Shakespeare on Film: Chimes At Midnight Orson Welles

Published: June 4, 2018, 8 p.m.

b'Orson Welles direction and his performance as Shakespeare\\u2019s legendary Falstaff are at the center of this conversation about Chimes at Midnight, Welles\\u2019 1965 film masterpiece that was unavailable to the public for decades. Professors Jim Kearney (UC Santa Barbara) and Joseph McBride (San Francisco State University) discuss Welles\\u2019 lifelong admiration of the Bard and the film\\u2019s complicated production and distribution history. The two professors also explore Welles\\u2019 ambitious adaptation of story material from five different Shakespeare plays into this single film.\\n Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 33498]'