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Filming ‘The Trial’ (1981) Plot Summary Explained
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- 1981 · 82 mins · English
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- Starring
- Orson Welles
In 1981 Orson Welles gave a 90‑minute Q&A at USC after The Trial, filmed by Gary Graver to capture highlights. The audience featured future directors and critics Joseph McBride and Todd McCarthy. Welles never edited the footage; only a clip appeared in Leslie Megahy’s 1982 BBC Arena documentary, where a young man asks if Welles feels persecuted by the Establishment and capitalism, leaving him bemused.
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