That guy is someone famous and lost all his money so he did ads, right? I cannot remember his name and it’s driving me insane. I think he like… Directed films? If I recall correctly, he was a bit of an ass.
I cannot remember his name. 😭
Edit: I googled old man wine commercial.
It’s Orson Welles. The author of War of the Worlds and I think Citizen Cane. Itch scratched!
Side note, citizen cane is awful. I don’t care that it’s said to be top cinema. I hate that boring waste of 3hrs.
The reason why Citizen Kane is celebrated is because it was the first film todo x,y, or z. For example it’s the first film to have the story told througha pastiche of other people’s memories.
Tbh I can only appreciate its contributions to cinema intellectually, otherwise it’s just some movie everyone alive knows the ending to before they see it.
War of the Worlds was written by H.G. Wells, not Orson Welles. Orson did, however, do that famous radio performance of War of the Worlds in the 30s that ostensibly (but probably not actually according to more modern analysis) caused widespread panic among its listeners.
I always get these two and George Orwell confused. The fact that Orson Welles/H.G. Wells both have that War of the Worlds connection and H.G. Wells/George Orwell both being famous authors doesn’t help, either.
He didn’t lose all his money; he was blacklisted because of mccarthyism and run out of Hollywood. A great tragedy; he could have made so many more great films.
Hmm, I did some quick googles. Wiki didn’t have much on his finances, just his work. But from few sites, it seems he definitely was blacklisted but made a return throughout the 70s and 80s but nothing big took off and he still ended up broke doing commercials because he lived too loud with his money. So it seems it started with being blacklisted but he also was spending too much money? I dunno. I’d have to read more, but sounds about right from what I remember of a film appreciation course I took a decade ago that started with fkn citizen cane.
That guy is someone famous and lost all his money so he did ads, right? I cannot remember his name and it’s driving me insane. I think he like… Directed films? If I recall correctly, he was a bit of an ass.
I cannot remember his name. 😭
Edit: I googled old man wine commercial.
It’s Orson Welles. The author of War of the Worlds and I think Citizen Cane. Itch scratched!
Side note, citizen cane is awful. I don’t care that it’s said to be top cinema. I hate that boring waste of 3hrs.
Old man wine commercial is not the way I thought someone would try to get Orson Welles name ever 😂
Well, it worked tho! Lol
Oh 100%! 😅
The reason why Citizen Kane is celebrated is because it was the first film todo x,y, or z. For example it’s the first film to have the story told througha pastiche of other people’s memories.
Oh, and I agree. I understand that. It’s also the first film to piss me off, in my formative years.
Still fkn hate it! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Citizen Kane is an OK movie, and transformative for film as a whole, fuck you buddy!
Agreed. Still hate it.
I’m not your buddy, pal! (╯°□°）╯
Naw dawg, he was an actor. He did the voice for Unicron in the 80s transformers movie.
And narrated Riki Tiki Tavi. Child’s cartoon my white ass. Shit was scary.
His last role, iirc!
Boooooo.
Why are you booing him, he’s right!
Tbh I can only appreciate its contributions to cinema intellectually, otherwise it’s just some movie everyone alive knows the ending to before they see it.
“You Maniacs! You Blew It Up! Ah, Damn You! God Damn You All to Hell!”
War of the Worlds was written by H.G. Wells, not Orson Welles. Orson did, however, do that famous radio performance of War of the Worlds in the 30s that ostensibly (but probably not actually according to more modern analysis) caused widespread panic among its listeners.
I always get these two and George Orwell confused. The fact that Orson Welles/H.G. Wells both have that War of the Worlds connection and H.G. Wells/George Orwell both being famous authors doesn’t help, either.
Wait there’s 3 of them!? I always thought two and when the name was different in media my thought was, “of curse that’s just the other one”…
Oh valid, my bad. I saw it in passing when I googled him and put two and two together to make eight lol
He didn’t lose all his money; he was blacklisted because of mccarthyism and run out of Hollywood. A great tragedy; he could have made so many more great films.
Hmm, I did some quick googles. Wiki didn’t have much on his finances, just his work. But from few sites, it seems he definitely was blacklisted but made a return throughout the 70s and 80s but nothing big took off and he still ended up broke doing commercials because he lived too loud with his money. So it seems it started with being blacklisted but he also was spending too much money? I dunno. I’d have to read more, but sounds about right from what I remember of a film appreciation course I took a decade ago that started with fkn citizen cane.
Orson Welles
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Thank you thank you! I panic commented because it was driving me nuts. Then realized I could Google old man wine commercial and got the answer.
But I appreciate you! Thank you!
No problem. I had a similar reaction “wait isn’t that Welles” and went googling myself. I just had a head start on you since I recognized him.
At least you had the common courtesy not to comment with the panic (๑•﹏•)
Beat me to it, same on my end.