Orson Welles at 21 in 1937 photographed by Carl Van Vechten

Universal genius Orson Welles was enjoying a resurgence in popularity in the early 1970s and was able to do again what he liked best; make movies.  Actually, he liked making movies more than finishing them.

It’s hardly a news flash that every work of art has to be interrupted at some point to be displayed, appreciated.  On his own (without a deadline), Welles was a perfectionist who may have felt there’s always something more to be done to improve a film.

In 1972 Welles auteured The Other Side of the Wind, that was never completed, well, completely.

After forty years of legal screaming and maneuvering Welles‘ expensive hobby might finally be displayed and appreciated by an audience.

The Guardian says that exhibition may be in a few weeks, according to a L.A. lawyer.  The attorney said that one of the film’s investors (a relative of the Shaw of Iran) and a partner (Welles‘ girlfriend at the time) are selling their interests.

The same year Welles began this movie he said that you can fall in love with filmmaking like falling in love with a woman - with the same unpredicable results.