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He now feels fairly incredulous ambivalent, even that a finished film has finally materialized.
Im in the place where I say to myself, What do I do now?
(Welles insisted the movie was not autobiographical.)
Half a scene would be shot in L.A. then be finished two continents away three years later.
And one of the films European backers legendarily embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars from its budget.
John, just read the lines or forget them and say what you yo.
Or is the camera a phallus?
That money never came.
The company attempted to reduce his profit participation in the film and wrest away final cut.
So thats when everything got really complicated.
It was very difficult to really assess the ownership of it.
But also there were these three parties and none of them were speaking to each other.
I mean, doubts definitely creeped in, says Rymsza.
The scenes felt very disjointed.
You felt that Welles was shooting them over the course of six years.
They varied greatly in quality not only picture quality but audio quality.
It felt very cobbled together.
I thought about the filmmaking process and what he was trying to accomplish with this movie.
He would have had to blow up the 16 mm to 35 even to be able to edit.
In addition to co-starring inTOSOTW, Bogdanovich has gained a reputation as a Welles scholar.
The director personally asked Bogdanovich to help finishWindin the event Welles died before its completion.
Bogdanovich came onboard as executive producer around 2008, when Marshall and Rymsza were in negotiations to releaseWindwith Showtime.
So not only did Orson ask him to finish the movie if anything happened.
He really understood what Orson was going for.
This final phase was a real collaboration between Bob, Filip, Peter, and I. Hustons son Danny was brought in to overdub his fathers dialogue, perfectly mimicking the elder Hustons bourbon-soaked growl.
Nevertheless, the film held its grand rollout at the Venice Film Festival to generally positive reviews.
Its sad to me.
Its a sad story.
Its a sad movie, Bogdanovich said at a post-screening Q&A after the movies Telluride premiere.
Not only Orsons last movie, its an end of everything kind of movie.
The only thing that survives is the artistry.
