Funtil October 5th National Cinema Museum of Turin host My name is Orson Wellesthe exhibition that traces the life and career of the great director, also revealing sides less known to the public.
Over 400 pieces, some never exhibited: the exhibition at the Mole Antonelliana
Over 400 pieces, some never exhibited before, coming from public and private collections and from the Orson Welles Fund of the National Cinema Museum: the exhibition was conceived by Cinémathèque française and edited by the director Frédéric Bonnaud and was set up along the helical ramp of the Temple Hall of the Mole Antonelliana.
Orson Welles, «an epochal change in the seventh art»
«Telling Orson Welles means focusing on an epochal change in the seventh art and we are committed to doing so with an increasingly attentive eye to the new generations» he said Enzo Ghigopresident of the National Cinema Museum.
An exhibition «conceived as a journey into the universe of an artist who still has much to tell us» he added Carlo Chatriandirector of the National Cinema Museum.
Director, actor, illusionist: the thousand faces of the genius of Fourth Estate
You play between reality, tricks, fiction, experiments, provocations; Orson Welles he was a director, actor, author, illusionist, radio narrator and experimenter of visual and sound language. With Fourth Estate revolutionized the cinematographic language and with The lady from Shanghai created one of the most hypnotic sequences in cinema history.
The immersive journey: from the birth certificate to the obsession with magic
The exhibition follows the thousand faces of the American genius in an immersive and narrative journey, in which Welles’ creative process emerges, with continuous experimentation and the desire to overcome the limits imposed by the film industry. Among the pieces on display also the birth certificate, pages of screenplays with comments, photos of subjects and original posters. The relationship with the theme of illusion is thoroughly investigated. The director was passionate about magic and conceived cinema as a device capable of transforming reality and surprising the spectator.
The tribute to Orson Welles continue to Cinema Massimo where, from 2 to 15 April 2026, a retrospective is scheduled with films made by him or in which he is the protagonist.
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