Comments on: Vacation Tips from Orson Welles

By: R. Emmet Sweeney

R. Emmet Sweeney — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:20:57 +0000

Andrew, your best bet is to rent it (or stream it online) through Netflix. Otherwise I’d check local libraries…

By: Andrew T, Smith

Andrew T, Smith — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:43:34 +0000

I would LOVE to see this but copies of the DVD are so expensive now that it seems to be out of print. The cheapest one at amazon UK retails for over £70!

By: Binky the Human Spellchecker

Binky the Human Spellchecker — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:02:12 +0000

As Orson himself would have pointed out, it’s “Hear, hear”, not “Here, Here” …
Minor nitpick aside, thanks for a very interesting post!

By: Medusa

Medusa — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:35:40 +0000

Another something wonderful to watch! This sounds amazing, especially the British section. I would trust Orson to know exactly how to honor those folks with whom he spoke. The subject of aging is on many of our minds now, and we all hope to enjoy “independent retirement” but some of us need more help to achieve that than others. I hope we all find what we need when the time comes so that we can know peace instead of anxiety.

Wow. I will check this out immediately. There is a vintage Orson Welles interview with a CBC journalist that plays occasionally on one of the Canadian movie channels and I always love watching it. He’s delightful. There’s also a bittersweet clip on YouTube with Orson on Merv Griffin in 1985, his last appearance, as he died two hours later. Not only was he entertaining onscreen in character, he’s also delightful as a real life individual.

Thanks so much for bringing this to our attention!