
A famed, and infamous, movie director, JJ Hannaford, dies in a car accident. He was about to release his latest movie and a documentary camera crew had been following him around in the days preceding his death. We see the events leading up to his death, the careers Hannaford destroyed, the enemies he made and his last film, The Other Side of the Wind.... (Full plot summary below)
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A famed, and infamous, movie director, JJ Hannaford, dies in a car accident. He was about to release his latest movie and a documentary camera crew had been following him around in the days preceding his death. We see the events leading up to his death, the careers Hannaford destroyed, the enemies he made and his last film, The Other Side of the Wind.
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| The GateAndrew ParkerThe Other Side of the Wind is the type of film I wish I had weeks to discuss instead of mere hours. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonI think it's a great film, and one that will interesting to re-visit and re-assess. |
| NewcityRay PrideJohn Huston's incarnation of Jake Hannaford, a filmmaking legend debuting bits of his would-be with-it widescreen movie, is honeyed malice, an inebriate howl of terrified, wounded masculinity. |
| Daily Telegraph (UK)Robbie CollinIts relentless, almost hallucinogenic craziness makes it a hard film to engage with, and the viewer drop-off rate when it launches on Netflix later this year will undoubtedly be steep. But as a mad satire of movie-world tumult, and a furious love letter to the business that made and unmade its maker, it could scarcely be improved. |
| Riot MaterialAlci RengifoThere is not much of a smooth flow to this film, which is after all assembled from what Welles left behind. But it is a glorious mess that captures the sheer stress and madness of trying to make a movie. |
| Slant MagazineChuck BowenThe Other Side of the Wind isn't a novelty item, but a work of anguished art that's worthy of its creator. |
| Columbus UndergroundHope MaddenAs well and as wildly as the movie-making satire plays, at the heart of this film is humiliation on exhibition. |
| FilmJerk.comEdward Havens'So, how was it?' my wife asked when I called her after the screening ended. 'There's a lot to unpack,' was the only reply I could think of at that moment. |
| Cleveland Plain DealerMark DawidziakWe'll never know precisely what Welles would have done with more time, music and editing, but some talented artists have done what they can to realize his vision... It's certainly intriguing to see what he was driving at. |
| Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerAs it turns out, bearing Welles’s words in mind, it becomes almost a meta version of Welles’s movie. I would like to think that the great magician himself would have approved. |