The Other Side Of The Wind follows the events leading up to the death of an aging, great director as he worked to try and finish a film that would be his comeback. The plot of the film mirrors the actual one of Orson Welles' life. What the picture means to Huston's character in the film, is what this film was to Orson. It was his last attempt to make something that would bring him back into the light. It's a tragedy someone as brilliant as him was diminished to making films like this by the end of his career.
It's hard to truly consider this one of Orson's films as it is comprised of unfinished footage and released 32 years after he died. However, it still bears the mark he left on all of his pictures and is certainly very similar to F For Fake. The documentary style, the cinematography and rapid cuts are all reminiscent of the above mentioned. But as novel as F For Fake is this film might even be more avant grade. It's something you've never seen before and won't see again. Could I say it's a great film? Probably not. But behind the disorderd array that Orson presents, shine gleams of his genius. This picture is really just for those fervent fans of Orson who appreciate not just the films he made but the style he made them with. And somewhere in all of this you'll find pieces of that magnificent, unique style.
Those behind this film tried their best to create something closest to what Orson intended and perhaps they succeeded. No will ever no for sure.
It's hard to truly consider this one of Orson's films as it is comprised of unfinished footage and released 32 years after he died. However, it still bears the mark he left on all of his pictures and is certainly very similar to F For Fake. The documentary style, the cinematography and rapid cuts are all reminiscent of the above mentioned. But as novel as F For Fake is this film might even be more avant grade. It's something you've never seen before and won't see again. Could I say it's a great film? Probably not. But behind the disorderd array that Orson presents, shine gleams of his genius. This picture is really just for those fervent fans of Orson who appreciate not just the films he made but the style he made them with. And somewhere in all of this you'll find pieces of that magnificent, unique style.
Those behind this film tried their best to create something closest to what Orson intended and perhaps they succeeded. No will ever no for sure.