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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Kevin E G Perry

Film director’s daughter ‘angry’ at AI company’s proposal to restore father’s film

Orson Welles Amazon Showrunner (Organization)
  • Beatrice Welles, daughter of legendary director Orson Welles, has voiced her strong disapproval of an AI company's plans to reconstruct lost footage from his 1942 film, The Magnificent Ambersons.
  • Showrunner, an AI company backed by Amazon, announced its intention to use artificial intelligence to recreate 43 minutes of footage that was destroyed when RKO studio recut the film.
  • Ms Welles expressed her anger on Instagram, stating that the move is another instance of interference with her father's work, drawing parallels to past studio alterations of his films.
  • Showrunner CEO Edward Saatchi clarified that the project is not for commercialisation, as the rights are held by Warner Bros. Discovery and Concord, but rather to allow the footage to exist.
  • Despite some fans defending the AI initiative as an attempt to restore Welles's original vision, Ms Welles remains deeply upset by the prospect.

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Orson Welles’ daughter ‘disgusted’ by Amazon-backed AI company’s plan to reconstruct lost film

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