
Mark Cousins dives deep into the visual world of legendary director and actor Orson Welles to reveal a portrait of the artist as he's never been seen before.... (Full plot summary below)
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Mark Cousins dives deep into the visual world of legendary director and actor Orson Welles to reveal a portrait of the artist as he's never been seen before.
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| Sunday Independent (Ireland)Aine O'ConnorMark Cousins's film is a kind of love letter, told through one of Welles's lesser-known but enormous talents; his artwork. |
| CineVueJohn BleasdaleThe Eyes of Orson Welles is an enlightening essay on how this most famous of directors saw things. |
| Independent (UK)Geoffrey MacnabThankfully, [director Mark] Cousins comes at the great man from a new angle. |
| The Big IssueEdward LawrensonThe Eyes of Orson Welles is terrific, a rich, intelligent, adoring embrace of its subject. |
| Irish TimesDonald ClarkeThose who do engage with Cousins's long vowels will ... find much to savour in his raptures. |
| The Herald (Scotland)Alison RowatA fascinating film, with even the most dedicated Wellesian likely to come away with something new. |
| Observer (UK)Simran HansCousins's own eye is as attentive as a lover's, zeroing in on Welles's use of lines and space. |
| Patrick NabarroPJ NabarroCousins uses the discovery of Welles' sketching and painting hobby as a means of exploring a sensory through-line in his work. |
| Film InquiryMusanna AhmedWith The Eyes of Orson Welles, Mark Cousins claims his stake as the Ken Burns of documentaries on cinema history. |
| Empire MagazineTerri WhiteA heady, occasionally indulgent, yet entirely new look at the actor and filmmaker through an impressive array of previously unseen artwork. |