Orson Welles

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q24829: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Compulsion (1959); A Man for All Seasons (1966); Orson Welles' Sketchbook (TV); The Late Great Planet Earth; The Transformers animated movie. Count them as director (8 films), writer (1 film) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Directing (13) everyone in directing

Other (6) everyone in other

Acting (5) everyone in acting

Writing (2) everyone in writing

What was said about them, by kind

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Quentin Tarantino → Orson Welles. After the debut he was compared to Welles, but unlike Welles he topped it with Pulp Fiction.
    “The the person, the number one person that he was compared to after this came out was Orson Wells.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:26:45 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Compulsion → Orson Welles. Welles arrives with 30 minutes left and dominates the courtroom.
    “he just dominates for the final 30 minutes in a courtroom”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:33:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

programming (3)

  1. programming (programming): Orson Welles → Anthony Perkins. If Welles wins they would add some Perkins (The Trial).
    “God, if Wells wins, we'd do some Perkins too.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 1:06:16 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. programming (programming): Preston Sturges → Orson Welles. Sturges, a 7 seed, was placed against Welles, a tough draw.
    “Now we had him against Wells.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:18:04 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  3. programming (programming): Orson Welles → Powell and Pressburger. The closest round was Welles vs Powell and Pressburger; the speaker thinks Blank Check should add the Archers eventually.
    “I do think that we should add the archers to the pile of blank shack should just do them eventually.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:24:33 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (3)

  1. verdict (verdict): Orson Welles → Terrence Malick. Welles beat Malick.
    “Wells beat Malik.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:52:25 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Orson Welles → Chimes at Midnight. Chimes at Midnight is a movie one speaker adores.
    “a Shakespeare nerd is a movie I adore.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:53:47 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): Orson Welles → David Lean. The speaker knew Welles would likely beat either Lean or Hitchcock, but wanted Lean to advance.
    “I knew Wells would probably beat either of those guys, but I was kind of like, would be pretty cool.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:11:14 · David Sims (0.60 sure it was them)

what-if (3)

  1. what-if (what-if): Orson Welles → Dune. Welles was considered for the Baron; Divine too but had health issues.
    “Orson Wells, obviously, is considered for the Baron.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:47:10 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. what-if (what-if): Orson Welles → Heart of Darkness (Welles, unmade). Welles was going to do Heart of Darkness instead of Kane.
    “he was going to do Hearts of Darkness, Heart of Darkness, instead of Kane”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Mank with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:41:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. what-if (what-if): Orson Welles → Mel Brooks. A Brooks win over Welles in the final four could make Brooks a champion.
    “I feel like if if Mel beats Orson... Then he can be Cooper.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:28:39 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Orson Welles: Welles climbed weight classes over the years, called the huskiest director who ever lived at his peak.
    “he is perhaps the huskiest director who ever lived.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · 2025 March Madness Update 1 · 0:53:02 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)