Thoughts from Orson Welles

[Hemingway Jones]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/jun/29/orson-welles-criticism-hollywood-stars-tapes

An interesting insight in Orson Welles' opinions on other actors from The Guardian found in lost tapes meant for his autobiography.

It's always interesting to hear from this over-sized personality.

 

[Tomasso]

Meooow!

 

[dhermann1]

More!!!!!!

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Drunken bitching, 40 years after the fact.

 

[sheeplady]

The question for me, is did he really piss this friend off before he died? It's not exactly flattering what they published. If that's just a taste...

Either that or the friend saw a money maker a mile off. Everybody loves dirt. And this appears to be nothing but.

 

[Hemingway Jones]

Well, it appears that these things are like buried tires; eventually they work their way to the surface. Nothing stays hidden forever.

Great men, great women have great flaws, all around. It's interesting to hear about them, I suppose. If I were to dive in and do a full academic piece on these folks as Simon Callow did, this information may lend perspective to other materials.

As a casual reader I find it dismissively interesting.

 

[Doctor Strange]

More from the same book here:

http://www.openlettersmonthly.com/waiting-for-the-dough/

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Is it so amazing that celebrities display the same character flaws as 99% of everyone all of us have ever met?

Is it more astonishing that Welles, great an actor though he was, couldn't see past his ego to his own flaws? His sniping at the minor flaws of others merely point out how all too aware of his own problems he was.

Is there anything really shocking in any of this? Or just faded Hollywood tittle-tattle?