They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

2018 American film

Josh Karp
Morgan Neville
Korelan Matteson
Filip Jan Rymsza

Starring

Peter Bogdanovich
Oja Kodar
Orson Welles
Steve Ecclesine

Narrated byAlan CummingEdited by

Aaron Wickenden
Jason Zeldes

Music byDaniel Wohl

Production
companies

Tremolo Productions
Royal Road Entertainment

Distributed byNetflix

Release dates

August 30, 2018 (2018-08-30) (Venice)
November 2, 2018 (2018-11-02) (United States)

Running time

98 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead is a 2018 American documentary film, directed by Morgan Neville. It documents the ill-fated production of The Other Side of the Wind, directed by Orson Welles. The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on August 30, 2018. It was released on November 2, 2018, by Netflix.^[1]

Cast

Alan Cumming (narrator)
Peter Bogdanovich
Steve Ecclesine^[2]
Howard Grossman
Danny Huston
Oja Kodar
Rich Little
Frank Marshall
Cybill Shepherd
Beatrice Welles
Orson Welles

Production

In May 2017, it was announced Morgan Neville would direct a documentary film on the making of the Orson Welles' film The Other Side of the Wind. It was produced by Neville, Josh Karp, Korelan Matteson and Filip Jan Rymsza.^[3] Netflix distributed the film and it debuted on the streaming service on November 2, 2018.^[4]

Release

The documentary had its premieres at the Venice Film Festival and Telluride Film Festival on August 30, 2018.^[5]^[6]^[7] It was later screened at New York Film Festival in October 2018.^[8] On November 1, 2018, it opened SFFILM's Doc Stories Film Series in San Francisco.^[9]

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead, which takes its name from a prophetic comment Welles made to Peter Bogdanovich, centers on Welles' return to the U.S. in the early 1970s to shoot his ill-fated Hollywood comeback film. The documentary concludes with his death in October 1985. "Welles is the protagonist of my documentary," Neville said. "[The Other Side of the Wind] is so autobiographical, even though he said it was not."^[10]

Critical reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 92%, based on 38 reviews with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's critic consensus reads: "They'll Love Me When I'm Dead opens an entertaining window into the creative process – and late-period professional travails – of a brilliant filmmaker."^[11] Metacritic gives the film a weighted average score of 77 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[12]

References

^ "'They'll Love Me When I'm Dead' Trailer Offers Glimpse Into Orson Welles' Final Film | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com. 24 September 2018.
^ Keegan, Rebecca (24 September 2018). "They'll Love Me When I'm Dead: The Bonkers Backstory of Orson Welles's Last Movie". HWD. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
^ "Tremolo Productions | Film | They'll Love Me When I'm Dead". Tremolo Productions. Archived from the original on 2019-01-19. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
^ Buckley, Cara (May 15, 2017). "A Morgan Neville Documentary Will Put an Unfinished Welles Film in Context". The New York Times. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
^ Tartaglione, Nancy (July 25, 2018). "Venice Film Festival Lineup: Welles, Coen Brothers, Cuaron, Greengrass, More – Live". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
^ "Venice Film Festival Schedule". Retrieved August 23, 2018.
^ Willman, Chris (2018-09-03). "Telluride update: 'They'll Love Me When I'm Dead' reveals Orson Welles doing 'groundbreaking work' late in his career". GoldDerby. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
^ Lewis, Hilary (August 23, 2018). "NYFF to Screen New Orson Welles Film, Host Apollo Theater Premiere of Barry Jenkins' Latest (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
^ "SCREENINGS & EVENTS - Doc Stories 2018". SFilm.
^ "Morgan Neville to helm Netflix documentary on Orson Welles, 'The Other Side of the Wind' • Wellesnet | Orson Welles Web Resource". Wellesnet | Orson Welles Web Resource. 2017-05-15. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
^ "They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
^ "They'll Love Me When I'm Dead Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 20, 2020.

External links

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead at IMDb

Films directed by Morgan Neville

The Cool School (2008)
20 Feet from Stardom (2013)
Best of Enemies (2015)
Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (2021)
Piece by Piece (2024)

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Filmography Radio credits Theatre credits Discography Bibliography Unrealized projects
Feature films	Citizen Kane (1941) The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) The Stranger (1946) The Lady from Shanghai (1947) Macbeth (1948) Othello (1951) Mr. Arkadin (1955) Touch of Evil (1958) The Trial (1962) Chimes at Midnight (1965) The Immortal Story (1968) F for Fake (1973) Filming Othello (1978) The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
Shorts	Twelfth Night (1933) The Hearts of Age (1934) Citizen Kane trailer (1940) Around the World (1946) The Miracle of St. Anne (1950) Magic Trick (1953) The Dominici Affair (1955) Portrait of Gina (1958) An Evening with Orson Welles (1970) Orson's Bag Vienna (1968) The Merchant of Venice (1969) One Man Band (1968–1971) Moby Dick (1971) Orson Welles' Magic Show (1976–1985) The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh (1984)
Unfinished films	Too Much Johnson (1938) It's All True (1942) Don Quixote (1957–1969) The Heroine (1967) The Deep (1967–1970) Filming 'The Trial' (1981) The Dreamers (1980–1982)
Part directed	Journey into Fear (1943) Follow the Boys (1944) Black Magic (1949) Three Cases of Murder (1955) David and Goliath (1960) The Southern Star (1969)
Produced	Citizen Kane (1941) The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) It's All True (1942) Journey into Fear (1943) Jane Eyre (1943) The Lady from Shanghai (1947) Macbeth (1948) Othello (1951) Mr. Arkadin (1955) Don Quixote (1957–1969) The Deep (1967–1970) The Merchant of Venice (1969) Filming 'The Trial' (1981) The Dreamers (1980–1982) The Spirit of Charles Lindbergh (1984)
Adaptations	Monsieur Verdoux (1947) Treasure Island (1972) Cradle Will Rock (1999) The Big Brass Ring (1999)
Television	Orson Welles' Sketch Book (1955) Around the World with Orson Welles (1955) Orson Welles and People (1956) The Fountain of Youth (1958) In the Land of Don Quixote (1964) The Orson Welles Show (1979)
Theatre	Marching Song (1932) Bright Lucifer Voodoo Macbeth (1936) Horse Eats Hat (1936) The Cradle Will Rock (1937) Caesar (1937–1938) Too Much Johnson (1938) Native Son (1941) The Mercury Wonder Show (1943) Around the World (1946) Othello (1951) The Lady in the Ice (1953) Moby Dick—Rehearsed (1955) Rhinoceros (1960)
Radio	Les Misérables (1937) The Shadow (1937–1938) The Mercury Theatre on the Air (1938) "Dracula" (1938) "The War of the Worlds" (1938) The Campbell Playhouse (1938–1940) The Orson Welles Show (1941–1942) Ceiling Unlimited (1942–1943) Hello Americans (1942–1943) The Orson Welles Almanac (1944) This Is My Best (1945) Orson Welles Commentaries (1945–1946) The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air (1946) The Adventures of Harry Lime (1951–1952) The Black Museum (1951–52)
Spoken-word	The Happy Prince (1946) The Begatting of the President (1970)
Books	This is Orson Welles (1992) Les Bravades (1996)
Related	Mercury Theatre Rita Hayworth (second wife) Paola Mori (third wife) Beatrice Welles (daughter) Oja Kodar Frozen Peas Orson Welles Paul Masson advertisements It's All True: Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles (1993) Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018) Orson Welles (crater)