Author Archives: Stefano Boscutti
Orson Welles at Todd School for Boys
Orson Welles attended Todd School for Boys in Woodstock Illinois from 1926 to 1931. Welles is pictured here in the top left below a window of Grace Hall, the 1915 Prairie Style building where the actor and director lived as
Orson Welles at Todd School for Boys
Orson Welles attended Todd School for Boys in Woodstock Illinois from 1926 to 1931. Welles is pictured here in the top left below a window of Grace Hall, the 1915 Prairie Style building where the actor and director lived as
Get back to work
It’s 1941. The California sun rains down on one of the largest film studios of the era. The studio head strides across an acre of finely clipped lawn towards the administration building, cigar clamped in his mouth. He’s clutching a
Get back to work
It’s 1941. The California sun rains down on one of the largest film studios of the era. The studio head strides across an acre of finely clipped lawn towards the administration building, cigar clamped in his mouth. He’s clutching a
Orson Welles’ Xanadu
Orson Welle’s real home wasn’t quite as lavish and gargantuan as the mountain and Xanadu estate Charles Foster Kane built for himself. It was at 1717 North Stanley Avenue, Hollywood Hills. There was no chain mail fence surrounding the property.
Orson Welles’ Xanadu
Orson Welle’s real home wasn’t quite as lavish and gargantuan as the mountain and Xanadu estate Charles Foster Kane built for himself. It was at 1717 North Stanley Avenue, Hollywood Hills. There was no chain mail fence surrounding the property.
“Boscutti’s Orson Welles” Test Scene 03 Shorty
Quickly putting down a scene is a sure fire way to see where I’m heading. It may not always be in the right direction. Often it’ll be a trigger for another scene or some underlying tension (which is just another
“Boscutti’s Orson Welles” Test Scene 03 Shorty
Quickly putting down a scene is a sure fire way to see where I’m heading. It may not always be in the right direction. Often it’ll be a trigger for another scene or some underlying tension (which is just another
“Boscutti’s Orson Welles” Test Scene #02 Entertainment Tonight
Sketching out scenes is a quick way to get a screenplay rolling. Not everyone likes doing it. Some like working out a beat sheet first and then fleshing it out, line by line. Some like noting snippets and dialogue on
“Boscutti’s Orson Welles” Test Scene #02 Entertainment Tonight
Sketching out scenes is a quick way to get a screenplay rolling. Not everyone likes doing it. Some like working out a beat sheet first and then fleshing it out, line by line. Some like noting snippets and dialogue on
I Never Promised You a Rosebud
How does Orson Welles feel about working under a neophyte director name Henry Jaglom who is making his first movie? In a 1970 New York magazine profile by Julie Baumgold he feels pretty damn good. Tuesday Weld tosses her head.
I Never Promised You a Rosebud
How does Orson Welles feel about working under a neophyte director name Henry Jaglom who is making his first movie? In a 1970 New York magazine profile by Julie Baumgold he feels pretty damn good. Tuesday Weld tosses her head.
Christopher Welles
Christopher is the daughter of Welles’ first wife, Virginia Nicolson, a socialite who had a brief acting career and an equally brief marriage to the mercurial young Orson. Their relationship came to a sudden end when Virginia visited a hotel
Christopher Welles
Christopher is the daughter of Welles’ first wife, Virginia Nicolson, a socialite who had a brief acting career and an equally brief marriage to the mercurial young Orson. Their relationship came to a sudden end when Virginia visited a hotel
Razing Kane
Has anyone found Welles’s Rosebud? In a 1996 Los Angeles Magazine adaptation from a controversial new biography by David Thomson, the director of the greatest film of all time is finally revealed not as a martyr to Hollywood but as
Razing Kane
Has anyone found Welles’s Rosebud? In a 1996 Los Angeles Magazine adaptation from a controversial new biography by David Thomson, the director of the greatest film of all time is finally revealed not as a martyr to Hollywood but as
Found story
I’m walking among the trees by one side of the library, wondering where stories come from. On the ground I spot two sheets of notepaper, lined and folded in half. I reach down, pick them up and unfold them. The
Found story
I’m walking among the trees by one side of the library, wondering where stories come from. On the ground I spot two sheets of notepaper, lined and folded in half. I reach down, pick them up and unfold them. The
Stuart Broadhurst, Chief Executive, Fisher & Paykel
I was talking with a friend about the future of retail the other day. He mentioned how impressed he was with the Dyson store in downtown Tokyo. The billboard down the front of the building was bigger than the entire
Stuart Broadhurst, Chief Executive, Fisher & Paykel
I was talking with a friend about the future of retail the other day. He mentioned how impressed he was with the Dyson store in downtown Tokyo. The billboard down the front of the building was bigger than the entire
