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Reading Simon Callow’s perceptive two books on King Henry IV, Part One and Part Two made me want to revisit Welles masterpiece, Chimes at Midnight. In doing so, I also looked at one of the best interviews Welles ever gave about a single movie, his long talk with Juan Cobos and Miguel Rubio that was first printed in the Spanish film magazine, Griffith.
Since Juan had worked as an assistant director to Welles on the film, he was in the perfect position to ask especially interesting questions about Welles’s shooting techniques. For his own part, Welles was in an wonderfully expansive mood, as he had studied the history plays at least since his 1938 production of Five Kings, and clearly was in his element, knowing his subject like the true Shakespearian scholar he was. What I found especially interesting in re-reading the interview, was realizing how abridged it was when it first appeared in Sight and Sound’s Autumn, 1966 issue. This fact became clear whe
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Chimes at Midnight
1965 film by Orson Welles
For other uses, see Chimes at Midnight (disambiguation).
Chimes at Midnight (Spanish: Campanadas a medianoche, released in most of Europe as Falstaff) is a 1966 periodcomedy-drama film written, directed by, and starring Orson Welles. Its plot centers on William Shakespeare's recurring character Sir John Falstaff and his fatherly relationship with Prince Hal, who must choose loyalty to Falstaff or to his actual father, King Henry IV. The English-language film was an international co-production of Spain, France,[1] and Switzerland.
Welles said that the core of the film's story was "betrayal of friendship". It stars Welles as Falstaff, Keith Baxter as Prince Hal, John Gielgud as Henry IV, Jeanne Moreau as Doll Tearsheet, and Margaret Rutherford as Mistress Quickly. The script contains text from five of Shakespeare's plays, primarily Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2, but also Richard II, Henry V, and
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Orson Welles
American filmskapare (1915–1985)
Orson Welles | |
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March 1937 portrait | |
| Born | George Orson Welles (1915-05-06)May 6, 1915 Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | October 10, 1985(1985-10-10) (aged 70) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Ronda, Andalusia, Spain |
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| Years active | 1931–1985 |
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| Spouses | Virginia Nicolson (m. 1934; div. 1940)Rita Hayworth (m. 1943; div. 1947)Paola Mori (m. 1955) |
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| Children | 3, including Beatrice |
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