Post by Prime etc. on Aug 31, 2019 1:37:32 GMT
Overrated as a director-no.
Oversized as a director? Yes!
But I think he was in no way overrated as a creative personality--it's not like he ONLY directed so it's kind of difficult to fit him in a category (or a warehouse of categories).
He had some great quotes too:
There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
Orson Welles
I started at the top and worked my way down.
Orson Welles
A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.
Orson Welles
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.
Orson Welles
The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
Orson Welles
A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.
Orson Welles
and
The director is the most overrated artist in the world. He is the only artist who, with no talent whatsoever, can be a success for 50 years without his lack of talent ever being discovered.
Orson Welles
Oversized as a director? Yes!
But I think he was in no way overrated as a creative personality--it's not like he ONLY directed so it's kind of difficult to fit him in a category (or a warehouse of categories).
He had some great quotes too:
There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.
Orson Welles
I started at the top and worked my way down.
Orson Welles
A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.
Orson Welles
My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people.
Orson Welles
The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
Orson Welles
A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.
Orson Welles
and
The director is the most overrated artist in the world. He is the only artist who, with no talent whatsoever, can be a success for 50 years without his lack of talent ever being discovered.
Orson Welles