French label Carlotta Films has officially announced and detailed its upcoming Blu-ray release of Orson Welles'
Mr. Arkadin a.k.a.
Confidential Report (1955). The release will be available for purchase on July 8.
Orson Welles directed and starred in this film version of his own novel. Powerful financier Mr Arkadin (Welles) claims to be suffering from amnesia, and hires smuggler Guy van Stratten (Michael Redgrave) to research his past. Arkadin has an ulterior motive, however: to uncover and eradicate his former enemies, so that his daughter (Paola Mori) remains unaware of the ruthlessness with which he has secured his wealth.
Special Features:
- Orson Welles and The Arkadin File - video interview with film historian and author Jean-Pierre Berthomé (Orson Welles at Work). (47 min).
- Men of Mystery: Simon Callow on Confidential Report - Orson Welles biographer Simon Callow talks to Robert Arden, Michael Redgrave and producer Louis Dolivet. (25 min).
- Rushes - archival footage from the Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg in which Orson Welles is seen performing and directing several scenes from the film. (18 min).
Also on July 8, Carlotta Films will release on two-disc DVD set
Around the World With Orson Welles.
Around the World with Orson Welles is a series of six short travelogues originally written and directed by Orson Welles for Associated-Rediffusion in 1955, for Britain's then-new ITV channel. Despite its title emphasizing the world, it was entirely filmed in Europe.
DISC ONE:
- "Pays Basque I (The Basque Countries)", first broadcast October 7, 1955. (25 min)
- "Pays Basque II (La Pelote basque)", first broadcast October 21, 1955. (25 min)
- "Revisiting Vienna" (also known as "The Third Man Returns to Vienna"), first broadcast November 4, 1955. (26 min)
- "St.-Germain-des-Prés", first broadcast November 18, 1955 .(26 min)
- "Chelsea Pensioners", first broadcast December 2, 1955. (27 min)
- "Madrid Bullfight", first broadcast December 16, 1955. (26 min)
- Bonus Feature: Introduction by film historian Christophe Cognet
DISC TWO:
- L'affaire Dominici par Orson Welles (2000) - documentary film produced by Christophe Cognet
- Introduction by Christophe Cognet