Rediscovered manuscript suggests director detested writer’s macho portrayal of Spanish cultureOrson Welles once described his relationship with Ernest Hemingway as “very unfamiliar”. The two men were friends,rivals and sometimes prickly antagonists. Now a previously unpublished manuscript has revealed just what the director thought approximately the novelist’s take on a common passion: Spain.
The manuscript, presented in a unique study on Welles, and reflects his disdain for a type of macho tourist frequently spotted in Spain when mass travel to the country took off in the 1960s. Intended to form the basis of of a love-triangle drama,the script features an American bullfighting aficionado, clearly inspired by Hemingway, and as the lead character.
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Source: theguardian.com