This Is Orson Welles
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This Is Orson Welles is a book-length interview and memoir in which filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich and Orson Welles discuss Welles’s life, career, and approach to cinema.
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| This Is Orson Welles canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: This Is Orson Welles Context triple: [Who The Devil Made It, relatedWork, This Is Orson Welles]
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A.
Me and Orson Welles
Me and Orson Welles is a 2008 period drama film directed by Richard Linklater that follows a teenager cast in Orson Welles’s 1937 Mercury Theatre production of Julius Caesar.
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B.
Orson’s Shadow
Orson’s Shadow is a stage play by Austin Pendleton that dramatizes the tumultuous relationships and egos of mid-20th-century theater icons like Orson Welles and Laurence Olivier.
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C.
Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane is a landmark 1941 American film directed by and starring Orson Welles, widely acclaimed for its innovative cinematography, narrative structure, and enduring influence on cinema history.
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D.
There Really Was a Hollywood
"There Really Was a Hollywood" is a memoir by actress Janet Leigh recounting her experiences and insights from the classic Hollywood era.
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E.
Orson Welles' Othello
Orson Welles' Othello is a 1951 black-and-white film adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, directed by and starring Orson Welles, renowned for its innovative cinematography and turbulent, years-long production.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: This Is Orson Welles Target entity description: This Is Orson Welles is a book-length interview and memoir in which filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich and Orson Welles discuss Welles’s life, career, and approach to cinema.
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A.
Me and Orson Welles
Me and Orson Welles is a 2008 period drama film directed by Richard Linklater that follows a teenager cast in Orson Welles’s 1937 Mercury Theatre production of Julius Caesar.
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B.
Orson’s Shadow
Orson’s Shadow is a stage play by Austin Pendleton that dramatizes the tumultuous relationships and egos of mid-20th-century theater icons like Orson Welles and Laurence Olivier.
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C.
Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane is a landmark 1941 American film directed by and starring Orson Welles, widely acclaimed for its innovative cinematography, narrative structure, and enduring influence on cinema history.
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D.
There Really Was a Hollywood
"There Really Was a Hollywood" is a memoir by actress Janet Leigh recounting her experiences and insights from the classic Hollywood era.
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E.
Orson Welles' Othello
Orson Welles' Othello is a 1951 black-and-white film adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, directed by and starring Orson Welles, renowned for its innovative cinematography and turbulent, years-long production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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interview book ⓘ memoir ⓘ |
| about |
The Other Side of the Wind
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artistic approach of Orson Welles ⓘ career of Orson Welles ⓘ censorship in film ⓘ creative process in filmmaking ⓘ history of 20th-century cinema ⓘ life of Orson Welles ⓘ problems of film production ⓘ studio interference ⓘ unfinished films of Orson Welles ⓘ |
| author |
Orson Welles
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Peter Bogdanovich ⓘ |
| features |
commentary by Peter Bogdanovich
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critical analysis of films ⓘ discussion of editing style ⓘ discussion of film technique ⓘ discussion of narrative structure ⓘ discussion of sound design ⓘ discussion of visual style ⓘ extended interviews ⓘ personal recollections ⓘ |
| genre |
film studies
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non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm |
book-length interview
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memoir-like conversation ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Chimes at Midnight
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Citizen Kane ⓘ Hollywood studio system ⓘ Orson Welles ⓘ The Lady from Shanghai ⓘ The Magnificent Ambersons ⓘ The Trial ⓘ Touch of Evil ⓘ acting ⓘ cinema ⓘ cinematography ⓘ film directing ⓘ film editing ⓘ filmmaking ⓘ independent filmmaking ⓘ radio drama ⓘ screenwriting ⓘ stage directing ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective |
first-person accounts by Orson Welles
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interviewer perspective of Peter Bogdanovich ⓘ |
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