M for 'Make it.'
M for 'Make it.'
F for 'Don't fake it.'

The thing I love about Welles is that he revolutionized 3 mediums (stage, radio, film) while still in his 20s!

At first I was like: Little Red Riding Hood is a fairytale by the Grimm brothers, but then it struck me: They didn't write all the fairytales, they just collected the fairytales, that were spread orally.

Well played.

19:45 at some point, that was Walt Disney's only job. "You know, I was stumped one day when a little boy asked, 'Do you draw Mickey Mouse?' And I had to admit I do not draw anymore. 'Well then, you think up all the jokes and ideas?' 'No,' I said, 'I don't do that.' Finally, he looked at me and said, 'Mr. Disney, just what do you do?' 'Well,' I said, 'sometimes I think of myself as a little bee. I go from one area of the studio to another and gather pollen, and sort of stimulate everyone. I guess that's the job I do.'"

In this video, Kyle talks about art while making art.

I'm fine with Orson Welles being remember for voicing Unicron, because given the history behind the scenes, it sounded like he was both annoyed and happy to play it.

and one thing I did enjoy learning about was that even if he took this role for the money, he gave it the best he could, given his health, and I would honestly love it if kids did find out about him through the Transformers movie

The man earned his place in cinema history and has left his mark in almost every part of it.
Heck, I can actually quote all of Orson Welles lines as Unicron from the movie, that's how memorable he made him.

"I found you... faker."
"Faker? I think you're the fake around here. You're comparing yourself to me? Ha. You're not even good enough to be my fake-"
"I'll make you eat those words!"

Make it. Make it.

Don't fake it.

Now this is a art conspiracy I can get behind.

I write comics, I'd like to write comics for a living, and I say that because I would like to establish myself as someone who thinks he's an artist in order to make the following statement.  In Homer's Iliad the hero Achilles claims he would rather live a short and violent life filled with glory rather than a long safe one because his "glory never dies".  We as corporeal beings may die but our deeds, accomplishments, and creations live on making us kind of immortal.  Speaking as an artist, or rather someone who creates something for public consumption, I like this idea of becoming immortal through a legacy.  That being said I am terrified of blood and violence so I try to do accomplish the same thing through my work.

Could be Welles’s best film, and that is indeed saying something. One of his most innovative at the very least—and entertaining!

It's really fascinating returning to this after the Other Side of the Wind has finally seen the light of day. An Orson Welles film that is so deeply rooted in the the auteur narrative of Orson Welles and requires you to be in the know on the Orson Welles myhtos and aesthetic (the frenetic 8 &16mm, Peter Bogdonovich running around as his right hand man, Oja Kodar running around naked in parodic art film montages). Another interesting thing to contemplate about the role of the author here is that no one would have put up the money to restore this and the film itself would never have been resurrected had the status of "lost Orson Welles film" not been attached to it. You can't kill the author in The Other Side of the Wind because the author is the movie.

I find it interesting that you brought up John Green given the recent discovery by John Green that he had inadvertently claimed a quote by a fan of his was his own--a real fake John Green quote essentially

Upvoted at FOOD FOR THE FOOD GOD.  :D

The editing is the star of F for Fake

24:00 Well, sometimes art is made for the artist and not the viewer. Steve Ditko wrote and drew a bunch of Dr. Strange issues that have never been seen by anyone but him and a friend he let look at them once. When asked by the friend if he was going to have them published, he sincerely responded, "No, I drew those just for me."

I graduated in "fine art" a couple of weeks ago.  This video was influential to me.

i wonder if John Green has actually watched this...

I love that I'm going through your catalog now, since Lindsay Ellis JUST did a video essay on Death of the Author and used John Green and TFIOS as examples, even featuring him in the video. This is a brilliant breakdown, and I'm glad I came back to watch your videos again :)

It's strange Oancitizen here thinks he isn't a classical critic with authority and it's a bad thing but the reason I watch internet reviews is exactly for that reason unlike old school criticts they are not biased for the sake of their public image.