Filming 'The Trial' vs On the Impossibility of an Homage
On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Filming 'The Trial'). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h 22m. Filming 'The Trial' is the older of the two (1981 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Filming 'The Trial'
On the Impossibility of an Homage| Filming 'The Trial' | On the Impossibility of an Homage | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1981 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 22m | 19m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | Germany |
| Director | Orson Welles | Xandra Popescu |
| Main cast | Orson Welles, Scott Alexander, Joseph McBride, Todd McCarthy, Myron Meisel | Gabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu |
Synopsis
Filming 'The Trial'
An unfinished 1981 essay-documentary project by Orson Welles, based on a filmed Q&A session at USC following a screening of The Trial, intended as a reflective companion piece to the film but never edited or completed during his lifetime.
On the Impossibility of an Homage
Given a portrait, who is responsible for the image we see, the painter or the subject? Ion used to be a a rockstar of Ballet in Communist Romania. When we first discussed the possibility of a portrait, Ion was initially thrilled. He’d been dreaming that someday there’d be a film about him. But during the filmmaking process Ion finds it hard to let go.
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