Someone to Love (1987 film)

Someone to Love, directed by Henry Jaglom, is a film made in 1987. It was Orson Welles' final live action film appearance, released after his death but produced before his voice-over in The Transformers: The Movie, his final film performance.

The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Plot

The film is a pseudo-documentary about a filmmaker who throws a Valentine's Day party at an old theater that is about to be demolished. The filmmaker invites numerous single friends, including his brother, the real estate agent who sold the theater to a developer who is going to build a modern shopping mall, to the party and then quizzes them on camera about their lives, failed relationships, intimacy issues, and loneliness.

Cast

• Orson Welles.......Himself
• Danny Sapir........Henry Jaglom
• Helene Eugene......Andrea Marcovicci
• Mickey Sapir.......Michael Emil
• Edith Helm.........Sally Kellerman
• Yolena.............Oja Kodar
• Blue...............Stephen Bishop
• Harry..............David Frishberg
• Theatre Manager....Miles Kreuger
• Truck Driver.......Bjorke Andersun

See also

• Your Name Here – a 2015 Canadian docufiction film directed by B. P. Paquette featuring dozens of amateur actors and that examines the art and craft of movie acting, and the desire for movie stardom.
• Hello Cinema – a 1995 Iranian docufiction film directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf that shows various everyday people being auditioned and explaining their reason for wanting to act in a film.
• Filming Othello – a 1978 documentary film directed by and starring Orson Welles about the making of his award-winning 1952 production Othello.
• F for Fake – the last major film completed by Orson Welles, who directed, co-wrote, and starred in the film, which is loosely a documentary that operates in several different genres and has been described as a kind of film essay.

References

External links

• Someone to Love on IMDb
• Someone to Love at Rotten Tomatoes