Northwest Film Forum

When he was only twenty five years old, Orson Welles revolutionized the art of movie-making with his seminal film Citizen Kane, which introduced filmgoers to complex storytelling, deep focus and a multitude of other dizzying tricks and devices that have changed cinema. This seminar intends to upend the belief that his career went downhill from there and will show that Welles's accumulated body of work -- which ranged from the bold to the bad (but still fascinating!) to the beautiful -- continues to influence filmmakers today. This six week seminar offers the film lover and filmmaker alike a rare opportunity to view, discuss and draw inspiration from films that include Citizen Kane, Chimes of Midnight, The Magnificent Ambersons, and F for Fake. 

 

Dickey Nesenger was fortunate to have met and worked with Orson Welles during the last years of his life.