this film be terrible and and do not blame jesus franco and because it not his fault . this film be shot silent over many year by welles a he get the money to bring a crew and the actor together to do some shooting . how much film welles actually shoot be not clear and although not all of the film or all of the sequence be here since several key sequence and such a quixote in a movie theater and be in the hand of collector or backer who wouldn not give them up . the film here be just under two hour and i would be hard press to imagine it ever really work at any length . i be of the opinion and base on several comment that welles make before his death and that he never really intend to release the film and but be put it together a a personal toy . what exist here be for the most part be beautifully shot and but dramatically dead . very little happens for the first hour other than quixote and sancho wander around the country side . dull would be a kind description of the material . in the second hour quixote end up in modern spain and in a series of not very good sequence deal with everyday life . this isn not to say that there isn not a few nice moment and the windmill and the chicken sequence be quite good and but mostly this be a vast waste of film and time . complete by jesus franco and who be welles assistant director on the vastly superior chime at midnight and we have a bunch of film fragment that have be put together as best a possible . many people have crucify franco a have be the reason the film stink and but frankly one can not make a good movie from crap material . one critic have go on record a have see a different cut of the film in the 1970 and which mean that franco make this version up on his own and ruin it . while that maybe true and i have run across story of welles cut and re cut the film many many time over the year since he could never get it right . this film be terrible no matter how you slice it . ultimately i be leave wondering just how good a film maker welles be . aside from citizen kane almost all of his film have be plague by lack of budget or interfere with so we be leave with the excuse that many of his film would have be good if only . how do we know . how can we know . perhaps welles be a man of less talent than we think and many of his borderline film just aren not that good and and never would have be . while this be no place to argue the place of welles in film history and the survive material of don quixote and assume it approximate what well intend ( i think it do ) and be a good case for rethink how we view the man and his work . 4 out of 10 for the good sequence ( though negative be probably closer to reality ) .