A little-known episode in the history of the director of "Citizen Kane" and "The Lady from Shanghai".
Capture the movie "3 AM: The Time of Sexuality", Gary Graver, a scene was filmed by Orson Welles.(Screenshot / Vulture)
"This is a video we recommend you to look at work at Starbucks or at any other place where it could be frowned upon. And prefer headphones." These tips come from the site Vulture , Tuesday, June 9, which reveals a little known part of life of Orson Welles: participation in an erotic film in the 1970s, "3 AM: The Time of Sexuality".
The film, directed by Gary Graver, tells the story of a family in California: Mark and Elaine are married with two children and share their home with Elaine's sister, Kate. And for short, "everyone sends in the air, including children," summed Vulture.
The participation of Welles, already mentioned at the time by the film historian Joseph McBride (1),has been recalled by Josh Karp in his book: " Orson Welles's last movie: the making of The other side of the wind "(St. Martin's Press, April 2015)
How he landed there Welles? He worked with Gary Graver on the movie "The other side of the wind," unfinished project that occupied seven years of his life. And as he did not have the means to pay the team, Burn earned his crust by working on erotic films.
Historian McBride, cited by Vulture, then tells that to repatriate more quickly Burn on his own project, "Welles agreed to work for free on one of the film Burn '3 AM'." He assured the assembly of a masturbation scene, in the shower, between Kate and her niece.
A scene judged fairly "wellesienne" by Vulture, who has found the taste of the director for the cons-diving ("Citizen Kane") and his band groans (the long battle scene in "Falstaff"). But the whole movie is very well done, considers the author of the article. Gary Graver, whose talent for erotic productions is recognized, not only worked with Orson Welles, but also with Roger Corman and John Cassavetes. In all honor.
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(1) Joseph McBride: "What ever happened to Orson Welles?" (University Press of Kentucky; First Edition edition, 2006)
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