Orson Welles Narrates an Animated Parable About How Xenophobia & Greed Will Put America Into Decline (1971)

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Greater than 50 years and 10 pres­i­den­tial admin­is­tra­tions have handed since Orson Welles nar­rat­ed Free­dom Riv­er. And whereas it exhibits indicators of age, the ani­mat­ed movie, a para­ble in regards to the position of immi­gra­tion, race, and wealth in Amer­i­ca, nonetheless res­onates as we speak. Actu­al­ly, giv­en the cyn­i­cal exploita­tion of xeno­pho­bia dur­ing this most…

Orson Welles Narrates Coleridge’s Rime of the Historical Mariner in an Experimental Movie That includes the Artwork of Gustave Doré

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Round right here we sub­scribe to the the­o­ry that there’s no such factor as an excessive amount of Orson Welles. In years previous, we gave you Welles nar­rat­ing Pla­to’s Cave Alle­go­ry and Kafka’s “Earlier than the Regulation,” and, earlier than that, the Welles-nar­rat­ed para­ble Free­dom Riv­er, and the record goes on. Now, we current The…

Nick Cave Narrates an Animated Movie in regards to the Cat Piano, the Twisted 18th Century Musical Instrument Designed to Deal with Psychological Sickness

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What do you imag­ine if you hear the phrase “cat piano”? Some sort of whim­si­cal fur­ry beast with black and white keys for enamel, perhaps? A rel­a­tive of My Neigh­bor Totoro’s cat bus? Or perhaps you pic­ture a piano that con­tains sev­er­al caged cats who shriek alongside a whole scale when keys are pressed that slam sharp­ened…