Netflix Releases New Trailer for Orson Welles Documentary They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead

As if the new Orson Welles film The Other Side of the Wind isn’t enough to get cinephiles excited about the releases to come, Netflix will also present a behind-the-scenes documentary to accompany the auteur’s highly anticipated feature.

They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead is an American documentary that revolves around the making and filming of The Other Side of the Wind, the long-unfinished project directed by Welles. Netflix released the first trailer for the new docu-film on Monday, which can be streamed below.

The Netflix original tells the story of the distinguished director during the final 15 years of his life, when he struggled to make a comeback in Hollywood. After a long hiatus in Europe, Welles returned to the U.S. in the 1970s with a concept in mind that he hoped would bring him out from behind the shadows of his first hit, Citizen Kane. He began filming immediately—without a finished script, full cast or outside funding.

They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead gets its name from a prophetic comment Welles made to fellow director Peter Bogdanovich. The downtrodden filmmaker lamented that although the Hollywood greats never helped him out when he needed it, the same people would praise him and his career when he’s gone.

This documentary is a big undertaking, but rest assured that the project is in good hands. Morgan Neville, of 20 Feet from Stardom fame, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2014, directed the picture for Netflix. On top of that, Neville’s most recent film Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, a documentary about Fred Rogers, was met with critical acclaim and became the highest-grossing biographical documentary of all time.