Did anyone noticed the joke at the end? Entire production conceived, produced, directed, written, staged, choreographed, built, designed, lit, managed, rehearsed, contracted for and criticized by Orson Welles? LOL
@hibob41816 жыл бұрын
Oh my God, an actual literate, intelligent conversation taking place on network TV. How quaint. Thanks very much for the post. RIP, Orson.
@jayiijay4 жыл бұрын
Agree with him on "Grand Illusion". The "something else" should be his own "Citizen Kane".
@wanlitan74063 жыл бұрын
It might be The General (1926), which he once touted as perhaps the greatest film of all time, or Stagecoach (1939), which he reportedly watched 40 times in preparation for Citizen Kane.
@premanadi Жыл бұрын
@@wanlitan7406 I don't know that he watched Stage Coach so much because he thought it was an all-time masterpiece, but as a means to learn the craft of film making.
@MARINACTORS9 жыл бұрын
Life-long Welles fan, I've never seen him like this. It's wonderful. Cavett is, as always, a master of understatement. He draws Welles out by making the Big Man come to him. He's seductive, and Welles loves playing to it. Welles' comments are adroit; he handles sub-referances w/a quickie story, then moves back to the topic. This is not the besotted wine huckster. This is the man still in his prime. Fantastic.
@ComposerInUK9 жыл бұрын
You've just said, very eloquently, everything I wanted to say! I never tire of hearing Orson's voice and anecdotes. And there was never a finer interviewer. Thank you for sharing it with us.
@ClarityinWonderland14 жыл бұрын
La Grande Illusion is one of my favourites too and Orson inspired me to be a Director. "Something Else" is a witty joke by Orson, listen to the end when he muses, "They'll look it up!" and the host mentions a hoax - as we all know Orson was good with those too.
@borbetomagus12 жыл бұрын
At the credits Welles says "They'll look it up now", then Cavett says "You've pulled a hoax on the public." Welles - "Yes". Reportedly, when Welles made another appearance on the show the deception was revealed. Admittedly, I tried looking it up, and couldn't find any except people coming to a dead end.
@Bix128 жыл бұрын
What a conversationalist Mr. Welles was. He always elevated the caliber of discourse when he appeared on television. And Dick Cavett was a terrific host. I miss that feeling of being included in the conversation, instead of nowadays, when I feel like I'm watching a bunch of morons. Where can we find an Orson Welles today? Or a Dick Cavett, or a Peter Ustinov, a Richard Burton, or a Gore Vidal, an Oscar Levant, a Jack Paar, etc., etc.....? They (these last few generations) cannot tell me the overall I.Q. of this nation isn't plummeting. It most certainly is. We are a society/culture/country in decline.
@mahirozdemir46267 жыл бұрын
William L. you are right sir, these were fine men of class who have been disappearing rapidly as culture and literacy declined. This is nothing but the society of visual literacy that we live in that graphic revolution created.
@pingu13014 жыл бұрын
Probably one of the best interviews to have ever taken place. RIP Orson Welles
@179cpv3 жыл бұрын
It’s interesting that he mentions Grand Illusion as one of the two films he’d preserve. About 20 years prior to this interview he compiled a list of his 10 favorite films and he had seven films ranked above Grand Illusion but didn’t mention any of them here. Either his estimation of Grand Illusion grew over the years or his estimation of the other films lessened. Obviously any such list will change over the years anyway.
@BarrelShape11 жыл бұрын
Brilliant answer on the subject of pornography.
@cranky1chick14 жыл бұрын
Definitely, one of Cavett's best and most interesting interviews. Thank you for posting!
@patmat. Жыл бұрын
The grand illusion is Cavett trying to look smart with his precious manners while being unable to grasp a word of what Orson Welles was trying to tell him.
@markc72745 жыл бұрын
Love this man’s brilliance.
@SaxonC12 жыл бұрын
I am in awe of this great legend.. Orson Welles was a genius who knew his craft and a great interview.
@geoffdearth85757 жыл бұрын
I think that Dick Cavett was well- liked by his interviewees because of both his own tact in conducting an interview and also the format of the interview wherein the subjects could naturally explore a conversation instead of the present- day pressure to produce a sound bite.
@LenHummelChannel11 жыл бұрын
This was a truly wonderful & engaging interview. both Dick and Orson are just about at their best. thanks for uploading this little masterpiece.
@robinrubendunst8695 жыл бұрын
He looks so happy and healthy here... loved him so.
@edwinkirkland8856Ай бұрын
😢😢😢😢😢boy do i miss him especially this show he was a GENIUS AND HUMBLED RIP MR WELKES AND YES HURST BASTARD
@ballsarama16759 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, excerpts from an era no longer with us. Maybe Charlie Rose still does it...but this was more the norm than an exception during this time.
@Guitcad12 жыл бұрын
Brigadier General OMG! That's such an awesome story I don't even care if it's true!
@topraman51913 жыл бұрын
Orson Welles, what a character. And incredibly down-to-earth and modest.
@ronbo119 жыл бұрын
Great interview. Thanks for sharing these clips of it!
@john777horus14 жыл бұрын
i love this guy, the world needs more people like him.
@JingleJangleJam Жыл бұрын
Orson Welles is the King of Movies.
@Nix119999 жыл бұрын
god this awesome. try getting a 'star' of these days to talk like orson. they wouldn't get passed "duhhhh"
@louiso.43255 жыл бұрын
The only person I can think of who speaks with such modern eloquence is maybe Stephen Fry, but I’m sure he too would agree that he can barely even hold a candle to Welles
@geoffdearth85757 жыл бұрын
One thing I notice about him during these interviews is that he doesn't go out of his way to trash others as he could have easily done.
@martin.aletta17 жыл бұрын
the best tv interview ive ever seen
@RichardGrigonis7 жыл бұрын
Although the reference to the "Something Else" movie was a hoax/joke, this has appeared on IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt3739494/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1
@jeffstone21365 жыл бұрын
Ironically, I got an advert for the Clooney Catch 22 series before this clip
@dixiebrick2 жыл бұрын
Man for all ages.
@fredsalfa10 жыл бұрын
What a Legend
@Zopf-international6 жыл бұрын
Those end titles lol...
@QED_6 жыл бұрын
"Grand Illusion" is a defensible choice. Not a lot of contenders with equal gravitas: maybe "Children of Paradise" and "Citizen Kane".
@feb20006 жыл бұрын
Casablanca?
@charlescovell8054 Жыл бұрын
Renoir’s Rules of the Game and Welles’s Magnificent Ambersons must surely come into the reckoning.
@QED_ Жыл бұрын
@@charlescovell8054 "Grand Illusion" works a lot better for me than "Rules of the Game". And "Magnificent Ambersons" . . . doesn't work at all. I've watched each of these 2-3 times over past 50 years . . .
@08Annasia12 жыл бұрын
What he says about pornography is really relevant especially for today
@patsirianni7984 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your service
@AnimalRamirez197615 жыл бұрын
I like Orson's joke credits at the end. Bet the unions wouldn't let you get away with that now.
@v17jet13 жыл бұрын
Orson had more great stories that anyone, ever. Amazing life.
@anthonyqgarcia39125 күн бұрын
Woooooo, what an answer on the pornographic question ! I gotta listen to that answer a couple of more times to really grasp its full meaning.
3.15 mark...wow...talk about thinking on your feet...orson is a legit legend
@leejee8811 жыл бұрын
wow such a great articulate ,well read well rounded man.
@charlieladder14 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this, as a big fan of Welles -- and Cavett. I hadn't seen it before and really enjoyed watching.
@NGS71216 жыл бұрын
bchfront: Very true. I only wish there were personalities like Hitchcock or Welles in Hollywood today.
@sclogse115 жыл бұрын
Peter Greenaway has the theatre in him like orson...
@CraigWeinstein16 жыл бұрын
I'm having a lot of difficulty identifying the other film he mentioned. Does know where there exists a listing for "Something Else"?
@NGS71216 жыл бұрын
bch: Such as shame too. My favorite director is Hitchcock and I think I could say I really like Welles too. Both of them seemed to have great personalities. They were friendly and had a sense of humor. And I actually found out about that 'Something Else' gag after going through these comments.
@Dogstar33315 жыл бұрын
Orson Welles is the coolest guy, I've yet to see an interview with him where he's not superb.
@TopDog6915 жыл бұрын
Haha the end credits "Contracted for and criticized by Orson Welles".
@glomph16 жыл бұрын
Wow. Just plain wow. Hard to imagine this on American Television, or anywhere else. We get trailer trash in soundbites now.
@lamouchemorte16 жыл бұрын
great clip, thanks for posting!
@dawnbylaw16 жыл бұрын
Really great story..i would have done the same sir but sadly i hadnt been born yet..Orsons spirit will live forever in the cinema history..no orson welles will exist again ever..ok enough said
@FungusMossGnosis13 жыл бұрын
I can't for the life of my cinephilia figure what Orson's "SOMETHING ELSE" is: Director: James Cruze; Stars: Corinne Griffith & Rod La Rocque ... I have no idea what that movie could be. Anyone?
@elliotworthortega5 жыл бұрын
After searching to no avail, I am left to believe that there is no such film, and that was the joke
@nelsano313 жыл бұрын
Orson was a monumental talent. A storyteller of the highest order. I strongly doubt everything he told us was true (meeting Hitler???) but thats besides the point.. his personality is magnetic and his wit razor sharp, i guess this is the reason his work in Movies and Theatre were so great and original, he really understood how to make any audience (even an indifferent one) pay attention. You could say this is ' Welles unplugged'??!!
@MrTonkacat7 жыл бұрын
The most interesting gent ever....
@CitizenGatsby14 жыл бұрын
God, I love Orson Welles. :D
@LenHummelChannel11 жыл бұрын
I wonder if there are any tapes of any other Cavett interviews with Orson Welles. Just a thought. ... if so: I hope someone can upload them. ... :^)
@djpancake17 жыл бұрын
...funny credit at the end too...
@ravishingravi11 жыл бұрын
Ofcourse there isn't "something else". You can twinkle in his eye as he says it.
@Richard4017111 жыл бұрын
What a racanteur. It's a wonder he never had a talk show of his own, since he's one of the few great people who seems as interested in others as they are in him. I wish Dick had allowed Welles to go more into Welles' love of solitude; instead he quickly moved to another topic.
@iFedericoFellini13 жыл бұрын
@FungusMossGnosis It's amazing to think that after all these years, Orson still manages to pull off a hoax by misleading people into thinking something (no pun intended) is true.
@186seaview12 жыл бұрын
That theme music from Dick Cavett's show was from Leonard Bernstein's opera/musical Candide
@justwatching198017 жыл бұрын
thanks for this. great stuff.
@Bad_At_Parties11 жыл бұрын
I couldn't have put it any better myself, friend!
@mosesinvests3 жыл бұрын
He obviously hadn't seen Oshima's "In the Realm of the Senses", if it had come out by the time of this interview.
@Bertiesghost5 жыл бұрын
Extraordinary man.
@Onlymusical12 жыл бұрын
That was Cavett's original theme song, the one I liked so much but was replaced!
@unfortunatebeam16 жыл бұрын
Alright, I see your point. I suppose I was a little harsh when I called you mindlessly hopeless; I retract what I said. Yeah there are definately good directors out there now, but I guess I do a lot of catching up on the older ones (I'm 24). Godard is actually one of my favourite of the older ones. It's good to have video databases like this so we can retain the memories of such great cultural figures such as Welles, eh?
Does anyone know where I can find the film Something Else?
@Cybele198613 жыл бұрын
How is it that Larry King has a show in 2010 and Dick Cavett doesn't?
@SpoonyLegs1316 жыл бұрын
Somebody else pointed this out on here, but Orson made it up. There is no movie called Something Else with Corinne Griffith. Cavett references this hoax in his Woody Allen interview, since Woody mentions Le Grande Illusion.
@blinkzone115 жыл бұрын
3:13 Welles is rite about "you cant make a pornographic masterpiece", and to many filmmakers today keep trying to break that bar and eventually they fail and make a bad pornographic film like blue velvet.
@MrHEC3819919 жыл бұрын
"Has anyone ever made a pornographic masterpiece?" Caligula...
@mikekrier14659 жыл бұрын
MrHEC381991 Almost Jailbait 1
@Nebuchadnezzar318 жыл бұрын
that was a film that was written to be serious but had pornographic interpolations filmed and inserted
@lynnturman81578 жыл бұрын
That's your idea of a masterpiece? Stay away from movies before you hurt yourself.
@kentallard885217 жыл бұрын
that same back problem made it impossible for him to see films over 2 hours in length
@UncleJeffreySpuds14 жыл бұрын
Much more of a entertaining interview than interviewing the likes of one Alfred (snooze) Hitchcock. At least Orson doesn't talk like he is in a straight jacket.
@dhh4885 жыл бұрын
Hitchcock had a pretty dry and very sharp wit.
@filmfanman656 жыл бұрын
something else...obviously he's trolling film nerds.
@browsertab14 жыл бұрын
He's drunk as a skunk and completely unhealthy but he's engaged in the conversation like a genius.
@robertgandler3177 Жыл бұрын
Orson Welles was correct!
@CraigWeinstein16 жыл бұрын
Dang, so he does.
@dawnbylaw16 жыл бұрын
Of course i dont know it.There are already some great directors out there nowdays.What i tried to say is that no one can direct a movie with this unique way orson welles could.or hitchcock or kubrik.you see my point?some people in the movie industry managed to set some standards which exist till today.Remeber that even the french jean luc godart said for orson everyone owes him everything.he is a cult icon in the history of cinema.one of a kind.like some others are and will be in other ways
@Richard4017111 жыл бұрын
Thx. In this case definitely a speed typing error,since "contes" (as in Les Contes des Hoffman) means story. Some words, esp. names I admit having problems with! For the life of me I always have to check whether Dustin Hoffmann has one or two terminal n's (I think 1). BTW, I wish Cavett had asked if Welles thought Lewis a good filmmaker, instead he passed over that.
@AttackTheGasStation111 жыл бұрын
"What a racanteur" "raconteur", french word for "storyteller".
@ssalemi13 жыл бұрын
@bchfront - So tell us, who was your late father? Have you seen "Orson Welles and Me?"
@roscoe87654314 жыл бұрын
aaahhhhh the french...
@dawnbylaw16 жыл бұрын
No dont regret it.I made a comment full of passion the first time so its logical it would be misunderstood.I also admit that im indeed mindlessly hopeless sometimes..you see the times of The Great Depression are coming back..ok im joking..Anyway i agree with your statement about the database..
@ottoskidoo15 жыл бұрын
I have to agree.
@nickfilms88286 жыл бұрын
I can't find anything about a movie called "Something Else" directed by a Jame Cruz. Pretty sure Orson just trolled this entire audience
@constantine471115 жыл бұрын
can someone give me information about ''something else''?
@MatejIlicBuljan15 жыл бұрын
yes, the internet
@robinrubendunst8695 жыл бұрын
Can’t find “Something Else” anywhere?
@TheColourOfSpring-15 жыл бұрын
I looked it up.
@leejee8811 жыл бұрын
"sadly no longer exists: A genuine "raconteur". could you elaborate what you mean by this for me?
@LiquidZ2k15 жыл бұрын
LULZ 5:34
@deceiver123m14 жыл бұрын
@ptboat67 hes charismatic.. but i dunno if i cant trust him... oh well.
@Cosmic86x14 жыл бұрын
@betterthansex123 his interviews were always relaxed, respectful, educated and very interesting. unfortunately most talk-shows today don't have those features.
@Jack-2day3 жыл бұрын
Now ten years later.. it’s wayyy worse lol
@ptboat6714 жыл бұрын
Was Orson Welles just wonderful or not?
@Lesetja12 жыл бұрын
Seriously.
@FungusMossGnosis13 жыл бұрын
@iFedericoFellini I hope you're not suggesting, e.g., that the alien invasion of 1938 was a hoax? Because I can assure you that my grandparents looked out there kitchen window in West Windsor Township as it was happening, and it was all real.