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From Orson Welles’ Sketchbook - 1955
Let me tell you something: I LOVE Orson’s nose. I have loved Orson’s nose for almost as long as I’ve loved Orson. Since, in fact, the second film I saw him in (The Lady From Shanghai). I hadn’t realised, watching the first (Jane Eyre) that it was not his nose.
Let me tell you something else: I love Orson’s stories, but I don’t always believe them. And so what
more lunaticbetter project than a study of all his film noses, just to see if he’s actually telling the truth, here.Here is the full thing in all its
insanityglory just in case you should ever need it. Or if you want to choose an Orson film to watch to celebrate his birthday.Part Four: The 1970s and 1980s
This was both ridiculous and a labour of love, and I regret not one minute of it (ok that’s a lie, I regret a lot of it post about 1962).