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  1. Ordenes kamp

    I 1938 fremførte Orson Welles’ The Mercury Theatre on the Air deres udgave af H. G: Wells’ “Klodernes kamp” – som naturligvis blev legendarisk, fordi folk opfattede det som den rene og skære sandhed og frygtede for deres liv. Marsboerne angreb, og intet kunne stå imod dem. Den noget skrattende version af englænderne, der bliver udsat for deres egne kolonialistiske tendenser, kan du høre her.

    Men det er én ting. Noget andet er reaktionen bagefter.

    Oct. 30, 1938
    Sunday Night
    The Goddam Mercuy Hour:
    To you the assholes of the earth and Mars.
    Thanks to you that a half a dozen or more nearly passed out or died because of your goddam silly program. If you and your company can’t find any more ways to amuse your self than to put a farce over the air like the goddam program you put on Sunday night, you might as well dig a hole and crawl in it. (STAY THERE TOO AND WE MEAN YOU).
    Typewritten letter from A Tax Payer

    En nogen anden holdning:

    I have been reading the comments of the Newspapers with great amusement. This is a wonderful example of how our American people would meet a situation of its kind, whether
    it would be a “War of the Worlds” or a War by other Nations. They lose their heads, they are not trained to meet an emergency; such training should begin in childhood in our schools. I hope your dramatization of “War of the Worlds” and its resulting reaction at that time on the public of our country will give our bosses in Washington food for thought. We are not prepared for war and we should be. The building of battleships and airships is not the only solution, everyone should be trained.

    It is very unfortunate that our people lack such an attribute as a good sense of humor. Instead of now accepting “War of the Worlds” for what it was intended (as a big joke and
    entertainment), even if it did give some a scare, and just laugh and laugh over the whole matter, they actually would like to imprison you and a few others who are responsible for the program.
    Typewritten letter from A Woman Physician

    Citaterne stammer fra University of Michigans arkiv over War of the Worlds Fan Mail, og de er et langt og underholdende kig værd.

    #fandom #HGWells #Links #OrsonWelles #scienceFiction
  2. Ordenes kamp

    I 1938 fremførte Orson Welles’ The Mercury Theatre on the Air deres udgave af H. G: Wells’ “Klodernes kamp” – som naturligvis blev legendarisk, fordi folk opfattede det som den rene og skære sandhed og frygtede for deres liv. Marsboerne angreb, og intet kunne stå imod dem. Den noget skrattende version af englænderne, der bliver udsat for deres egne kolonialistiske tendenser, kan du høre her.

    Men det er én ting. Noget andet er reaktionen bagefter.

    Oct. 30, 1938
    Sunday Night
    The Goddam Mercuy Hour:
    To you the assholes of the earth and Mars.
    Thanks to you that a half a dozen or more nearly passed out or died because of your goddam silly program. If you and your company can’t find any more ways to amuse your self than to put a farce over the air like the goddam program you put on Sunday night, you might as well dig a hole and crawl in it. (STAY THERE TOO AND WE MEAN YOU).
    Typewritten letter from A Tax Payer

    En nogen anden holdning:

    I have been reading the comments of the Newspapers with great amusement. This is a wonderful example of how our American people would meet a situation of its kind, whether
    it would be a “War of the Worlds” or a War by other Nations. They lose their heads, they are not trained to meet an emergency; such training should begin in childhood in our schools. I hope your dramatization of “War of the Worlds” and its resulting reaction at that time on the public of our country will give our bosses in Washington food for thought. We are not prepared for war and we should be. The building of battleships and airships is not the only solution, everyone should be trained.

    It is very unfortunate that our people lack such an attribute as a good sense of humor. Instead of now accepting “War of the Worlds” for what it was intended (as a big joke and
    entertainment), even if it did give some a scare, and just laugh and laugh over the whole matter, they actually would like to imprison you and a few others who are responsible for the program.
    Typewritten letter from A Woman Physician

    Citaterne stammer fra University of Michigans arkiv over War of the Worlds Fan Mail, og de er et langt og underholdende kig værd.

    #fandom #HGWells #Links #OrsonWelles #scienceFiction
  3. Ordenes kamp

    I 1938 fremførte Orson Welles’ The Mercury Theatre on the Air deres udgave af H. G: Wells’ “Klodernes kamp” – som naturligvis blev legendarisk, fordi folk opfattede det som den rene og skære sandhed og frygtede for deres liv. Marsboerne angreb, og intet kunne stå imod dem. Den noget skrattende version af englænderne, der bliver udsat for deres egne kolonialistiske tendenser, kan du høre her.

    Men det er én ting. Noget andet er reaktionen bagefter.

    Oct. 30, 1938
    Sunday Night
    The Goddam Mercuy Hour:
    To you the assholes of the earth and Mars.
    Thanks to you that a half a dozen or more nearly passed out or died because of your goddam silly program. If you and your company can’t find any more ways to amuse your self than to put a farce over the air like the goddam program you put on Sunday night, you might as well dig a hole and crawl in it. (STAY THERE TOO AND WE MEAN YOU).
    Typewritten letter from A Tax Payer

    En nogen anden holdning:

    I have been reading the comments of the Newspapers with great amusement. This is a wonderful example of how our American people would meet a situation of its kind, whether
    it would be a “War of the Worlds” or a War by other Nations. They lose their heads, they are not trained to meet an emergency; such training should begin in childhood in our schools. I hope your dramatization of “War of the Worlds” and its resulting reaction at that time on the public of our country will give our bosses in Washington food for thought. We are not prepared for war and we should be. The building of battleships and airships is not the only solution, everyone should be trained.

    It is very unfortunate that our people lack such an attribute as a good sense of humor. Instead of now accepting “War of the Worlds” for what it was intended (as a big joke and
    entertainment), even if it did give some a scare, and just laugh and laugh over the whole matter, they actually would like to imprison you and a few others who are responsible for the program.
    Typewritten letter from A Woman Physician

    Citaterne stammer fra University of Michigans arkiv over War of the Worlds Fan Mail, og de er et langt og underholdende kig værd.

    #fandom #HGWells #Links #OrsonWelles #scienceFiction
  4. Ordenes kamp

    I 1938 fremførte Orson Welles’ The Mercury Theatre on the Air deres udgave af H. G: Wells’ “Klodernes kamp” – som naturligvis blev legendarisk, fordi folk opfattede det som den rene og skære sandhed og frygtede for deres liv. Marsboerne angreb, og intet kunne stå imod dem. Den noget skrattende version af englænderne, der bliver udsat for deres egne kolonialistiske tendenser, kan du høre her.

    Men det er én ting. Noget andet er reaktionen bagefter.

    Oct. 30, 1938
    Sunday Night
    The Goddam Mercuy Hour:
    To you the assholes of the earth and Mars.
    Thanks to you that a half a dozen or more nearly passed out or died because of your goddam silly program. If you and your company can’t find any more ways to amuse your self than to put a farce over the air like the goddam program you put on Sunday night, you might as well dig a hole and crawl in it. (STAY THERE TOO AND WE MEAN YOU).
    Typewritten letter from A Tax Payer

    En nogen anden holdning:

    I have been reading the comments of the Newspapers with great amusement. This is a wonderful example of how our American people would meet a situation of its kind, whether
    it would be a “War of the Worlds” or a War by other Nations. They lose their heads, they are not trained to meet an emergency; such training should begin in childhood in our schools. I hope your dramatization of “War of the Worlds” and its resulting reaction at that time on the public of our country will give our bosses in Washington food for thought. We are not prepared for war and we should be. The building of battleships and airships is not the only solution, everyone should be trained.

    It is very unfortunate that our people lack such an attribute as a good sense of humor. Instead of now accepting “War of the Worlds” for what it was intended (as a big joke and
    entertainment), even if it did give some a scare, and just laugh and laugh over the whole matter, they actually would like to imprison you and a few others who are responsible for the program.
    Typewritten letter from A Woman Physician

    Citaterne stammer fra University of Michigans arkiv over War of the Worlds Fan Mail, og de er et langt og underholdende kig værd.

    #fandom #HGWells #Links #OrsonWelles #scienceFiction
  5. Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" premiered this day in 1941. A lot of innovation in what is likely the greatest sound picture ever made.
    #CitizenKane #OrsonWelles #GreggToland #HermanMankowitz

  6. Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" premiered this day in 1941. A lot of innovation in what is likely the greatest sound picture ever made.
    #CitizenKane #OrsonWelles #GreggToland #HermanMankowitz

  7. Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" premiered this day in 1941. A lot of innovation in what is likely the greatest sound picture ever made.
    #CitizenKane #OrsonWelles #GreggToland #HermanMankowitz

  8. Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" premiered this day in 1941. A lot of innovation in what is likely the greatest sound picture ever made.
    #CitizenKane #OrsonWelles #GreggToland #HermanMankowitz

  9. Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" premiered this day in 1941. A lot of innovation in what is likely the greatest sound picture ever made.
    #CitizenKane #OrsonWelles #GreggToland #HermanMankowitz

  10. The murder of Desdemona, from Orson Welles’ Othello – Gefunden – Von Wolfgang Sofsky

    Die über drei Stunden dauernde Tragödie von der Intrige des Jago und der Eifersucht des Mohren hat Welles auf einen 90minütigen Film gekürzt. Er endet bekanntlich mit der Frage des Othello an die schöne Desdemona (Suzanne Cloutier),  ob sie zur Nacht schon gebetet habe, schließlich soll die Todgeweihte nicht sterben, ohne sich mit dem Himmel ausgesöhnt zu haben. Der Tod der Desdemona (Othello V,2) wird bei Welles zu einem grandiosen Schauspiel von Licht und Schatten, Schönheit und Entschlossenheit, Liebe, Eifersucht, Angst und Tod: 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5nfj6DfwCs

    https://holbachinstitut.wordpress.com/2015/05/06/orson-welles-othello-2/

    #Aufklärungen #Film #Medien #OrsonWelles #Othello #Schauspiel #Theater #Video #WilliamShakespeare #WolfgangSofsky #wordpress
  11. 🎡 The Third Man (1949) is a classic noir directed by Carol Reed and written by Graham Greene. A novel version appeared the following year. Set in the ruins of postwar Vienna, a city of shadows and suspicions, it’s the story of Holly Martins, a writer of Westerns, played by Joseph Cotten. He’s on the trail of old friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles), who is said to have died in a car accident.

    #thethirdman #noir #filmnoir #movies #OrsonWelles #cinematography #vienna #movietok

  12. 🎡 The Third Man (1949) is a classic noir directed by Carol Reed and written by Graham Greene. A novel version appeared the following year. Set in the ruins of postwar Vienna, a city of shadows and suspicions, it’s the story of Holly Martins, a writer of Westerns, played by Joseph Cotten. He’s on the trail of old friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles), who is said to have died in a car accident.

    #thethirdman #noir #filmnoir #movies #OrsonWelles #cinematography #vienna #movietok

  13. 🎡 The Third Man (1949) is a classic noir directed by Carol Reed and written by Graham Greene. A novel version appeared the following year. Set in the ruins of postwar Vienna, a city of shadows and suspicions, it’s the story of Holly Martins, a writer of Westerns, played by Joseph Cotten. He’s on the trail of old friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles), who is said to have died in a car accident.

    #thethirdman #noir #filmnoir #movies #OrsonWelles #cinematography #vienna #movietok

  14. 🎡 The Third Man (1949) is a classic noir directed by Carol Reed and written by Graham Greene. A novel version appeared the following year. Set in the ruins of postwar Vienna, a city of shadows and suspicions, it’s the story of Holly Martins, a writer of Westerns, played by Joseph Cotten. He’s on the trail of old friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles), who is said to have died in a car accident.

    #thethirdman #noir #filmnoir #movies #OrsonWelles #cinematography #vienna #movietok

  15. 🎡 The Third Man (1949) is a classic noir directed by Carol Reed and written by Graham Greene. A novel version appeared the following year. Set in the ruins of postwar Vienna, a city of shadows and suspicions, it’s the story of Holly Martins, a writer of Westerns, played by Joseph Cotten. He’s on the trail of old friend Harry Lime (Orson Welles), who is said to have died in a car accident.

    #thethirdman #noir #filmnoir #movies #OrsonWelles #cinematography #vienna #movietok

  16. :stargif: 𝑳𝒂 𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒍𝒂 𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒛𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝑨𝒎𝒆́𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂 𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒃𝒊́𝒂𝒏 𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒅𝒐 :stargif:

    La noche del 30 de octubre de 1938, víspera de Halloween, millones de estadounidenses encendieron la radio sin imaginar que estaban a punto de escuchar uno de los episodios más extraños de la historia de los medios.

    El responsable fue un joven de apenas 23 años: Orson Welles.
    Dirigía entonces un programa dramático en la CBS llamado Mercury Theatre on the Air.
    Aquella noche decidió adaptar la novela "The War of the Worlds", escrita décadas antes por H. G. Wells.

    Pero Welles no quiso hacer una simple narración.

    Su idea fue presentar la historia como si fuera un noticiero en directo.

    El programa comenzó de forma completamente normal: música de orquesta y comentarios tranquilos del locutor. De repente, la emisión se interrumpía con una noticia urgente.
    Los astrónomos, decía el presentador, habían detectado extrañas explosiones en Marte.

    Minutos después llegaba otro boletín:
    un objeto misterioso había caído en un campo cercano a Grover's Mill.

    La narración continuaba con reporteros describiendo la escena.
    Según ellos, el cilindro metálico empezaba a abrirse y de su interior emergían criaturas extrañas.
    En uno de los momentos más recordados, el “periodista” que cubría el suceso gritaba en directo antes de que la transmisión se cortara, supuestamente alcanzado por un rayo de calor marciano.

    Todo estaba cuidadosamente preparado: efectos de sonido realistas, actores que fingían pánico y boletines urgentes que interrumpían la programación musical.

    El problema fue que mucha gente sintonizó tarde y no escuchó el aviso inicial de que era una dramatización.

    Se calcula que alrededor de seis millones de personas escuchaban el programa y que más de un millón llegó a creer que algo real estaba ocurriendo.
    Las líneas telefónicas de periódicos y comisarías se saturaron.
    Algunas personas salieron de sus casas con lo puesto, otras se refugiaron en iglesias y hubo quienes mojaron toallas para cubrirse la cara, convencidos de que los marcianos estaban liberando gases venenosos.

    En el propio Grover’s Mill, el susto llegó a convertirse en leyenda.
    Algunos vecinos salieron armados con escopetas y dispararon contra lo que creían que era una máquina marciana entre la niebla.
    En realidad era el depósito de agua del pueblo.

    Mientras tanto, dentro del estudio de la CBS en Nueva York, la situación también era caótica.
    Cuando el programa estaba terminando, Welles miró por la ventana y vio decenas de policías frente al edificio.
    Las autoridades habían recibido tantas llamadas alarmadas que acudieron a comprobar qué estaba ocurriendo.

    Los actores empezaron a temer que los arrestaran.

    Al día siguiente, 31 de octubre de 1938, Welles compareció ante los periodistas en una rueda de prensa que se volvería casi tan famosa como la propia emisión.
    En las imágenes se le ve joven, serio y visiblemente cansado.
    Pidió disculpas y aseguró que nunca imaginó que alguien pudiera confundir una obra de radio con una noticia real.

    Durante años mantuvo esa versión.

    Sin embargo, con el tiempo el propio Welles admitiría algo diferente: sabía perfectamente que el formato elegido —boletines de noticias interrumpiendo música— hacía que todo sonara extremadamente convincente.
    Y precisamente por eso lo había utilizado.

    La polémica fue enorme.
    Los periódicos dedicaron portadas enteras al supuesto pánico nacional.
    Muchos historiadores creen que parte de ese caos fue exagerado por la prensa, que veía a la radio como un competidor directo y aprovechó el incidente para atacarla.

    Aun así, el efecto sobre la carrera de Welles fue inmediato.

    En menos de 24 horas pasó de ser un joven director teatral relativamente desconocido a una celebridad nacional.
    Poco después Hollywood llamó a su puerta.

    En 1941 dirigiría "Citizen Kane", considerada hoy una de las películas más influyentes de la historia del cine.

    Dos años después del famoso programa, en 1940, Welles llegó incluso a conocer al propio H. G. Wells en una entrevista radiofónica en Texas.
    El escritor británico al principio estaba molesto con la adaptación, pero la conversación terminó entre risas cuando ambos hablaron del caos que había provocado.

    Hoy, décadas después, aquella emisión sigue siendo uno de los ejemplos más fascinantes del poder de los medios de comunicación.
    Durante menos de una hora, una historia de ciencia ficción logró que miles de personas miraran al cielo convencidas de que los marcianos habían llegado.

    Y en Grover’s Mill, el pequeño pueblo donde “aterrizaron” en la ficción, todavía existe un monumento que recuerda aquella noche en la que la radio consiguió algo casi imposible: hacer que todo un país dudara de lo que era real.

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    #historia #orsonwelles #laguerradelosmundos #1938 #historiadelaradio #mediosdecomunicacion #curiosidadeshistoricas #historiareal #culturapop #citizenkane

  17. Love That Brooding Feeling? 4 Free Gothic Romances to Watch if you Loved Wuthering Heights

    Captivated by the Gothic romance, tragedy, and windswept drama of Wuthering Heights? These public domain classics will satisfy your craving for more tales of doomed love, dark secrets, and emotional intensity. Rebecca (1940) Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine brings Daphne du Maurier's haunting Gothic novel to life. Like Wuthering Heights, it features a brooding male lead haunted by the past. A naive heroine and the ghost of a former love that […]

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  18. Love That Brooding Feeling? 4 Free Gothic Romances to Watch if you Loved Wuthering Heights

    Captivated by the Gothic romance, tragedy, and windswept drama of Wuthering Heights? These public domain classics will satisfy your craving for more tales of doomed love, dark secrets, and emotional intensity. Rebecca (1940) Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine brings Daphne du Maurier's haunting Gothic novel to life. Like Wuthering Heights, it features a brooding male lead haunted by the past. A naive heroine and the ghost of a former love that […]

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  19. Love That Brooding Feeling? 4 Free Gothic Romances to Watch if you Loved Wuthering Heights

    Captivated by the Gothic romance, tragedy, and windswept drama of Wuthering Heights? These public domain classics will satisfy your craving for more tales of doomed love, dark secrets, and emotional intensity. Rebecca (1940) Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine brings Daphne du Maurier's haunting Gothic novel to life. Like Wuthering Heights, it features a brooding male lead haunted by the past. A naive heroine and the ghost of a former love that […]

    communitybroadcasting.network/

  20. Love That Brooding Feeling? 4 Free Gothic Romances to Watch if you Loved Wuthering Heights

    Captivated by the Gothic romance, tragedy, and windswept drama of Wuthering Heights? These public domain classics will satisfy your craving for more tales of doomed love, dark secrets, and emotional intensity. Rebecca (1940) Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine brings Daphne du Maurier's haunting Gothic novel to life. Like Wuthering Heights, it features a brooding male lead haunted by the past. A naive heroine and the ghost of a former love that […]

    communitybroadcasting.network/

  21. Love That Brooding Feeling? 4 Free Gothic Romances to Watch if you Loved Wuthering Heights

    Captivated by the Gothic romance, tragedy, and windswept drama of Wuthering Heights? These public domain classics will satisfy your craving for more tales of doomed love, dark secrets, and emotional intensity. Rebecca (1940) Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine brings Daphne du Maurier's haunting Gothic novel to life. Like Wuthering Heights, it features a brooding male lead haunted by the past. A naive heroine and the ghost of a former love that […]

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  22. Judith Roberts, the Beautiful Girl Across the Hall in "Eraserhead", played the Whore of Babylon in Hal Lindsey's "The Late Great Planet Earth" (1978), giving Jack Nance an Orson Welles Distance of 1.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_R
    #Eraserhead #DavidLynch #OrsonWelles