Orson Rehearsed

Name: Orson Rehearsed
Director: Daron Hagen
Genre: Music
Released: 2021-06-01
Cast: Omar Mulero, Robert Frankenberry, Robert Orth

The Final Thoughts of Orson Welles

2021 · 60 min · Music

Orson Welles' heart has just stopped. We enter his mind in this moment, on the threshold between life and death. In the bardo Orson's thoughts unspool as a stream of consciousness that loops back on itself, like a mobius strip.

Directed by Daron Hagen · Written by Daron Hagen

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Omar Mulero Orson Welles #1
Robert Frankenberry Orson Welles #2
Robert Orth Orson Welles #3

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