F for Fake: A Study of Orson Welles’ film noses: masterpost

idlesuperstar:

From Orson Welles’ Sketchbook – 1955

Let me tell you something: I LOVE Orson’s nose. I have loved Orson’s nose for almost as long as I’ve loved Orson. Since, in fact, the second film I saw him in (The Lady From Shanghai). I hadn’t realised, watching the first (Jane Eyre) that it was not his nose.

Let me tell you something else: I love Orson’s stories, but I don’t always believe them. And so what more lunatic better project than a study of all his film noses, just to see if he’s actually telling the truth, here.

Here is the full thing in all its insanity glory just in case you should ever need it. Or if you want to choose an Orson film to watch to celebrate his birthday. 

Part One: The 1940s

Part Two: The 1950s

Part Three: The 1960s

Part Four: The 1970s and 1980s

This was both ridiculous and a labour of love, and I regret not one minute of it (ok that’s a lie, I regret a lot of it post about 1962).