Book · 2013 · Biography & Autobiography
My Lunches with Orson
Conversations Between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles
Why people recommend it
My Lunches with Orson is a nonfiction book compiled from audio recordings of private conversations between director Orson Welles and critic Henry Jaglom, capturing the legendary filmmaker's candid thoughts, memories, and criticisms of Hollywood figures over a period of several years. On an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience titled Joe Rogan Experience #2103 - Sam Morril, released on June 27, 2024, guest Sam Morril brought up the publication during a conversation with the host. Sam Morril recommended the book, describing its contents to Joe Rogan as a collection of Orson Welles engaging in unfiltered trash-talk about virtually every prominent actor and director working in the film industry from the 1930s through the 1980s. The book provides a uniquely entertaining and irreverent window into the golden age of cinema through the eyes of one of its most brilliant and uncompromising auteurs, offering readers rare, behind-the-scenes gossip, artistic philosophy, and unvarnished opinions on the prominent personalities who shaped twentieth-century American motion pictures.
Who recommended it
- Sam Morril Recommended
Sam Morril — 1 mention
“it's called lunches with Orson I think it's about Orson Wells it's literally Orson Wells shitalking every actor and director from the 30s to like the 80s”