Thursday, August 8, 2013

The Hearts of Age - Orson Welles First Film (1934)

The Hearts of Age is an early film made by Orson Welles (best known as director of Citizen Kane). The film is an eight-minute short, which he co-directed with his friend William Vance in 1934. The film stars Welles' first wife, Virginia Nicholson, and Welles himself (interpreting Death). He made the film while still attending the Todd School for Boys in Woodstock, Illinois, at the age of 19.
The plot is a series of images loosely tied together, and is arguably influenced by surrealism.


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