Distinctive but could be Off Putting to those Looking for Deep Constructions of Welles Directing, Writing, and Acting.

Documentarian Mark Cousins Decides to Flip Through a Great Number of Welles' Sketching and Doodling.

Then in a Continuous Narrative of Voice-Over Pontificates Prolifically on the Connection to the Pages and Welles Personality and Decisions.

While all of this is Purely a Personal Opinion and rather Conceitedly Delivered at that, some may Instantly be Annoyed and Appalled.

But if You Buy into the Essay that Cousins is Sharing about His Take on Welles' Work and Motivations and are Interested Enough in Any Analysis of Orson's Art, this is a Curve-Ball of an Approach and is Worth a Watch.

It is Certainly Worth Eye-Balling the Sketchbook, as many have Never Been Seen by the Public.

They are of Infinite Interest on Welles' Background and can be an Alternative to Only His Films as a Deep Probe in what made the Big-Man Tick.

Seeing the Sketches, that Welles did Relentlessly and Continuously Throughout His Life, Surely can be an Insight to those who Care about His Artistic Output.

That was, aside from Sketching, His Writing and Directing in the Theatre, Radio, and Film.

Now there is some interesting information in this film.Sadly it is completely ruined by the narration of Mark Cousins.He delivers it in a low monotone,at times making out as if he is talking to Orson Welles.It is difficult to understand this method of delivery.Sadly the actual content of the narration is pretentious and at times virtually unintelligible.

Being a longtime admirer of Welles and his work, I looked forward to seeing this documentary but I found it tedious and boring. Of the many documentaries on Welles, this was the least interesting and Mark Cousins, while clearly in awe of his own brilliance, stretched what could have been an interesting and informative one-hour film about Welles drawings/paintings and film compositions into a two-hour pretentious commentary on Orson's films, politics and romances. If you never heard of Welles or seen one of his films, you may learn something from this opus, otherwise, watch one of the many interviews with the endlessly entertaining and fascinating Orson Welles instead of this attempt to cash in on the renewed interest in the great man, created by the long-awaited release of The Other Side of The Wind.