{"id":85837,"date":"2015-05-18T15:47:33","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T19:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=85837"},"modified":"2015-05-18T15:47:33","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T19:47:33","slug":"he-was-a-very-close-friend-of-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/18\/he-was-a-very-close-friend-of-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"He Was a <i>Very<\/i> Close Friend of Mine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NyTi9v9QPxE?rel=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Your Monday needs something. But what? Could it be \u2026 a 1974 clip of Orson Welles reminiscing about his \u201cfriendship\u201d with Ernest Hemingway? It has everything: titanic ego-clashing, disingenuous concern-trolling, bullfighting, damning with faint praise, posthumous character assassination. Welles claims to have been the only one with the courage to mock the great man. Welles is chomping on a cigar. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>One begins to feel certain that both of them were awful. And that\u2019s even before Orson Welles starts \u201ccamping it up\u201d in a really uncomfortable burlesque of a homosexual. (This delightful interlude is what cemented his friendship with Hemingway\u2014well, that and the obligatory fight.)<\/p>\n<p>And yet, suddenly, when you think you can\u2019t take another moment of macho posturing and pathetic self-promotion, something shifts. And there is real sadness there\u2014not just the kind Welles thinks he\u2019s invoking.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sadie Stein is contributing editor of <\/em>The Paris Review<em>, and the <\/em>Daily<em>\u2019s correspondent.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your Monday needs something. But what? 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