Movies: December 2008 Archives

Tonight, the HFA winds down its look at the Unknown Orson Welles with two hours of rough footage from some of Welles' never completed projects. While footage from The Deep makes up the bulk of tonight's program, the HFA is also screening scenes from Welles' version of Don Quixote, the dream project that received a new vitality when Terry Gilliam tried and failed to film is own version of the story, brilliantly documented in the 2002 documentary Lost in La Mancha. There's no way of knowing what to expect from tonight's program, whether the footage justifies Welles' uncompromising vision, or whether it was all folly. But it's likely tonight may be the only chance you have to find out....