Plot: Hungarian director Laszlo Kovacs (László Szabó) goes to Hollywood, where his compatriot Agi (Ágnes Bánfalvy) tries to get him started on a film document about the late movie director Orson Welles. She sends him the issue #82 of American Film magazine, November 1983, with several pages marked on controversial statements of Wells and other personalities. He gets curious, meets the young woman Agi, and she suggests a number of people to interview, who had known the late film director. Like his model, he is engulfed in the world of movies, alcohol, sex, film stardom and unfinished or inconclusive movies. A docudrama told in the style of Wells himself, with interviews presented and re-enacted so that ambivalence prevails over what is true and what is fake.—Artemis-9
Original Title:
L'homme qui a vu l'homme qui a vu l'ours
Director:
André S. Labarthe
Writer:
André S. Labarthe
Producer:
Alain Plagne
Type: tv movie
Year: 1990
Genres: Documentary
Cast:
Bill Weaver
,
Steve Zaretsky
,
Franck Beachman
,
László Szabó
,
Ágnes Bánfalvy
,
Peter Bogdanovich
,
Robert Gitt
,
Shifra Haran
,
Curtis Harrington
,
John Houseman
,
Glenn Jacobson
,
Henry Jaglom
,
Howard A. Rodman
,
Angelo Rossitto
,
Ron Ivan Staley
,
James G. Stewart
,
Susan Strasberg
,
Alessandro Tasca
,
Richard Wilson
Runtimes:
110
Countries:
France
,
United Kingdom
Languages:
French
,
English
Color Info:
Color
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Letterbox
Sound Mix:
Mono
Original Air Date: 02 Oct 1990 (France)
Rating: 7.3
Votes: 9
Year: 1990
Akas:
The Big O (France)
Production Companies:
La Sept
,
RM Arts
Distributors:
Documentaire sur Grand Écran
,
La Huit Éditions
,
La Sept
Cinematographer:
Jacques Audrain
Producer:
Alain Plagne
Editor:
Danielle Anezin
Editorial Department:
Vincent Roget
Sound Crew:
Bo Harwood
,
Jean-Pierre Laforce
,
Jean Minondo