The Netflix dispute means that the restoration of Orson Welles’ The Other Side of the Wind is not showing at Cannes. Here is an engaging consolation prize: Mark Cousins’ wayward, very indulgent but deeply felt love letter to Orson Welles. In particular, he looks at Welles’ huge body of drawings and paintings – examining them, rhapsodising about them, free-associating from them. He talks about Welles taking his pencil for a walk; Cousins takes his camera for a walk. Cousins has a third and even more interesting suggestion: that Orson Welles has never been more contemporary, or more relevant, in our new age of fascism and bullyism.

Source: The Guardian May 09, 2018 21:11 UTC