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Re: "Life a funny thing" (Reply to this comment)
by macresarf1
Yes, and F FOR FAKE is both a Renaissance work and a cuckoo clock. Welles' personal contribution to THE THIRD MAN, a film about Europe's difficult emergence following World War II, is noted, and if you take a close look at MR. ARKADIN (1955), you will see and hear that cuckoo clock.
I love all these pictures, too -- F FOR FAKE most of all.
[F FOR FAKE is, btw, the only Welles film where he appears obviously, unashamedly, if somewhat bashfully, in love.]
Thank you for your comment.
Alex
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Nov 25 '08
8:44 am PST
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"Life a funny thing" (Reply to this comment)
by spelvini
I love this movie- good overview-
"Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."
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Nov 24 '08
9:40 am PST
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Re: wow! (Reply to this comment)
by macresarf1
Dear Jan: I just attended a showing of F FOR FAKE at the venerable Mechanics Institute on Post Street, in San Francisco. I saw more things in it, and learned more in the discussion afterwards.
I think it a real classic of the documentary and far ahead of its time.
Like about half of Welles' output, F FOR FAKE has not made it to DVD yet, but I believe Criterion plans to make the effort soon.
Thank you.
Alex -- Macresarf1
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Jan 19 '05
12:55 pm PST
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wow! (Reply to this comment)
by jankp
This was an outstanding review of a fascinating work. I'm partial to neglected classics and will look for this, but hope it's on DVD now.
Jan
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Jan 19 '05
12:37 am PST
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Re: I'm certainly glad (Reply to this comment)
by macresarf1
Dear Chris: I'm pleased to have your agreement on how fine and different F FOR FAKE IS. The documentary (or "personal film essay," I would call it) was pretty much regarded as an oddity when it first came out. And as you suggest, the picture was rarely shown afterwards.
Thank you for taking the time to go back and read this piece.
[Macresarf1]
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May 15 '04
12:50 pm PDT
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I'm certainly glad (Reply to this comment)
by ChrisJarmick
it was you who did this superb review of one of Orson's finest masterpieces. It did indeed challenge the documentary form and create a new kind of film which many who produced documentaries at PBS (remember the Great American Dream Machine?) and later elsewhere expanded upon. I know the film was a profound influence on me.
I saw it first at a college screening and later in a revival screening (rare) at the Fox-Venice Theater in Los Angeles in the late 70s.
You did good on this one. Bravo.
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May 14 '04
9:28 pm PDT
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Re: Excellent review. (Reply to this comment)
by macresarf1
Thank you, grmjack2: Go spread the word.
All the best.
[Macresarf1]
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Jan 28 '02
11:14 am PST
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Excellent review. (Reply to this comment)
by grimjack2
I am a huge fan of Orson Welles, and had never even seen this film available for rental, but fortunately the Sundance Channel shows it occassionally, and I loved everything about it. It may have been his last film, but it showed that he was the master of all the film making techniques.
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Jan 27 '02
9:23 pm PST
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Re: My Jaw Has Dropped (Reply to this comment)
by macresarf1
Thank you, zentropajk. I hope you like it. F FOR FAKE is a little movie, but as intricate as a provebial Swiss watch. It is one of the few movies that, not only do I feel I should watch again, but I WANT to watch again. Each time, it is a process of discovery.
Cheers, indeed!
[Macresarf1]
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Aug 31 '00
9:56 am PDT
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Re: My Jaw Has Dropped (Reply to this comment)
by ZentropaJK
Two things come immediately to mind:
1. I've been deliberating over renting this one for months now, even going so far as to take the video box in hand whilst wandering around the store. Now, after your review, I feel primed and ready to check out F For Fake. Orson, you rascal, you!
2. I need to make it a point to return to your reviews more often, Mac. You sure know how to deconstruct a film in layman's terms, painting a clear and vivid picture of the movie in question. Sterling work, Highlander.
Cheers,
Jeremiah (ZentropaJK)
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Aug 31 '00
7:29 am PDT
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Re: My Jaw Has Dropped (Reply to this comment)
by macresarf1
Thank you, grouch. I hope you will look at the film again in the light of my remarks and come to love F FOR FAKE as much as I do. Every time I watch it, I learn something more. According to the Chief Editor, they worked seven days a week on it for a year, beside Welles or following his instructions, to achieve those marvelous montages.
And of course, I still have revise in somehow the fact that three years later, Robert Shaw (who was suspected of being drunk at the time of the fire in Welles' home) was regaling an unknown director named Spielberg with stories and ideas about Welles. Shaw followed Welles's example (in THE THIRD MAN) and wrote his own speech about past history, "The Sinking of the Indianapolis," probably the best thing in a little film called JAWS (1975).
All the best.
[Macresarf1]
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Aug 29 '00
1:31 pm PDT
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Re: Excellent (Reply to this comment)
by macresarf1
Dear kathysue: I hope you do see F FOR FAKE. I am deleting that reference to a "flix" showing. Either the reference was mistaken or referred to a past year. Too bad, it is an ideal film for TV, swiftly edited, shot close in, just as Welles planned its appeal.
A really good video rental will have it.
Thank you.
[Macresarf1]
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Aug 29 '00
1:09 pm PDT
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My Jaw Has Dropped (Reply to this comment)
by Grouch
Mac,
This is an astounding addition to the Wellesian canon. The epinion, that is; not the film. What an amazing piece of work you've created.
Bravo, dear sir! BRAVO!!
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Aug 28 '00
7:13 pm PDT
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Excellent (Reply to this comment)
by kathysue
I loved the review, and as most folks, had never even heard of this one. Im thoroughly intrigued, and would love to see this movie. Thanks.
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Aug 28 '00
7:12 pm PDT
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