How much of a genius was this man? Or was he a pseudo-intellectual filmmaker?
>>86758497
hes looking like Andrew Ryan in this pic
>how much?
Entirely. His fucking home movie fragments with him and his Croatian lover are better than 90% of all films made. Stuff he threw together in 3 weeks (Macbeth) looks more engaging and creative than most other movie-makers. Welles doesn't have a bad finished movie, and most of his unfinished projects are still noteworthy. Welles movies are worth watching for how he masters shot composition, framing, and editing, which he is far ahead of most other directors.
He was just an emotionally fragile, blustering blowhard burnt out by years of betrayal, and really, really bad at negotiating for money.