Orson Welles Retrospective at Turin's National Cinema Museum

The National Cinema Museum in Turin, Italy, is hosting the exhibition 'My Name is Orson Welles', curated by Frédéric Bonnaud. The show traces the career of the legendary filmmaker and actor, known for his innovative work in cinema and radio. The exhibition is installed along the ramps of the Mole Antonelliana, the museum's iconic building, and is organized chronologically. However, the curator notes an ironic twist: while the exhibition ascends, Welles's career trajectory was the opposite, as he reached the peak of fame before completing his debut film. The museum's director, Carlo Chatrian, writes in the catalog that Welles was a unique case of a director who achieved fame before his first film was finished. The exhibition includes audio extracts from Welles's famous 1938 radio adaptation of H.G. Wells's 'The War of the Worlds', which can be heard in the ground floor's Belle Époque Caffè Torino. The show highlights Welles's rise as a radio star and his subsequent struggles in Hollywood, where he was often at odds with studio executives. The exhibition runs until an unspecified date, and the article is a review by Gabriele Gimmelli, published on doppiozero.com.