They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Morgan Neville's lively documentary follows the long, troubled journey of Orson Welles's unfinished final film and the people who helped bring it to audiences.
Overview
A deep dive into the chaotic world of cinematic ambition and artistic struggle.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- witty
- energetic
- reflective
- film club viewing
- cinema history study
What critics said
Critics broadly found the documentary an entertaining and revealing window into Orson Welles's creative process and late-career professional struggles.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The documentary traces the decades-long making and delayed release of The Other Side of the Wind.
Orson Welles's effort to complete and release his final film is presented alongside his late-career professional travails.
Welles appears through archive footage while Peter Bogdanovich, Oja Kodar, and other participants offer retrospective testimony.
The film uses Welles's final project to explore the cultural legacy and creative identity of a brilliant filmmaker.
Films like They'll Love Me When I'm Dead, and why
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
film-history documentary portrait of a major director's creative process and professional struggles
Hitchcock/Truffaut
archival filmmaker portrait centered on artistic ambition, personality, and cinematic legacy
Lost in La Mancha
entertaining documentary about the making, collapse, and afterlife of an unfinished film project
Movie Details
- Director
- Morgan Neville
- Release Date
- 2018-08-31
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (151)
Cast
- Alan Cumming
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Oja Kodar
- Orson Welles
- Steve Ecclesine
- R. Michael Stringer
- Peter Jason
- Larry Jackson
- Neil Canton
- Cybill Shepherd
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is They'll Love Me When I'm Dead about?
- Morgan Neville's lively documentary follows the long, troubled journey of Orson Welles's unfinished final film and the people who helped bring it to audiences.
- What is They'll Love Me When I'm Dead like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of They'll Love Me When I'm Dead as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is They'll Love Me When I'm Dead violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in They'll Love Me When I'm Dead.
- What did critics think of They'll Love Me When I'm Dead?
- Critics broadly found the documentary an entertaining and revealing window into Orson Welles's creative process and late-career professional struggles.
- Which films are like They'll Love Me When I'm Dead?
- Films with a similar feel include The Story of Film: An Odyssey, Hitchcock/Truffaut, and Lost in La Mancha.
- How long is They'll Love Me When I'm Dead?
- They'll Love Me When I'm Dead runs 98 minutes.
- Where can I watch They'll Love Me When I'm Dead?
- In United States, They'll Love Me When I'm Dead streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
