November’s theme, AloneTogether, came about midway through the month. I can even look at the work and see where it happened. And again, lots of organic ideas that arose of their own volition, and nothing was posed. There are also nods to one of my key sources of inspiration, artist Edward Hopper, and photographer/filmmaker Chris Marker. [...]
The film is in lush color (not unheard of in Welles’ repertoire, but certainly unusual). For a filmmaker known for the way he opened up the expanses of the frame, a filmmaker who was quoted as saying that he was resolutely against the use of close-up, this scene is incredibly intimate and sensual. It evokes a level of intimacy, beyond the sexual, not usually a part of Welles’ palette.