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10.13.05 A month later.
« Reply #15 on: October 13, 2005, 04:11:47 pm »
Quote from: "andalucia"
One of my friends sent me an mp3 of Orson Welles recording some  commercial, and berating its writers and all the other poor people who had to work with him.  It was pretty much the saddest thing, unless the saddest thing was that he was a voice in the Transformers movie.


My favorite part was when he says something along the lines of "you find me a jury that will agree with that and I'll go down on you!"

Orson Welles did indeed play Unicron in the Transformers movie. Dignity issues aside, Welles would be the first choice for the roll of a planet eating monster.

Other shameful apperances in the Transformers movie: Leonard Nimoy, Eric Idle.
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« Reply #16 on: October 13, 2005, 04:32:55 pm »
You people are asinine.  Orson Welles is one of the greatest ever.  Yes he berated a director who was so far beneath him he wasn't even worthy of his contempt, yes he made some questionable career choices for the pay late in his life, yes he got fat.  So what.  Check out The Third Man or Touch of Evil and tell me that's not the work of an utter fuck*ng genius.

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« Reply #17 on: October 13, 2005, 04:54:43 pm »
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You people are asinine.  Orson Welles is one of the greatest ever.  Yes he berated a director who was so far beneath him he wasn't even worthy of his contempt, yes he made some questionable career choices for the pay late in his life, yes he got fat.  So what.  Check out The Third Man or Touch of Evil and tell me that's not the work of an utter fuck*ng genius.

~Paul


Whoa, whoa whoa. No one was saying (or at least I wasn't) that they didn't think Orson Welles was rad. I think he is one of a kind, the likes of which will never be seen in the entertainment industry again, and I have MUCH respect for him. That being said, all these stories of him yelling at directors and being in the Transformers movie just add to his character. I don't know about anyone else, but hearing him go off on that director just added to how great I think he is.

More Orson Welles trivia: Lucas wanted him to be the voice of Darth Vader.
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10.13.05 A month later.
« Reply #18 on: October 13, 2005, 04:58:59 pm »
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You people are asinine.  Orson Welles is one of the greatest ever.  Yes he berated a director who was so far beneath him he wasn't even worthy of his contempt, yes he made some questionable career choices for the pay late in his life, yes he got fat.  So what.  Check out The Third Man or Touch of Evil and tell me that's not the work of an utter fuck*ng genius.


Son, I believe I gave what are conditionally now called "Mad Props" to the man in the above at some point.  However it must be said that he did go quite mad by the end.  It's sort of a quaint idea.. genius does his first big movie, gets screwed in the ass royally by studios and has to deal with being a genius without backing UNTIL THE END.

Yes Touch of Evil and Third Man are good, but imagine them with more financial backing and thus more ability to flesh them out.  Imagine them in a world where he wasn't an ostracized, tubby-loon; it's so beautiful in my mind!

(Also I think I had a friend once who played the Ostracized Tubbylune... women would weep and have immaculate conceptions whenever he plucked the 89th string in the R# Natural Chord.  The multi-orgasmic chant alone was worth the 40 dollar cover fee he charged for getting in his apartment for these impromptu self-jam sessions; with actual jam.)
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« Reply #19 on: October 13, 2005, 05:19:08 pm »
Paul! Step OUT of the CAPE and move AWAY from the BEACH.

For all of OW's genius you can't deny that he really did basically become a cartoon of himself in later life.

Also, if you don't let all of us intellectual hacks get our pseudo-hipster-smartness-aggression out on this board, we might actually say dumb stuff IN PUBLIC.

This board's existence is a Public Service.
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« Reply #20 on: October 13, 2005, 05:19:58 pm »
I must admit I pretty much like everything I've seen that Mr. Welles created.  Even "minor" stuff like The Trial and Macbeth are compelling in that "total world" way.  Even F for Fake had its moments.

The Magnificent Ambersons, even butchered by the studio, is one of the greatest films ever.
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« Reply #21 on: October 13, 2005, 05:42:12 pm »
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Also, if you don't let all of us intellectual hacks get our pseudo-hipster-smartness-aggression out on this board, we might actually say dumb stuff IN PUBLIC.

This board's existence is a Public Service.


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« Reply #22 on: October 13, 2005, 06:49:26 pm »
And now to something completely different:
Is Ray wearing Cornelius' robe? Is it part of an act where he's pretending to be an intelectual dude, all pretending to read a paper and such?
OK, you can go back to Orson Welles now.
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« Reply #23 on: October 13, 2005, 06:51:48 pm »
I don't think ANYONE'S participation in the Transformers movie should be a point of shame. If I had been involved, I would only wear t-shirts emblazoned with the box art, with a little arrow pointing to it and the caption "I WAS INVOLVED."
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« Reply #24 on: October 13, 2005, 07:32:25 pm »
i have to say, orson welles was a pretty sweet fellow.  did some great work.  but i'm pretty sure that the cartoons of him on the animaniacs were slightly more entertaining than the real thing
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10.13.05 A month later.
« Reply #25 on: October 14, 2005, 01:24:47 am »
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I know this is a played out genre of post, but surely "Chicken In The Basement (Do-Fi-Dum)" would have been a better thread title.


I AGREE COMPLETELY. Someone write lyrics for this.
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« Reply #26 on: October 14, 2005, 01:53:49 am »
I love how sad Ray looks by the penultimate panel.  It's like Roast Beef is going to make the poor curl cry.
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« Reply #27 on: October 14, 2005, 02:51:52 am »
I clearly remember recounting my sexy Citzen Kane dream on this message board, but when I search for it, it is not to be found.  WTF?

Anyway, I have a crush on young Citizen Kane Orson Welles.
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« Reply #28 on: October 14, 2005, 02:57:55 am »
Understandable.


I'm not going to go into my Lauren Bacall obsession.
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« Reply #29 on: October 14, 2005, 03:07:15 am »
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I clearly remember recounting my sexy Citzen Kane dream on this message board, but when I search for it, it is not to be found.  WTF?

Anyway, I have a crush on young Citizen Kane Orson Welles.

You and me both. I mean, not only is he an artist at the top of his creative power, he's also pretty hot.
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