A cinema god, in his last talk-show appearance

[dovestones]

Touch of Evil=Awesome.

[Streamline09]

I love Merv's Jack Benny schtick at the beginning. Bless Orson. Touched by genius.

[kletterkajo]

they both stopped putting cards at the moment when he said "you stop". but did the young lady split the cards evenly half and half or did she split randomly?

[darkmanomega]

Supposedly he died two hours after the taping of this program...according to wikipedia.

[sickkat44]

supposedly, welles was very picky about questions he wouldnt answer (ie his weight, failures etc.) and said to merv before the show that nothing was off limits for this interview. the interview went on, and welles went on to his maker later that night.

[djcalvados]

i dont no shit about this guy but he seems like a good storyteller to me, hes an director or something?? =d

[RICHUNCLEPENNYBAGS77]

@djcalvados He's Orson Welles, the guy who made and starred in Citizen Kane, which is often called the greatest movie of all time.

[JillMMM]

What year was this?

[dojufitz]

After Kane - he seemed to leave brilliant sketches - he had a unique eye - i felt he was the most stimulating director in the way he showed the audience to see....a true unique master.

I miss him....and btw just imagine what he would have done with todays camcorder!

[savant2k]

how did he do this?

[sacrificaltotem]

sad realy ...

[marksixtyone]

First of all he was not a one hit wonder! Yes he died a few hours after a talk show.Might havve been Dick Cavett. he was not a one time hit and if yoy do a little reseach like him doig Lear live on early tv.

[blindtimes]

@marksixtyone Merv confirmed it on Tom Snyder Orson had died hours after the show, plus I imagine IMBD could get the correct date of the show, and it would coincide with his death

[Wacek4444]

er... Cinema god? Where? Maybe you've meant to say cinema GHORD or SOD or something. This here is just Orson Welles, a famous one-time wonder.

[angryniggah]

if welles was a one-hit wonder, and his only hit was citizen kane, he would still tower above 99% of all directors. since this isn't the case (see--magnificent ambersons; touch of evil; othello; chimes at midnight; reed's third man; lady from shanghai and many other contributions to other art forms too numerous to enumerate) you, sir, are sorely ignorant of this "cinema god" and need remedial classes before posting on youtube.

[Wacek4444]

I've seen all the movies you listed except Ambersons and I can hardly say any of them are great films, they are mostly decent, but damn far, dear sir, from being "masterpieces".

I would agree on your 99% point though... as long as you say about US only;) There's so few "decent" directors out there that someone ilke Welles must seem to be a god-like figure or something.

But I'd say the one and only Orson W. is not worthy to polish Cassavetes' shoes.

Now you need some educational classes, eh?

[angryniggah]

ambersons is considered his second greatest film by a majority of critics. you've got to be bonkers to think that cassavetes' oeuvre is anywhere close to welles' contribution to cinema. cassavetes' films are nearly unwatchable. if a cassavetes' film works (a woman under the influence), it's because an actress like rowlands can overcome cassavetes at the helm. cassavetes' films are now a curiousity for film snobs, and a tiring mishmash of bad improv.

[jorlete]

Is really the Orson Welles's last appearance in tv?

In which TV show it was?

[DamienDarkshade]

He did it.

[TheMuseum]

please ad orson welles to your tags