Whenever I mention Orson Welles (which I do a lot) some people will bring up the fact that his last role was the voice of Unicron, the planet devouring planet in the animated Transformers movies. Here are two clips where the people behind the film talk about working with Welles (that's right, both Trasnformers movies have deluxe DVD editions but Welles's Chimes at Midnight isn't even available, to say nothing of The Other Side of the Wind).
This clips puts a pretty positive spin on things, which contradicts what Joseph McBride wrote about Welles's experience on the film in Whatever Happened to Orson Welles? Welles had done a lot of crap to finance his independent projects but this seemed to much for him.
This clip seems to be a bit more in line with what Welles came away with. The idea of Welles stroking his cat while reading these lines reminds me that it is a tragedy Welles never played Blofeld in the Bond movies. Permanent Link: 10:19 AM |
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I am a proud owner of that DVD.
And I can't help but wish, after reading this or any other voiceover anecdote, that we had more video footage of recording sessions for animated features. I'd pay assloads of money for a DVD of Frank Welker at work, y'know?
# posted by Leigh Walton : 5:53 PM
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