The Mercury Summer Theatre (1946) · The Adventures of Harry Lime (1951~2)Categories:- Unreleased films
- Unfinished films
- Films directed by Orson Welles
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