Orson Rehearsed (2021)
The Final Thoughts of Orson Welles
Orson Welles' heart has just stopped. We enter his mind in this moment, on the threshold between life and death. In the bardo Orson's thoughts unspool as a stream of consciousness that loops back on itself, like a mobius strip.
- Date of release
- 2021-06-01
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Music
- Director
- Daron Hagen
Casting
- Omar Mulero — Orson Welles #1
- Robert Frankenberry — Orson Welles #2
- Robert Orth — Orson Welles #3
Interesting facts
Orson Rehearsed is a 2021 American independent film by Daron Hagen about Orson Welles which combines elements of opera film, documentary film, and Surrealist cinema. The narrative follows a 2018 staged production of Hagen's eleventh opera integrating extensive pre-shot films and electro-acoustic tracks in which, poised in the bardo between life and death on the night of his demise, Welles takes stock of his life. Directed by Hagen based on his own screenplay and musical score, the film was produced by Burning Sled Media and the Chicago College of Performing Arts. It stars Robert Orth, Robert Frankenberry, and Omar Mulero as Welles, and features the Fifth House Ensemble.
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