
A Hollywood myth for decades, Orson Welles’ final film was in legal limbo because of its funding mechanism (the brother-in-law to the deposed Shah of Iran), typical Welles family in-fighting (his daughter Beatrice and mistress Oja Kodar were regularly at odds regarding what to do with the different pieces of different projects that they had claim to, though Oja got most of it), and the fact that no one really knew what to do with the footage (even people like George Lucas couldn’t make heads...
Published on September 03, 2024 04:00