Post by scotprometheus on Aug 11, 2023 9:13:51 GMT
Hello,
"No Exit" is an American-Argentinian co-production and film adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre's play "No Exit".
Two versions were filmed, a Spanish language and an English language version, the latter with different actors and generally an entirely different crew and production values. A TV Rip of the Spanish version can be found on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuIed08zF_0
At least a trailer for the English version can be found: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdyOyRBM4Lw
The people who claim to have seen it (on letterboxd, or similar sites) have actually seen the BBC 1964 version starring Harold Pinter as the main character. It also shouldn't be confused with the 1954 French adaptation.
"No Exit" is an American-Argentinian co-production and film adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre's play "No Exit".
Two versions were filmed, a Spanish language and an English language version, the latter with different actors and generally an entirely different crew and production values. A TV Rip of the Spanish version can be found on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuIed08zF_0
But that's not what I'm looking for. I'm looking for the English language version, which I can't find anywhere. It was directed by Tad Danielewski, the father of Mark Z. Danielewski who some might know as the author of "House of Leaves". It won an Best Actress Award at the 1962 Berlin International Film Festival, but what's more interesting is the involvement of Orson Welles. The claim that he was involved in it are circulating since the early 2000s, yet it has never been substantiated. Depending on the sources, his involvement varies from directing all of it to only helping out with the direction of a few scenes. Wikipedia credits him as an uncredited co-writer. I guess one will have to see the film in its entirety and then compare it with the rest of his oeuvre.
I found out that the production company (Aries Cinematográfica Argentina) went bankrupt in 2014, and I can't find anything about the distributors (Zenith International Films). That probably explains why the film isn't streamed anywhere, or why there are no physical copies available anywhere.
At least a trailer for the English version can be found: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdyOyRBM4Lw
The people who claim to have seen it (on letterboxd, or similar sites) have actually seen the BBC 1964 version starring Harold Pinter as the main character. It also shouldn't be confused with the 1954 French adaptation.
Does anyone know more about it? I personally only care about the Welles connection, but even if he had nothing to do with it, the trailer is still intriguing enough to see the entire thing. I've also looked everywhere I can, pirating sites, Russian YouTube, etc. But I'm not really an expert when it comes to finding obscure films. Maybe there are some strategies I haven't tried yet, that's why I'm starting this thread. It'd simply be infuriating to me to know that there's yet another film that is forever lost, especially another potential Welles film, who already has so many lost films.
A nice day to whoever is reading this
