welles arcana

[MASCARO at humnet.ucla.edu]

Through serendipity (please don't put that on any list), I came across this factoid, a 
parenthetical aside in an article on Shakespeare movies:

<quote>(One of Orson Welles's last and most quixotic film projects was a movie of 
MOBY-DICK consisting of himself,. in close up, reading the novel against an empty blue 
background) <close quote>

Is this mind boggling or what?  Can you visualize this?  Welles folks:  does this film exist?  
was it completed?  can it be seen?  has anyone (Don L. maybe) ever seen it?  I would love 
to see this film.  Or even know more about it.  How long would it take to read the novel 
aloud--maytbe 30-40 hours?  Can this possibly be for real?  

The article:*The Ghost at the Feast* by Geoffrey O'Brien NEW YORK REVIEW OF 
BOOKS  (Feb. 6, 1997) pp. 11-16.

Happy Valentine's Day.  New Romantics Reunite!!  Warts, obsessive laundry lists and all, 
this crew is an army of lovers.

john m