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Don Quixote

Don Quixote

1992
Drama
1h 56m
Over the course of his lifetime, the legendary director Orson Welles (1915-1985) was forced to leave many of his grander movie-making projects unfinished, generally for want of sustained financial backing. Each successive unfinished effort generated buzz throughout the worshipful film community that only served to brighten the luster of his legend. Thus it was only a matter of time before one of his many admirers bought the rights to the fairly extensive footage he shot for his film Don Quixote (begun in 1955) and attempted to edit it into some semblance of a finished film... (All Movie)

Directed by:

Orson Welles

Screenwriter:

Jesús Franco, Miguel de Cervantes y Saavedra

Starring:

Orson Welles, Akim Tamiroff, Francisco Reiguera, José Mediavilla, Juan Carlos Ordóñez, Constantino Romero

Genre:

Drama

Countries:

Italy, Spain, USA

Language:

Spanish
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Don Quixote

1992
Drama
1h 56m
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joojooJooJoo
Rated 20 Nov 2008
3
32nd
It's difficult to rate such a broken film; works better as a silent picture due to the atrocious voice-overs [really? A faux-Welles narration?], exaggerated acting, & vivid imagery. This is barely watchable but I found myself enjoying parts of it, as time went on, once I accepted its condition - only the most devout of Welles fans need apply (and track down the spanish version).
Rated 20 Nov 2008
martintellerMartinTeller
Rated 02 Jan 2009
46
7th
The poor dubbing is amateurly acted and never comes close to matching the lip movements. The editing is choppy and slapped together. But you can see flashes of genius in the choice to drop our heroes into modern society. At first it seemed like a silly idea, but when Welles himself shows up it's a clever bit of self-reference. It's weird and it certainly needs a lot of retooling, but it's a glimpse of what could have been. What we're left with is deeply flawed but occasionally fascinating.
Rated 02 Jan 2009
jarmannJarmann
Rated 04 Jun 2009
45
13th
More a broken workprint than a movie, it is made even worse by the terrible voice-overs. They could have made much better out of the material if they had made a documentary about it.
Rated 04 Jun 2009
nathanbatesNathanBates
Rated 20 May 2023
60
36th
Welles in his surrealistic period. It's a funny concept, putting the off-beat hero into the modern age; unfortunately, we see more of Welles himself than we seem to of the great knight. It comes off feeling like an early version of MST3K. There are parts that seem to be spliced from newsreels, and other parts that are at least as muddy as the plot itself. Rather disappointing, although as a Welles fan, it's interesting to see how his mind works even in such a rough form.
Rated 20 May 2023
glm01glm01
Rated 02 Oct 2013
49
9th
49.000
Rated 02 Oct 2013
glmglm
Rated 04 Jul 2012
44
10th
44.250
Rated 04 Jul 2012
postmodifierpostmodifier
Rated 29 Mar 2009
85
81st
Seeing this, one can only wish that Welles had completed the essay-film that he had hoped to finish (using this footage) before his death. As broken and chopped apart as the existing workprints are, the available shots are still beautifully composed, and I found the voiceovers to be ridiculously befitting in the context of the presentation. Alas.
Rated 29 Mar 2009

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