The Other Side of the Wind
The Other Side of the Wind is an unfinished film directed by Orson Welles, shot between 1970 and 1976.
The film covers the 70th birthday party of movie director Jake Hannaford, who is struggling to make a commercial comeback. It opens with Hannafords death just after the party, and mostly focuses on the night before his death. We also see extracts of Hannafords daring new filmwithinafilm, The Other Side of the Wind. As we learn more about Hannaford at his party, the audience realises that he is a far more complex character than he seems, and harbors several big secrets.The film presents a cynical portrait of Hollywood in the 1970s, parodying the passing of the studio system, and the experimental new filmmakers of the new Hollywood, as well as mocking successful European directors such as Antonioni. It was shot in a variety of different stylescolor, blackandwhite, still photography, 8mm, 16mm and 35mm film, all rapidly intercut together, and was planned as a collage of these different styles. ........
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