The Other Side of the Wind

  • 2018


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Positive Reviews 74
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Average Rating 3.8/5
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3.0
Is it for the casual viewer looking for something to watch on Netflix Probably not. Its too unconventional and iconoclastic and ragged. Is it essentia .. Den Of Geek
4.5
Hannaford is a celebrated genius and a hard drinking, tough talking mans man and the whole thing is, quite obviously, actually all about Welles. Den Of Geek
2.0
The films youthful energy and daredevil experimentation are staggering, even if it never quite comes off.Its an easier film to admire than to love. EW
2.0
The result is as broken and disorienting as the filmmakers career, though its arrival at least provides a welcome coda. Indie Wire
4.5
The Other Side of the Wind, coherent and compelling as it often is, remains an arresting scrapbook of a movie that we no longer have to speculate abou .. Variety
4.0
Whatever its flaws, it is an enthralling portrait and a study of work destined always to be in progress. The Guardian
4.5
Sure, much of the season is spent with American actors doing terrible Australian accents and making Chris Hemsworth jokes.But what hasnt changed is Th .. The Guardian
4.4
It isnt a novelty item, but a work of anguished art thats worthy of its creator.
5.0
First, you wonder whether this Wind is really close to the film Welles would have made, or whether a completed film could only really be imagined in t .. Screen Daily
4.5
Just setting the scene leaves me winded, but watching the film is no walk in the park either.Its a hard first time watch. Vulture
5.0
But as things stand, it will be up to us mere mortals to assess this sincere, carefully and astutely judged assemblage. The Hollywood Reporter
2.5
Yet, to be clear, this is a project that brings about the evergreen question of whether a creatives unfinished projects torch should be picked up and ..
4.5
What we have is something of a seductive tease, a haunted film that at times entrances and delights and at times offends and embarrasses. The New York Times
5.0
Magic loomed large in the imagination of Orson Welles, and here is the maestros final trick: a flabbergasting curveball tossed from beyond the grave, .. Telegraph
5.0
Then again, it may also be a fitting outcome an expression of faith that the titans of cinema might just survive, and in fact depend on, the mediums f ..
3.0
It couldve been better, it couldve been worse. But this is the one we have. And despite everything, its a disappointment. The Young Folks
4.0
You are bombarded with characters and disconnected lines of dialogue, meaning it is always intriguing but hard to grasp.
3.0
Watching the flickering images will convince you that youre in the hands of a master, even if hes not on his best form. One Guys Opinion
3.1
Max (Geoffrey Land): Jake is just making it up as hes done before. Rogers Movie Nation
5.0
Others simply panned it, perhaps not finding the characters easy enough to like. Combust Ible Celluloid
4.5
Its impossible to say whether the resulting product is what Welles would have created, but what exists certainly provides much food for thought. Chicago Reader
3.8
Watching his latest and reportedly last film, one is taken aback at how of the current age it is. Mark Reviews Movies
4.5
Overall, Wind magnificently displays Welles filmmaking brilliance while baring the aging auteurs frailties and frustrations. Usa Today
4.0
What to call this Hollywood takedown from Orson Welles, besides the best 1970s movie to be released in the 21st century.The director, who died of a he .. Rolling Stone
4.5
Bogdanovich does a great job as the sycophantic Otterlake, but without Huston and his knowingly weary performance pulling the disparate scenes togethe .. Decider
5.0
Yet its still something of a miracle that we get to see what amounts to a new film from an all time great. The Wrap
2.0
I look at this maddening pastiche and think of all the great movies he might have made. Cs Monitor
1.5
His bracing intelligence shines through the at times lackluster material. Film Journal
3.8
Its a solid, entertaining, complex story packed with eccentric performances. New York Post
4.5
Unpacking all the period specific references here is a Herculean task best suited to the video freaks.Unlike other Welles films like Touch of Evil, wh .. Npr
4.4
The script for The Other Side of the Wind describes it as a film within a film, a film about a film, a film about a film maker . Q Network
1.5
Ultimately, The Other Side of the Wind is not so much an artistic achievement as it is the cinematic equivalent of throwing spaghetti against the wall .. Cinema Crazed
4.5
If you dont care about Orson Welles, this film does not stand up well enough on its own to be worth your time.Do you have any films you like talking a .. Film Inquiry
3.0
Somewhere within all 100 hours of footage exists a truly wonderful character study of a Hollywood filmmaker that, by extension, allows us to understan .. Flickering Myth
4.0
Its a parody, a biopic, a comedy, a tragedy, an experimental film, and God knows what else. Flim Threet
5.0
This kaleidoscopic collage of Wellesian obsessions about creation and destruction is a fable of its own incompletion. New Yorker
2.0
For all its jumbled narrative, that The Other Side of the Winds labyrinthine structure still feels somewhat cohesive is nothing short of a miracle. The Film Stage
3.8
The movies full of acidic wisecracks and zingers, though its attempts to be funny arent really funny. Chicago Tribune
4.5
While often mystifying, this wild experiment is never less than hypnotically compelling, laying bare one great creators flaws and despairs regarding a .. Birth Movies Death
3.0
Perhaps the asynchronous editing will take a moment to key into for the modern viewer. But go with Welles, and you will see wonders. Consequence Of Sound
3.0
Stylistically, what resonates with Welles final work is how remarkable his cinematic focus stayed even with the arduous production schedule. The Play List
3.0
And I dont think it delivers on that ambition, but I dont know that it matters. Now Toronto
4.0
But watching the film as simply that, once the riot has subsided, the dust has cleared, the party is over, the rage the very real fury of disappointed .. Cine Vue
4.0
Welles juggles aspect ratios and film stock, casts real life filmmakers alongside screen analogs (John Hustons cigar chomping Jake Hannaford is a bare .. Flicks
5.0
And you have to think that this mischief loving genius of the cinema would be absolutely tickled by all the attention hes kicking up 33 years after hi .. Cleve Land
3.5
That doesnt mean that I wasnt glad I saw the film, or that I dont admire the massive financial and creative undertaking that went into completing this .. Screen Crush
4.0
It may not count among Welless best work if you regard it as his work at all but the editors deserve kudos for having assembled something mostly coher .. Ft
2.5
The Other Side of the Wind is an overdose of content and subtext, but it is the price that had to be paid to resuscitate a project that was dead and b ..
1.5
He believes God to be a woman, but he doesnt respect God, considering himself above her. Film
5.0
The Other Side of the Wind has arrived 40 years late. But in its odd way, its right on time. The Ringer
3.0
Its a remarkable film, one that requires multiple viewings to be fully appreciated and understood for its satire. Dennis Schwartz Reviews
4.0
Such a noisy style leaves a garbled message, but the feeling that finally resonates is tragedy. One Room With A View
3.1
For her role alone, academics should further examine the purpose and motivation of the films narrative structure and beats. Awards Circuit
2.0
(If nothing else, viewers will walk away from this movie having learned more about the erotic imagination of a great American director than they ever .. Film Avclub
4.5
Does it matter the guy responds.We feel something of the same about Welles film: you could basically pick the movie up at any point without missing a .. The Daily Beast
1.5
See Morgan Nevilles entertaining documentaryTheyll Love Me When Im Dead.) Film Journal International ..
4.5
Most impressive is the sheer will and persistence of the producers to complete Welles vision. Blacknerd Problems
5.0
The land of FilmNerdistan turns its eyes to the horizon, awaiting its next redeemer. National Review
5.0
The obsidian heart of the intricate screenplay, by Welles and Kodar is thrilling. New City Film
2.5
Its absolutely worth seeing as a curiosity.But as a work of narrative art it doesnt sustain itself for its full two hour running time. Datebook Sfchronicle
4.5
Neither, too, can a single look, captured by a camera that couldnt possibly exist in the films rubric.But this is vintage Welles. Battleship Pretension
4.5
For me its an eye popping wonderment steeped in incredible circumstance. Cambridge Day
4.5
But in this evocative satirical drama, Welles demonstrates a last magic act. Metro Active
5.0
A daring, reckless, uncompromising film that has risen like a phoenix from the ashes to take its place in the pantheon of great things. The Dispatch (Lexington, N ..
5.0
Rather than a hidden masterpiece, The Other Side of the Wind opens a window into Welles mordantly disaffected consciousness. The movie seems to exist .. Denerstein Unleashed Blog ..
4.5
Its pure cinema, raw, with improvisations and an air of untidiness and improvisation, but which makes it so much more attractive.
2.5
Again, the point above rings true.In trying to be just a little weird and just a little sweet, it ends up lacking in appeal for both children and adul .. Hollywood News
3.5
The latest film by Welles, shot in a false documentary style that flirts with metacinema, is an experimental drama that has a contagious ecstasy when ..
3.0
You got what you were promised, but you thought you were promised something else. Film Jerk
2.5
Unfortunately, The Other Side of the Wind is more a historical document that is fascinating for admirers of Orson Welles but its not a good movie. FanboyNation.com
4.8
Hannaford is making a film that presents itself to the world as something sensitive, artful, and heterosexual, but that might be why the whole thing f .. The Gate
3.1
Welles last film is not as grandiose as it could have been. But its still an interesting experiment about the toxicity of the industry.
4.0
Orson Welles final film is a staccato, bitter modernity, standing highest when it falls into itself la Godard and Vertov. Film Monthly
3.5
Hero worship is hollow, commerce is still king and a man who cant pay cant play.The whole thing is just a big ball of Seventies. Maddwolf
4.5
The Other Side of the Wind is a fascinating, seriously flawed product of its time. With all its faults, it is important viewing for anyone concerned w .. World Socialist Web Site
4.0
Up to his dying day, Welles both loved and hated cinema, and it both loved and hated him in return.While The Other Side of the Wind is not the easiest .. High Def Digest
1.5
The layers of meaning and real life irony have only deeply increased with its extended hibernation, and it sounds totally fascinating on paper. Lagniappe Mobile
4.5
This movie is imperfect, but thats precisely its point and precisely its allure. Mubi
4.5
The illuminating Netflix documentary Theyll Love Me When Im Dead, commissioned to accompany this restoration, delves quite movingly into the interpers .. Wbur
3.0
Of course, you can easily opt out at any time, but were confident that you wont. I News
4.5
This is a mirror into the past, but in some truly striking ways, it is our reflection being refracted across a generation, foretold by a man who did n .. The Lonely Film Critic
4.5
Welles film revels in the failure and betrayal of a man before a system that understands it less and less, a quixotic and infinite search for divine a .. Butaca Ancha
3.0
As an experimental commentary on experimental cinema, The Other Side of the Wind is practically built on being self indulgent. Its sort of thrilling t .. The Filtered Lens
4.5
More loved than when he was alive, in death Orson Welles is no longer alone. El Universal
4.5
An absolutely fascinating object. Not among Welles greatest works, but irich and impressive. Screen Hub
5.0
But it is a glorious mess that captures the sheer stress and madness of trying to make a movie while maneuvering through the waters of the film indust .. Riot Material
1.5
Could it be that Welles never intended to finish his film.Was this all just an elaborate practical joke, a magic trick to make a movie disappear Cc2K Online
5.0
Best to leave that one to the experts.The Other Side of the Wind is more fun just to look at than to search for any meaning. West Word
3.5
Whether or not the film is beautifully atrocious or just atrocious is going to be divisive, but ultimately, The Other Side of the Wind portrays a dire ..
4.5
The fascination of these projectsthe failures not leastis Welless unflagging imagination and perseverance. Harpers
0.5
That this hapless, incoherent mess brings down the curtain on a fabled filmmakers career when it was expected to cap it is lamentable, but not entirel .. Los Angeles Blade



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