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Chimes at Midnight (1965) was a tour de force from the legendary Orson Welles, in which he served as star, director, costume designer and screenwriter, adapting Shakespeare's classic plays Henry IV Part I, Henry IV Part 2, Richard III, The Merry Wives of Windsor and Henry V. It is a film that until recently had been largely unavailable to audiences; a forgotten masterpiece.
The crowning achievement of Orson Welles’s extraordinary film career, Chimes at Midnight was the culmination of the filmmaker’s lifelong obsession with Shakespeare’s ultimate rapscallion, Sir John Falstaff. Usually a comic supporting figure, Falstaff—the loyal, often soused friend of King Henry IV’s wayward son Prince Hal—here becomes the focus: a robustly funny and ultimately tragic screen antihero played by Welles with looming, lumbering grace. Integrating elements from both ...
Aug 30, 2016 · The crowning achievement of Orson Welles’s extraordinary film career, <I>Chimes at Midnight</I> was the culmination of the filmmaker’s lifelong obsession with Shakespeare’s ultimate rapscallion, Sir John Falstaff. Usually a comic supporting figure, Falstaff—the loyal, often soused friend of King Henry IV’s wayward son Prince Hal—here becomes the focus: a robustly funny and ultimately tragic screen antihero played by Welles with looming, lumbering grace. Integrating elements from ...
25 Apr 2014. On the brink of Civil War, King Henry IV attempts to consolidate his reign while dealing with his son’s neglect of his royal duties. Hal, the young Prince, openly consorts with Sir John Falstaff. Falstaff and the King rely on Hal for comfort, while the young prince nurtures his own ambitions.
Jan 8, 2016 · In “Chimes at Midnight,” which Welles filmed in 1964 and 1965, he sticks to the period setting. The drama takes place early in the fifteenth century, reaching from jolly Prince Hal, the young ...
Jan 5, 2016 · The Ragged Charm and Undeniable Greatness of “Chimes At Midnight”. In the late fall of last year, I had the privilege to review Jacques Rivette ’s early ‘70s marathon motion picture “Out 1: Spectre” for the New York Times. Because of the one-time scarcity of materials and screenings, this nearly 13-hour-film had gained a reputation ...
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