Don Quixote

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Audience Member This film is underrated. The current print provides more than a hint of how Welles' would have rendered the story. Welles directing is mischievous. It is possible to argue that the editing is flawed; however, the use of Welles recorded dialog (where it exists) demonstrates good faith. Equally, the quality of the print and dubbing detract from the film and suggest that a remastering (and re-dubbing) is long overdue. Whether the assembly is true to Welles intention is debatable; however, the film provides a useful insight into Welles other unfinished film - 'The Other Side of The Wind'. In fact, the themes Welles explores in his Don Quixote seem to be reflected in this later film that was completed in 2018. This is a film worth preserving. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Yes, the film is a mess but it is an interesting mess. The actor playing Don Quixote certainly looks the part. Besides that, there are some nice shots but nothing complete, no unity. I would recommend it only to those who have read Don Quixote, love film, and can set their expectations lower. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Wonderful classic fantasy. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie is an oddity. Welles' unfinished movie sees Don Quixote and Sancho Panchez traversing the Spanish countryside (fighting windmills, of course) but then walking into 1950s' Spain, meeting people and running into Pamplona's running of the bulls. The staging is uneven (unrehearsed, some may say) but the filming of the main character (with the camera looking up to him in a medium shot, and the sky as background) is cleverly done. The two main actors are a delight to watch, but with the film hard to grasp and rambling, we'll never know how Welles would have wanted this movie to be. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member (***): Thumbs Up Interesting but only for cinema fanatics who want to see a glimpse into what Welles was trying to make (this movie was cut and put together after his death). Not great but I didn't mind seeing it. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Audience Member I had to stop watching this. I admit, I didn?t finish this movie. From what I saw, it gets the half-star review. It is a bad mashup that looks like someone took a home video and edited it together with a staged production from an old home video camera and dubbed over it. None of the genius that Orson Wells had in his films is present. It?s a bad use of his name. If I took home footage from a Kubrick, Scorsese or either Kurosawa and took any of their movies and talked over an edit of them, that would be this movie. Do not watch this unless you want to stare at a car wreck, but not a spectacular kind, just a fender bender where all parties are gone. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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