They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

{{Infobox film

| name = They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

| image = They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018) Film Poster.jpg

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| caption = Film poster

| director = Morgan Neville

| producer = {{Plainlist|

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| writer =

| starring = {{Plainlist|

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| narrator = Alan Cumming

| music = Daniel Wohl

| cinematography =

| editing = {{Plainlist|

  • Aaron Wickenden
  • Jason Zeldes

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| production_companies = {{Plainlist|

  • Tremolo Productions
  • Royal Road Entertainment

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| distributor = Netflix

| released = {{Film date|2018|8|30|Venice|2018|11|2|United States}}

| runtime = 98 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

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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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/theyll-love-me-im-dead-trailer-orson-welles-chronicles-final-project-1146711|title='They'll Love Me When I'm Dead' Trailer Offers Glimpse Into Orson Welles' Final Film | Hollywood Reporter|website=www.hollywoodreporter.com| date=24 September 2018 }}

Cast

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.{{Cite web|url=http://tremoloproductions.com/film/337/theyll-love-me-when-im-dead|title=Tremolo Productions {{!}} Film {{!}} They'll Love Me When I'm Dead|website=Tremolo Productions|language=en|access-date=2019-01-18|archive-date=2019-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174337/http://tremoloproductions.com/film/337/theyll-love-me-when-im-dead|url-status=dead}} Netflix distributed the film and it debuted on the streaming service on November 2, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/movies/orson-welles-documentary-morgan-neville-netflix-the-other-side-of-the-wind.html|title=A Morgan Neville Documentary Will Put an Unfinished Welles Film in Context|website=The New York Times|first=Cara|last=Buckley|date=May 15, 2017|access-date=August 23, 2018}}

Release

The documentary had its premieres at the Venice Film Festival and Telluride Film Festival on August 30, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/venice-film-festival-2018-lineup-full-list-1202433056/|title=Venice Film Festival Lineup: Welles, Coen Brothers, Cuaron, Greengrass, More – Live|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Nancy|last=Tartaglione|date=July 25, 2018|access-date=August 23, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxol.it/biennalecinema?queq=1a0540fe-3d1e-45cd-add6-8928a0675027&quep=bfb02e94-4b01-4cb7-81b8-2425dc01033f&quets=1533751730&quec=boxol&quee=biennale18&quert=Queue&queh=6ad03ca251c7bec2d37e52fdb9a1a293|title=Venice Film Festival Schedule|access-date=August 23, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2018/orson-welles-telluride-film-festival-news-19206273861/|title=Telluride update: 'They'll Love Me When I'm Dead' reveals Orson Welles doing 'groundbreaking work' late in his career|last=Willman|first=Chris|date=2018-09-03|website=GoldDerby|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-18}} It was later screened at New York Film Festival in October 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/orson-welles-new-final-film-screen-nyff-special-events-2018-1136949|title=NYFF to Screen New Orson Welles Film, Host Apollo Theater Premiere of Barry Jenkins' Latest (Exclusive)|website=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Hilary|last=Lewis|date=August 23, 2018|access-date=August 23, 2018}} On November 1, 2018, it opened SFFILM's Doc Stories Film Series in San Francisco.{{cite web |url=https://www.sffilm.org/screenings-and-events/doc-stories-2018 |title=SCREENINGS & EVENTS - Doc Stories 2018 |publisher=SFilm }}

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."{{Cite news|url=http://www.wellesnet.com/morgan-neville-to-helm-netflix-documentary-on-orson-welles-the-other-side-of-the-wind/|title=Morgan Neville to helm Netflix documentary on Orson Welles, 'The Other Side of the Wind' • Wellesnet {{!}} Orson Welles Web Resource|date=2017-05-15|work=Wellesnet {{!}} Orson Welles Web Resource|access-date=2018-08-24|language=en-US}}

=Critical reception=

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of {{RT data|score}}, based on {{RT data|count}} reviews with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. 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."{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/theyll_love_me_when_im_dead|title=They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango|access-date={{RT data|access date}}}} Metacritic gives the film a weighted average score of 77 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/theyll-love-me-when-im-dead|title=They'll Love Me When I'm Dead Reviews|work=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=July 20, 2020}}

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