Orson Welles's "The Other Side of The Wind" (IndieGoGo campaign) - Blu-ray Forum

bboisvert · 06-12-2015, 02:53 PM

Didn't see a thread about this. 24 days left to get in on it, $50 for a blu-ray and the other usual goodies...

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/f...st-film#/story

HELP FINISH ORSON WELLES FINAL UNFINISHED FILM

If you haven't heard of The Other Side of The Wind, it was supposed to be Orson Welles' comeback title. After years spent working in Europe, Orson returned to Hollywood intent on making a film about filmmaking, but managed to hit an obstacle at every turn and, although he finished shooting it, he did not finish editing and the film was never released.

The film is the epic story of film director J.J. “Jake” Hannaford, played by John Huston. In the film, Jake sets out to make his own career re-defining film, also titled 'The Other Side of the Wind '.

Orson said that the film "(was) not autobiographical" and revised the script daily on set. It was shot on a mix of 35mm, 16mm, and 8mm formats in both color and black & white.

Years later, still unfinished, The Other Side of the Wind would come to be regarded as the most celebrated film never to be released.

WHY INDIEGOGO?
To say that Orson was an innovator and a renegade would be limiting, but if we are meant to define him, he was an artist and an independent thinker. Citizen Kane was his first and only true experience crafting his cinema without outside interference. Orson would constantly experience the heavy scissors of studio heads and financiers time and time again on his subsequent films despite being labeled a ‘wunderkind’ for his early achievements.

Most famously he had to bear witness to The Magnificent Ambersons and Touch of Evil, which were both recut and even reshot despite Orson’s strong protests. More than 40 minutes of his cut of Ambersons is forever lost and destroyed. As for Evil, it took 40 years to restore the film based upon Welles’ famous 58-page memo.

Indiegogo and crowdfunding are extremely powerful tools and ones that we know that Orson would have basked in; equal elements of freedom as well as participation.

Orson Welles often self-financed his own film, though he would later turn to a mixture of financiers (German, Spanish and Iranian) to complete the The Other Side of the Wind . Things turned for the worse when a producer absconded funds and the Persian revolution complicated the Iranian investors involvement.

Orson came to an eventual impasse with the Paris-based, Iranian investor. During that time potential resolutions came and went, and new financiers came and went, but Orson was never given the chance to fulfill his own vision of the film. Taking admittedly mediocre acting jobs in film, television and in commercials to help finance his attempts to finish the film, Orson would spend the very last years of his life battling to regain full control of The Other Side of the Wind.

After his passing, three decades of legal feuds ensued, until 2014, when the rights issues were finally resolved by Producers Filip Jan Rymsza, Frank Marshall and Jens Koethner Kaul.
This brings us to now.

WHY IS MAKING THIS MOVIE IMPORTANT?
What if Mark Twain lost a manuscript - Or if Mozart lost his sheet music for a final Sonata? - Or a lost book of poems by Walt Whitman was discovered hidden away in a dusty attic?

Would you want to see that art realized?

The Other Side of the Wind is an important film that explores the myth of the Hollywood, macho director, the avant-garde movement of the 1970s and the culture of celebrity and its sycophants. It is material the remains as prescient today as it did forty-five years ago.

Very rarely do we also have an opportunity to see something new from that Era that hasn't been seen, even more so to have it directed by the late, great Orson Welles.

This film is a piece of film archeology, without The Other Side of the Wind - Orson's final film - we'll never fully grasp the whole body of his work and understand his legacy.

This is not a restoration or a re-release. The Other Side of the Wind is a NEW FILM, and it can only exist with your help.

Through the power and support of Orson’s most loyal fans, cinephiles and art lovers everywhere, we can deliver on what was once deemed undeliverable –– Orson Welles’ final creative vision.

06-12-2015, 02:53 PM	#1
bboisvert Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Blu-ray collection:1368 DVD collection:10 Trading Score:5	Orson Welles's "The Other Side of The Wind" (IndieGoGo campaign) Didn't see a thread about this. 24 days left to get in on it, $50 for a blu-ray and the other usual goodies... https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/f...st-film#/story HELP FINISH ORSON WELLES FINAL UNFINISHED FILM If you haven't heard of The Other Side of The Wind, it was supposed to be Orson Welles' comeback title. After years spent working in Europe, Orson returned to Hollywood intent on making a film about filmmaking, but managed to hit an obstacle at every turn and, although he finished shooting it, he did not finish editing and the film was never released. The film is the epic story of film director J.J. “Jake” Hannaford, played by John Huston. In the film, Jake sets out to make his own career re-defining film, also titled 'The Other Side of the Wind '. Orson said that the film "(was) not autobiographical" and revised the script daily on set. It was shot on a mix of 35mm, 16mm, and 8mm formats in both color and black & white. Years later, still unfinished, The Other Side of the Wind would come to be regarded as the most celebrated film never to be released. WHY INDIEGOGO? To say that Orson was an innovator and a renegade would be limiting, but if we are meant to define him, he was an artist and an independent thinker. Citizen Kane was his first and only true experience crafting his cinema without outside interference. Orson would constantly experience the heavy scissors of studio heads and financiers time and time again on his subsequent films despite being labeled a ‘wunderkind’ for his early achievements. Most famously he had to bear witness to The Magnificent Ambersons and Touch of Evil, which were both recut and even reshot despite Orson’s strong protests. More than 40 minutes of his cut of Ambersons is forever lost and destroyed. As for Evil, it took 40 years to restore the film based upon Welles’ famous 58-page memo. Indiegogo and crowdfunding are extremely powerful tools and ones that we know that Orson would have basked in; equal elements of freedom as well as participation. Orson Welles often self-financed his own film, though he would later turn to a mixture of financiers (German, Spanish and Iranian) to complete the The Other Side of the Wind . Things turned for the worse when a producer absconded funds and the Persian revolution complicated the Iranian investors involvement. Orson came to an eventual impasse with the Paris-based, Iranian investor. During that time potential resolutions came and went, and new financiers came and went, but Orson was never given the chance to fulfill his own vision of the film. Taking admittedly mediocre acting jobs in film, television and in commercials to help finance his attempts to finish the film, Orson would spend the very last years of his life battling to regain full control of The Other Side of the Wind. After his passing, three decades of legal feuds ensued, until 2014, when the rights issues were finally resolved by Producers Filip Jan Rymsza, Frank Marshall and Jens Koethner Kaul. This brings us to now. WHY IS MAKING THIS MOVIE IMPORTANT? What if Mark Twain lost a manuscript - Or if Mozart lost his sheet music for a final Sonata? - Or a lost book of poems by Walt Whitman was discovered hidden away in a dusty attic? Would you want to see that art realized? The Other Side of the Wind is an important film that explores the myth of the Hollywood, macho director, the avant-garde movement of the 1970s and the culture of celebrity and its sycophants. It is material the remains as prescient today as it did forty-five years ago. Very rarely do we also have an opportunity to see something new from that Era that hasn't been seen, even more so to have it directed by the late, great Orson Welles. This film is a piece of film archeology, without The Other Side of the Wind - Orson's final film - we'll never fully grasp the whole body of his work and understand his legacy. This is not a restoration or a re-release. The Other Side of the Wind is a NEW FILM, and it can only exist with your help. Through the power and support of Orson’s most loyal fans, cinephiles and art lovers everywhere, we can deliver on what was once deemed undeliverable –– Orson Welles’ final creative vision.

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