Auteurs and Hollywood don't always mix. Stanley Kubrick put some considerable distance between himself and the studio system after being required to stick closely to Dalton Trumbo's "Spartacus" script in 1960 — heading to England to secure funding and creative control on 1962's "Lolita." But he wasn't the first American filmmaker to flee his homeland in search of artistic freedom and funding.
Orson Welles is perhaps the ultimate example of a director clashing with a filmmaking industry unaligned with his sophisticated artistic ambitions. After his first film, "Citizen Kane," debuted in 1941 and proved a financial failure, Welles had to fight for financing and artistic control on future projects. Rko, which had funded "Citizen Kane," renegotiated Welles' contract to remove the unprecedented creative control he was initially afforded. And even though the film would eventually become regarded as one of, if not the finest movie ever made, the director would regularly find...
Orson Welles is perhaps the ultimate example of a director clashing with a filmmaking industry unaligned with his sophisticated artistic ambitions. After his first film, "Citizen Kane," debuted in 1941 and proved a financial failure, Welles had to fight for financing and artistic control on future projects. Rko, which had funded "Citizen Kane," renegotiated Welles' contract to remove the unprecedented creative control he was initially afforded. And even though the film would eventually become regarded as one of, if not the finest movie ever made, the director would regularly find...
- 3/4/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
“Citizen Kane” has been hailed for generations as the greatest movie ever made, but the newspaper mogul who inspired Orson Welles’ iconic portrait of a reclusive, affluent entrepreneur who dies alone did everything he could to act as if it never happened. Throughout his life, William Randolph Hearst kept the movie out of Hearst newspapers and never discussed it publicly, a tendency that was picked up by his heirs in the years following his death.
That all changed on Thursday night at the 60th Sf International Film Festival, when Hearst’s grandson, William Randolph Hearst III, spoke for a half hour before a screening of the film. The biggest surprise? He’s a huge fan of the movie — and has a lot of ideas about it.
Discovering a Masterpiece
“Inevitably, someone wants to ask me what I think and I usually disappoint them by saying how much I love the movie,...
That all changed on Thursday night at the 60th Sf International Film Festival, when Hearst’s grandson, William Randolph Hearst III, spoke for a half hour before a screening of the film. The biggest surprise? He’s a huge fan of the movie — and has a lot of ideas about it.
Discovering a Masterpiece
“Inevitably, someone wants to ask me what I think and I usually disappoint them by saying how much I love the movie,...
- 4/7/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
The Internecine Project
Blu-ray
Kino Lorber Classics
1974 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 89 min. / Street Date January 3, 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: James Coburn, Lee Grant, Harry Andrews, Ian Hendry, Michael Jayston, Christiane Krüger, Keenan Wynn, Julian Glover.
Cinematography: Geoffrey Unsworth
Film Editor: John Shirley
Original Music: Roy Budd
Written by: Barry Levinson, Jonathan Lynn from a book by Mort W. Elkind
Produced by: Barry Levinson
Directed by Ken Hughes
Don’t let the ugly Italian poster art on the disc box throw you — The Internecine Project is a clever plot-driven murder tale in an espionage vein that gathers a string of B+ stars from the early 1970s for ninety minutes of suspense. It’s not the kind of suspense that makes you wonder what’s going to happen next, but the kind that points to a finish that we know will employ a big surprise, a killer-diller last-minute twist. Or three.
The...
Blu-ray
Kino Lorber Classics
1974 / Color / 1:78 widescreen / 89 min. / Street Date January 3, 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95
Starring: James Coburn, Lee Grant, Harry Andrews, Ian Hendry, Michael Jayston, Christiane Krüger, Keenan Wynn, Julian Glover.
Cinematography: Geoffrey Unsworth
Film Editor: John Shirley
Original Music: Roy Budd
Written by: Barry Levinson, Jonathan Lynn from a book by Mort W. Elkind
Produced by: Barry Levinson
Directed by Ken Hughes
Don’t let the ugly Italian poster art on the disc box throw you — The Internecine Project is a clever plot-driven murder tale in an espionage vein that gathers a string of B+ stars from the early 1970s for ninety minutes of suspense. It’s not the kind of suspense that makes you wonder what’s going to happen next, but the kind that points to a finish that we know will employ a big surprise, a killer-diller last-minute twist. Or three.
The...
- 1/6/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Orson Welles' French TV show with Jeanne Moreau is a near-masterpiece, directed with assurance and style. It's the filmmaker's first color feature, and his last completed fictional feature. The Immortal Story Blu-ray The Criterion Collection 831 1968 / Color / 1:66 widescreen / 58 min. / Histoire immortelle / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date August 30, 2016 / 39.95 Starring Jeanne Moreau, Orson Welles, Roger Coggio, Norman Eshley, Fernando Rey. Cinematography Willy Kurant Film Editors Yolande Maurette, Marcelle Pluet, Françoise Garnault, Claude Farny Music selections Eric Satie Based on a novel by Isak Dinesen Produced by Micheline Rozan Written and Directed by Orson Welles
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
The Criterion Collection's Blu-ray of The Immortal Story took me completely by surprise. I bailed out of a viewing long ago on Los Angeles' 'Z' Channel cable station, mainly because it looked terrible -- grainy and washed out. I thought I was watching a faded print that had been blown up from 16mm.
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
The Criterion Collection's Blu-ray of The Immortal Story took me completely by surprise. I bailed out of a viewing long ago on Los Angeles' 'Z' Channel cable station, mainly because it looked terrible -- grainy and washed out. I thought I was watching a faded print that had been blown up from 16mm.
- 8/22/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
If one wishes to highlight what made Jacques Rivette a significant figure in the cinematic landscape, it’s key that they cite his cinephilia — the rabid sort that is uncommon in even our smartest voices, filmmaking or otherwise. More than one who saw a bunch of movies, though, the late, great director maintained a critical fashioned at Cahiers into our contemporary day, sharing a wide, sometimes unexpected range of thoughts on what made works of all kinds stand tall or fall apart.
All of which is to say that his list of favorite films should come from a wellspring of knowledge and passion. In any case, his selection, shared by critic Samuel Wigley — rather a selection, being that it’s from the 1962 Sight & Sound ballot — is a fine one for spanning from the form’s earlier days to its then-contemporary masters, and perhaps as an immediate window into the Cahiers critical mindset.
All of which is to say that his list of favorite films should come from a wellspring of knowledge and passion. In any case, his selection, shared by critic Samuel Wigley — rather a selection, being that it’s from the 1962 Sight & Sound ballot — is a fine one for spanning from the form’s earlier days to its then-contemporary masters, and perhaps as an immediate window into the Cahiers critical mindset.
- 2/2/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Not so very long ago I had a co-worker who described himself as a movie geek, film fan, cinema addict, what have you. He talked about film as if he knew all about it. I asked him one day what he thought of Orson Welles. His reply?
“I don’t think about Orson Welles, he was old and fat, now he’s dead, what am I supposed to think about him?”
Needless to say I never really talked to this person again, who shall remain nameless. Of course the fact that he was an egocentric, arrogant, narcissistic weasel didn’t help matters. (He claimed to have a small part in Tombstone, I have seen that movie several times, never spotted him, by the way…)
I simply cannot fathom the arrogance of someone dismissing, so casually one of the greatest film makers who ever lived. I have been fascinated, obsessed even,...
“I don’t think about Orson Welles, he was old and fat, now he’s dead, what am I supposed to think about him?”
Needless to say I never really talked to this person again, who shall remain nameless. Of course the fact that he was an egocentric, arrogant, narcissistic weasel didn’t help matters. (He claimed to have a small part in Tombstone, I have seen that movie several times, never spotted him, by the way…)
I simply cannot fathom the arrogance of someone dismissing, so casually one of the greatest film makers who ever lived. I have been fascinated, obsessed even,...
- 1/7/2016
- by Sam Moffitt
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
This time on the podcast, Ryan is joined by Scott Nye, David Blakeslee, Mark Hurne and Trevor Berrett to present their Blu-ray upgrade wish lists for 2016.
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Episode Links Past Wish List Episodes Episode 63.9 – Disc 3 – Top Criterion Blu-ray Upgrades for 2011 Episode 110 – Criterion Collection Blu-ray Upgrade Wish List for 2012 Episode 136 – Criterion Collection Blu-ray Upgrade Wish List for 2013 Episode 146 – Criterion Collection Blu-ray Upgrade Wish List for 2014 Episode 154 – Criterion Collection Blu-ray Upgrade Wish List for 2015 David’s list Wise Blood Onibaba 4 By Agnes Varda Mark’s list Les Enfants Terribles Viridiana The Adventures of Antoine Doinel Ryan’s list: Monsters and Madmen The Lower Depths Jeanne Dielman Scott’s list Complete Mr. Arkadin When A Woman Ascends The Stairs A Film Trilogy by Ingmar Bergman Trevor’s list An Angel at My Table Pepe le Moko Twenty-Four Eyes Episode Credits Ryan Gallagher (Twitter / Website) David Blakeslee (Twitter / Website) Scott...
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Episode Links Past Wish List Episodes Episode 63.9 – Disc 3 – Top Criterion Blu-ray Upgrades for 2011 Episode 110 – Criterion Collection Blu-ray Upgrade Wish List for 2012 Episode 136 – Criterion Collection Blu-ray Upgrade Wish List for 2013 Episode 146 – Criterion Collection Blu-ray Upgrade Wish List for 2014 Episode 154 – Criterion Collection Blu-ray Upgrade Wish List for 2015 David’s list Wise Blood Onibaba 4 By Agnes Varda Mark’s list Les Enfants Terribles Viridiana The Adventures of Antoine Doinel Ryan’s list: Monsters and Madmen The Lower Depths Jeanne Dielman Scott’s list Complete Mr. Arkadin When A Woman Ascends The Stairs A Film Trilogy by Ingmar Bergman Trevor’s list An Angel at My Table Pepe le Moko Twenty-Four Eyes Episode Credits Ryan Gallagher (Twitter / Website) David Blakeslee (Twitter / Website) Scott...
- 12/30/2015
- by Ryan Gallagher
- CriterionCast
Robert Walker: Actor in MGM films of the '40s. Robert Walker: Actor who conveyed boy-next-door charms, psychoses At least on screen, I've always found the underrated actor Robert Walker to be everything his fellow – and more famous – MGM contract player James Stewart only pretended to be: shy, amiable, naive. The one thing that made Walker look less like an idealized “Average Joe” than Stewart was that the former did not have a vacuous look. Walker's intelligence shone clearly through his bright (in black and white) grey eyes. As part of its “Summer Under the Stars” programming, Turner Classic Movies is dedicating today, Aug. 9, '15, to Robert Walker, who was featured in 20 films between 1943 and his untimely death at age 32 in 1951. Time Warner (via Ted Turner) owns the pre-1986 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer library (and almost got to buy the studio outright in 2009), so most of Walker's movies have...
- 8/9/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The Magnificent Ambersons
Landon’S Take:
Orson Welles is celebrated as one of the foremost visionaries in the history of American filmmaking. He’s also renowned as the perennial artist against the system. While both of these factors make Welles perhaps the ideal auteur – someone satisfied with nothing less than a perfect articulation of his individual vision within the collaborative medium of filmmaking – it also presents some unique problems in examining works that were taken away from him.
The classically celebrated auteurs of studio era Hollywood (e.g., Hawks, Ford, Hitchcock) were known for creating individuated worldviews across their body of work either despite or even because of the strictures inherent in Classical Hollywood filmmaking. This was not Welles, who from his rise to infamy with the 1938 “War of the Worlds” broadcast to his first studio feature made a name by challenging the assumed utilities of a medium. Neither could...
Landon’S Take:
Orson Welles is celebrated as one of the foremost visionaries in the history of American filmmaking. He’s also renowned as the perennial artist against the system. While both of these factors make Welles perhaps the ideal auteur – someone satisfied with nothing less than a perfect articulation of his individual vision within the collaborative medium of filmmaking – it also presents some unique problems in examining works that were taken away from him.
The classically celebrated auteurs of studio era Hollywood (e.g., Hawks, Ford, Hitchcock) were known for creating individuated worldviews across their body of work either despite or even because of the strictures inherent in Classical Hollywood filmmaking. This was not Welles, who from his rise to infamy with the 1938 “War of the Worlds” broadcast to his first studio feature made a name by challenging the assumed utilities of a medium. Neither could...
- 5/24/2015
- by Drew Morton
- SoundOnSight
A wonderful trailer has been released for a documentary called Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles. Welles is a legendary filmmaker who is best known for his film Citizen Kane and his famous War of the Worlds radio broadcast. He was an incredible artist and visionary, and the doc focuses on his Hollywood career as a star and troubled director. According to IndieWire,
Magician digs into Welles' oeuvre on the eve of his centenary. Workman covers the midwestern childhood demons that fueled Citizen Kane, young Welles' prodigious theatrical accomplishments, love of Shakespeare, and move toward radio and cinema with "Citizen Kane," which was demolished by the film's fictionalized subject, William Randolph Hearst, as well as how Welles was his own worst enemy in terms of protecting his work. There is rarely seen footage of such masterpieces as Chimes at Midnight (he plays Falstaff) and Macbeth, The Trial and Mr. Arkadin.
Magician digs into Welles' oeuvre on the eve of his centenary. Workman covers the midwestern childhood demons that fueled Citizen Kane, young Welles' prodigious theatrical accomplishments, love of Shakespeare, and move toward radio and cinema with "Citizen Kane," which was demolished by the film's fictionalized subject, William Randolph Hearst, as well as how Welles was his own worst enemy in terms of protecting his work. There is rarely seen footage of such masterpieces as Chimes at Midnight (he plays Falstaff) and Macbeth, The Trial and Mr. Arkadin.
- 10/26/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
The Lady from Shanghai
Written and directed by Orson Welles
USA, 1947
Long before the likes of Brangelina dominated the Hollywood gossip columns, figures such as Hedda Hooper and Louella Parsons were the all-powerful industry matriarchs whose withering wit could make or break film careers. The tumultuous romance between Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth on the set of The Lady from Shanghai, which has received a BFI funded restoration for this year’s London Film Festival, was the fodder of scandal-drenched periodicals around the globe in those postwar years. The main difference between Shanghai and something like 2005′s Mr. & Mrs. Smith is that the former film endures as a curious classic beyond the fading celebrity chatter, with subsequent analysis identifying the movie as either Welles’ strychnine-poisoned valentine to Hayworth or a gloomy paean to a remorse-fueled marriage. Either way, it’s a curiously ambivalent and fractured piece that inverts and perverts the traditional trappings of noir,...
Written and directed by Orson Welles
USA, 1947
Long before the likes of Brangelina dominated the Hollywood gossip columns, figures such as Hedda Hooper and Louella Parsons were the all-powerful industry matriarchs whose withering wit could make or break film careers. The tumultuous romance between Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth on the set of The Lady from Shanghai, which has received a BFI funded restoration for this year’s London Film Festival, was the fodder of scandal-drenched periodicals around the globe in those postwar years. The main difference between Shanghai and something like 2005′s Mr. & Mrs. Smith is that the former film endures as a curious classic beyond the fading celebrity chatter, with subsequent analysis identifying the movie as either Welles’ strychnine-poisoned valentine to Hayworth or a gloomy paean to a remorse-fueled marriage. Either way, it’s a curiously ambivalent and fractured piece that inverts and perverts the traditional trappings of noir,...
- 10/17/2013
- by John
- SoundOnSight
From John Travolta to Bob Dylan, from Ed Wood to Orson Welles: ‘The Greatest Bad Movies of All Time’ (photo: John Travolta in the Scientology-inspired movie ‘Battlefield Earth’) Phil Hall’s The Greatest Bad Movies of All Time, tagged as a "new celebration of cinematic inanity," was published by Bear Manor on August 12, 2013. According to the book’s press release, the Greatest Bad Movies "are the films that inspire wonder" — of a unique variety: "You are left wondering how seemingly intelligent people could gather together and spend money to create such bizarre productions." According to Phil Hall, among the most wonder-inspiring movies ever made are John Travolta’s Roger Christian-directed Scientology-inspired megabomb Battlefield Earth; John Huston’s sort of The Maltese Falcon send up Beat the Devil, starring Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, and Gina Lollobrigida; Robert Altman’s Health, featuring a classy cast that includes Glenda Jackson, James Garner,...
- 9/10/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Christopher Nolan has a thing for “desperate men.”
That’s the takeaway, or one of them, from the director’s list of top 10 Criterion releases, which includes Stephen Frears’ The Hit and Sidney Lumet’s Twelve Angry Men in the No. 1 and 2 spots.
“Few films have gambled as much on a simple portrayal of the dynamics between desperate men,” Nolan said of Frears’ film.
It’s a varied list, spanning genres, decades and countries. And it’s notably anti-American (or America-lite), though that may have more to do with the field Nolan chose from than his actual choices: Terrence Malick...
That’s the takeaway, or one of them, from the director’s list of top 10 Criterion releases, which includes Stephen Frears’ The Hit and Sidney Lumet’s Twelve Angry Men in the No. 1 and 2 spots.
“Few films have gambled as much on a simple portrayal of the dynamics between desperate men,” Nolan said of Frears’ film.
It’s a varied list, spanning genres, decades and countries. And it’s notably anti-American (or America-lite), though that may have more to do with the field Nolan chose from than his actual choices: Terrence Malick...
- 1/29/2013
- by Adam Carlson
- EW.com - PopWatch
What does the director of Inception and The Dark Knight like to watch? What may have inspired some of his visual and storytelling cues? Well, Christopher Nolan has just made a list of his top ten Criterion titles, including one that may be a hint as to what's to come. I have included his rankings below along with his brief thoughts as well as a link to buy each. Personally, of those he chose I personally love 12 Angry Men and The Thin Red Line and also enjoyed both The Hit and The Testament of Dr. Mabuse enough to purchase each. I have never, however, seen Bad Timing, The Complete Mr. Arkadin or Greed the latter of which was directed by Erich von Stroheim who may, now, best be remembered as first husband and butler to Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd. I have never seen any of the films he directed,...
- 1/29/2013
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
A spirited damsel in distress and a familiar face in postwar Hollywood films
Although the actor Patricia Medina, who has died aged 92, had a cut-glass English accent, her voluptuous Latin looks often prevented her from playing English characters. As her name suggests, she was half-Spanish, born in Liverpool, the daughter of a Spanish father – a lawyer and former opera singer – and an English mother.
Medina, who appeared in more than 50 feature films, many of them costume dramas, was seldom called upon to display much acting ability, though she was an unusually spirited damsel in distress. However, she used the one chance she had to work with a director of magnitude, Orson Welles, in Mr Arkadin (also known as Confidential Report, 1955), to show what she was capable of. As Mily, in this breathless, globetrotting film, she is an earthy nightclub dancer who attempts to seduce the amnesiac billionaire Welles. It was...
Although the actor Patricia Medina, who has died aged 92, had a cut-glass English accent, her voluptuous Latin looks often prevented her from playing English characters. As her name suggests, she was half-Spanish, born in Liverpool, the daughter of a Spanish father – a lawyer and former opera singer – and an English mother.
Medina, who appeared in more than 50 feature films, many of them costume dramas, was seldom called upon to display much acting ability, though she was an unusually spirited damsel in distress. However, she used the one chance she had to work with a director of magnitude, Orson Welles, in Mr Arkadin (also known as Confidential Report, 1955), to show what she was capable of. As Mily, in this breathless, globetrotting film, she is an earthy nightclub dancer who attempts to seduce the amnesiac billionaire Welles. It was...
- 5/3/2012
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
I remember her fondly as the villainess Lucretia in the outrageous Toho Sci-fi adventure Latitude Zero but Patricia Medina was an actress with a solid career and an impressive number of memorable credits who worked with Orson Welles (Mr. Arkadin) , Vincent Price (twice – Moss Rose and The Three Musketeers), Abbott and Costello (A&C In The Foreign Legion), Francis the Talking Mule (Francis), and the Three Stooges (Snow White And The Three Stooges). Voluptuous and exotic-looking with a deep sultry voice, the British-born Medina began her film career in 1937 and was married to actors Richard Greene and Joseph Cotton. Patricia Medina was 92
The La Times writes:
Patricia Medina, a British-born actress whose Hollywood career as a leading lady in the 1950s spanned the talking mule comedy “Francis” and Orson Welles‘ crime-thriller “Mr. Arkadin,” has died. She was 92.
Medina, the widow of actor Joseph Cotten, died Saturday at Barlow Respiratory Hospital in Los Angeles,...
The La Times writes:
Patricia Medina, a British-born actress whose Hollywood career as a leading lady in the 1950s spanned the talking mule comedy “Francis” and Orson Welles‘ crime-thriller “Mr. Arkadin,” has died. She was 92.
Medina, the widow of actor Joseph Cotten, died Saturday at Barlow Respiratory Hospital in Los Angeles,...
- 5/3/2012
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Actress Patricia Medina has died after a long battle with ill health at the age of 92.
She died at Barlow Respiratory Hospital on Saturday, according to the Associated Press.
The British-born beauty began her acting career in England in the late 1930s and moved to Hollywood after marrying The Adventures of Robin Hood TV star Richard Greene.
Medina became a big star following leading roles opposite Fernando Lamas in Sangaree, Glenn Ford in Plunder of the Sun and Alan Ladd in Botany Bay.
Her additional film credits include Mr. Arkadin, Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion, Phantom of the Rue Morgue, Fortunes of Captain Blood, Lady in the Iron Mask, and The Lady and the Bandit.
In 1960, the actress married Citizen Kane star Joseph Cotten and two years later she made her Broadway debut opposite her new husband in Calculated Risk.
She died at Barlow Respiratory Hospital on Saturday, according to the Associated Press.
The British-born beauty began her acting career in England in the late 1930s and moved to Hollywood after marrying The Adventures of Robin Hood TV star Richard Greene.
Medina became a big star following leading roles opposite Fernando Lamas in Sangaree, Glenn Ford in Plunder of the Sun and Alan Ladd in Botany Bay.
Her additional film credits include Mr. Arkadin, Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion, Phantom of the Rue Morgue, Fortunes of Captain Blood, Lady in the Iron Mask, and The Lady and the Bandit.
In 1960, the actress married Citizen Kane star Joseph Cotten and two years later she made her Broadway debut opposite her new husband in Calculated Risk.
- 5/2/2012
- WENN
Patricia Medina, a British-born actress who entertained audiences in everything from "Francis" (the talking mule) to the Orson Welles crime thriller "Mr. Arkadin," is dead at 92.
The widow of frequent Welles co-star Joseph Cotten, Medina died Saturday in Los Angeles, close friend Meredith Silverbach tells the L.A. Times.
"She was a stunning woman," says Silverbach. "In her youth, they called her 'the most beautiful face in England.'"
Medina got her start in Hollywood with MGM, playing leads in movies like "Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion," "Plunder of the Sun" with Glenn Ford and "Phantom of the Rue Morgue" with Karl Malden. In 1960, she married Cotten -- then a widower -- and the two went on to star in several stage productions together.
"At myriad parties and industry events they were inseparable, among the most popular couples in town," wrote Upi reporter Vernon Scott in 2000. "They represented...
The widow of frequent Welles co-star Joseph Cotten, Medina died Saturday in Los Angeles, close friend Meredith Silverbach tells the L.A. Times.
"She was a stunning woman," says Silverbach. "In her youth, they called her 'the most beautiful face in England.'"
Medina got her start in Hollywood with MGM, playing leads in movies like "Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion," "Plunder of the Sun" with Glenn Ford and "Phantom of the Rue Morgue" with Karl Malden. In 1960, she married Cotten -- then a widower -- and the two went on to star in several stage productions together.
"At myriad parties and industry events they were inseparable, among the most popular couples in town," wrote Upi reporter Vernon Scott in 2000. "They represented...
- 5/2/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Patricia Medina, one of the most sought after actresses of the 1950s, has died at the age of 92. The British-born actress died Saturday at Los Angeles' Barlow Respiratory Hospital of natural causes. Born in Liverpool, England, in 1919, Medina came to Hollywood after World War II, where she parlayed her British acting career into a contract with MGM Studios. Photos: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2012 In her heyday, she starred in Orson Welles' Mr. Arkadin, William Witney's Stranger at My Door and Francis, the comedy that launched the Francis the Talking Mule franchise. "She was a stunning
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- 5/2/2012
- by Michael O'Connell
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Thirty-six years ago today, on April 25th, 1976, filmmaker Carol Reed passed away. One of the greatest directors ever to come out of the U.K., Reed started out as an actor, but gained fame as a writer-director in the late 1930s and 1940s, thanks to films like "Night Train To Munich," and the outstanding "Odd Man Out" and "The Fallen Idol." Later, he'd also find success with films like "Trapeze," "Our Man In Havana," "The Agony and the Ecstasy" and "Oliver!," for which he won the Academy Award for Best Director, beating out Stanley Kubrick's "2001" and Gillo Pontecorvo's "The Battle of Algiers."
But Reed's undisputed masterpiece is "The Third Man," a 1949 film noir based on a screenplay by the great British writer Graham Greene. The film involves a writer of Westerns, Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten), who comes to post-war Vienna after being promised a job by his childhood friend Harry Lime.
But Reed's undisputed masterpiece is "The Third Man," a 1949 film noir based on a screenplay by the great British writer Graham Greene. The film involves a writer of Westerns, Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten), who comes to post-war Vienna after being promised a job by his childhood friend Harry Lime.
- 4/25/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
The Aesthetics of Garbage, Part 1 can be found here.
Above: O insigne ficante (The Inisg Nificant, 1980).
“Make films to occupy run down, low class theatres and be subsequently forgotten” —Rogério Sganzerla
One of the quintessential traits of Cinema Novo was the firm rejection of anything Hollywood; films like The Red Light Bandit and O pornógrafo (The Ponographer, 1970) by João Callegaro on the contrary, eagerly cannibalized popular American culture. Cultural appropriation is manifest throughout Callegaro's film, which openly references noir flicks whose aesthetic codes and conventions are borrowed and subverted by the director. While retaining an unmistakable Brazilian flavour these films openly boast their spoofy hybridism, combining high and low culture at a time when the term post-modernism had yet to be coined. True inheritors of Oswald De Andrade’s Anthropophagic Manifesto, these were metropolitan indians suffocated by the orthodox traditionalism of the left on one side and by an increasingly oppressive regime on the other.
Above: O insigne ficante (The Inisg Nificant, 1980).
“Make films to occupy run down, low class theatres and be subsequently forgotten” —Rogério Sganzerla
One of the quintessential traits of Cinema Novo was the firm rejection of anything Hollywood; films like The Red Light Bandit and O pornógrafo (The Ponographer, 1970) by João Callegaro on the contrary, eagerly cannibalized popular American culture. Cultural appropriation is manifest throughout Callegaro's film, which openly references noir flicks whose aesthetic codes and conventions are borrowed and subverted by the director. While retaining an unmistakable Brazilian flavour these films openly boast their spoofy hybridism, combining high and low culture at a time when the term post-modernism had yet to be coined. True inheritors of Oswald De Andrade’s Anthropophagic Manifesto, these were metropolitan indians suffocated by the orthodox traditionalism of the left on one side and by an increasingly oppressive regime on the other.
- 2/28/2012
- MUBI
Ryan Gosling shines as the man behind the wheel in Nicolas Winding Refn's gripping and lyrical take on Hollywood noir
Thirty years ago Colin Welland brandished his Chariots of Fire Oscar aloft at the Academy awards ceremony. Echoing the legendary words of Paul Revere to his fellow Bostonian colonials, he shouted: "The British are coming!" Similar hubris, one trusts, will not possess the current wave of Scandinavian filmmakers, though they might be forgiven for chanting: "The Vikings are coming!", that admonitory cry that once had the frightened denizens of our east coast lighting warning beacons and locking up their daughters. These past couple of weeks we've seen the Dane Lone Scherfig follow her British debut, An Education, with One Day, and Tomas Alfredson, the Swedish director of Let the Right One In, cross the North Sea to make his excellent version of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Now another Dane,...
Thirty years ago Colin Welland brandished his Chariots of Fire Oscar aloft at the Academy awards ceremony. Echoing the legendary words of Paul Revere to his fellow Bostonian colonials, he shouted: "The British are coming!" Similar hubris, one trusts, will not possess the current wave of Scandinavian filmmakers, though they might be forgiven for chanting: "The Vikings are coming!", that admonitory cry that once had the frightened denizens of our east coast lighting warning beacons and locking up their daughters. These past couple of weeks we've seen the Dane Lone Scherfig follow her British debut, An Education, with One Day, and Tomas Alfredson, the Swedish director of Let the Right One In, cross the North Sea to make his excellent version of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Now another Dane,...
- 9/24/2011
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
Orson Welles, Ruth Warrick, Citizen Kane Orson Welles on TCM: The Third Man, The Lady From Shanghai Schedule (Et) and synopses from the TCM website: 6:00 Am The Tartars (1961) A barbarian army attacks Viking settlements along the Russian steppes. Dir: Richard Thorpe. Cast: Victor Mature, Orson Welles, Folco Lulli. C-83 mins, Letterbox Format 7:30 Am Tomorrow Is Forever (1946) A scarred veteran presumed dead returns home to find his wife remarried. Dir: Irving Pichel. Cast: Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles, George Brent. Bw-104 mins. 9:30 Am Moby Dick (1956) Epic adaptation of Herman Melville's classic about a vengeful sea captain out to catch the whale that maimed him. Dir: John Huston. Cast: Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn. C-115 mins, Letterbox Format 11:30 Am The V.I.P.S (1963) Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal trials. Dir: Anthony Asquith. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan.
- 8/8/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Ray Milland is the fall guy in Charles Laughton and George Macready's murder coverup.Told in the back-to-front flashback style unique to film noir, John Farrow's ingenious, criminally undervalued mystery thriller sometimes skirts the edge of screwball comedy. This highly entertaining thriller has some intriguing plot similarities to both Welles' Mr. Arkadin and Alain Corneau's Police Python 357.
- 5/26/2011
- Trailers from Hell
Anderson Cooper Goes on the Absurd-u-Chart
You may recall Stephen putting Anderson Cooper on the Absurd-u-Chart back in April claiming that Anderson Coopers Ridiculist was a rip off of the far superior On Notice Board. Nothing better than a ratings feud ’round here! And the “Silver Surfer” of journalism has taken the Colbert-bait, adding Stephen to his Ridiculist and claiming that Stephen has been copying him all these years!
A Tip O’ The Hat to Mr. Arkadin for pointing this out in the comments:
Hey! Did anyone see Anderson Cooper finally respond to Colbert tonight? Cooper tried to deadpan it & act like he didn’t know who Stephen was. Mispronouning his last name. Claiming his PR team had to remind him that he had ever been on Tcr. But he always busted up when he showed clips of Colbert’s “attack” on him. The best part was AC claiming Americone...
You may recall Stephen putting Anderson Cooper on the Absurd-u-Chart back in April claiming that Anderson Coopers Ridiculist was a rip off of the far superior On Notice Board. Nothing better than a ratings feud ’round here! And the “Silver Surfer” of journalism has taken the Colbert-bait, adding Stephen to his Ridiculist and claiming that Stephen has been copying him all these years!
A Tip O’ The Hat to Mr. Arkadin for pointing this out in the comments:
Hey! Did anyone see Anderson Cooper finally respond to Colbert tonight? Cooper tried to deadpan it & act like he didn’t know who Stephen was. Mispronouning his last name. Claiming his PR team had to remind him that he had ever been on Tcr. But he always busted up when he showed clips of Colbert’s “attack” on him. The best part was AC claiming Americone...
- 5/11/2011
- by Jennie
- No Fact Zone
A rep from General Hospital has confirmed an earlier Daytime Confidential report that Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth) has been let go from the soap she has starred on since 1997.
ABC issued the following statement: "Storyline dictates the exit of Elizabeth Webber this spring. The next few months promise to be a 'not to miss' story for the character. We at ABC and General Hospital wish Rebecca Herbst nothing but the best in all of her future endeavors."...
ABC issued the following statement: "Storyline dictates the exit of Elizabeth Webber this spring. The next few months promise to be a 'not to miss' story for the character. We at ABC and General Hospital wish Rebecca Herbst nothing but the best in all of her future endeavors."...
- 1/19/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
Filed under: Columns, Cinematical
In this week's 'The Tourist,' an American (Johnny Depp) quietly visits Italy and finds himself swept up in an exotic tale of romance and thrills. That kind of thing pretty much happens every time an American visits Europe; there's no such thing as a relaxing getaway there. Here's a sample of seven different things that can happen to naïve, withdrawn, repressed, puritanical Americans when we visit the much older, wiser, more experienced continent.
1. Kidnappers Are Around Every Corner.
Don't turn your back for a second. Your wife could be missing when you get out of the shower. Your daughter could be gone before she's even left the airport. Your husband could wake up in a coffin underground. There could be some hidden reason for this, or it could be just because you're an American. See: 'Fantic,' 'Taken' and 'Buried.'
2. Get Ready to Run.
In this week's 'The Tourist,' an American (Johnny Depp) quietly visits Italy and finds himself swept up in an exotic tale of romance and thrills. That kind of thing pretty much happens every time an American visits Europe; there's no such thing as a relaxing getaway there. Here's a sample of seven different things that can happen to naïve, withdrawn, repressed, puritanical Americans when we visit the much older, wiser, more experienced continent.
1. Kidnappers Are Around Every Corner.
Don't turn your back for a second. Your wife could be missing when you get out of the shower. Your daughter could be gone before she's even left the airport. Your husband could wake up in a coffin underground. There could be some hidden reason for this, or it could be just because you're an American. See: 'Fantic,' 'Taken' and 'Buried.'
2. Get Ready to Run.
- 12/9/2010
- by Jeffrey M. Anderson
- Moviefone
Filed under: Columns, Cinematical
In this week's 'The Tourist,' an American (Johnny Depp) quietly visits Italy and finds himself swept up in an exotic tale of romance and thrills. That kind of thing pretty much happens every time an American visits Europe; there's no such thing as a relaxing getaway there. Here's a sample of seven different things that can happen to naïve, withdrawn, repressed, puritanical Americans when we visit the much older, wiser, more experienced continent.
1. Kidnappers Are Around Every Corner.
Don't turn your back for a second. Your wife could be missing when you get out of the shower. Your daughter could be gone before she's even left the airport. Your husband could wake up in a coffin underground. There could be some hidden reason for this, or it could be just because you're an American. See: 'Fantic,' 'Taken' and 'Buried.'
2. Get Ready to Run.
In this week's 'The Tourist,' an American (Johnny Depp) quietly visits Italy and finds himself swept up in an exotic tale of romance and thrills. That kind of thing pretty much happens every time an American visits Europe; there's no such thing as a relaxing getaway there. Here's a sample of seven different things that can happen to naïve, withdrawn, repressed, puritanical Americans when we visit the much older, wiser, more experienced continent.
1. Kidnappers Are Around Every Corner.
Don't turn your back for a second. Your wife could be missing when you get out of the shower. Your daughter could be gone before she's even left the airport. Your husband could wake up in a coffin underground. There could be some hidden reason for this, or it could be just because you're an American. See: 'Fantic,' 'Taken' and 'Buried.'
2. Get Ready to Run.
- 12/9/2010
- by Jeffrey M. Anderson
- Cinematical
First off, a word of welcome: this is the first entry in Pajiba's DVD Review section, a new section for which I was recently named editor by our esteemed editor and chief, Dustin Rowles. After nearly a decade of writing about film on the web, it feels like a homecoming to be doing DVD reviews once again (I cut my teeth on them initially and, over the years, I've learned a hell of a lot about the craft---those early reviews are embarrassing in retrospect). In any case, the purpose of this section serves two functions. In some cases, as in this review, we'll (yes, we, there will be a special guest writer who is joining the ranks) be reviewing movies with a fresh perspective while paying particular attention to Av quality and supplemental features. In other cases, when a film has already been reviewed for the site, we'll simply be...
- 11/5/2010
- by Drew Morton
From a scandalous suggestion to seasonal silliness, we present the cinematic climaxes that left you wanting less
"What? What was that? That was it?! That line doesn't even make sense. That's ridiculous! That would never happen!" When an (otherwise) enjoyable film concludes with poor, painful or just plain phony lines, irritation and disappointment hits you hard and you find yourself questioning the last couple of minutes that have managed to undermine the last two hours of your life. Don't believe me? Maybe my top five popular films with rubbish final lines will change your mind …
1) "I wonder, Annabel, do you like music? It's just that I've got tickets for Handel's Water Music at the Albert Hall …"
In Notes on a Scandal, the gradual obsession of Barbara Covett (Judi Dench) with Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchett) creates a sublime sense of suspense until they finally fight it out. But in the final scene,...
"What? What was that? That was it?! That line doesn't even make sense. That's ridiculous! That would never happen!" When an (otherwise) enjoyable film concludes with poor, painful or just plain phony lines, irritation and disappointment hits you hard and you find yourself questioning the last couple of minutes that have managed to undermine the last two hours of your life. Don't believe me? Maybe my top five popular films with rubbish final lines will change your mind …
1) "I wonder, Annabel, do you like music? It's just that I've got tickets for Handel's Water Music at the Albert Hall …"
In Notes on a Scandal, the gradual obsession of Barbara Covett (Judi Dench) with Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchett) creates a sublime sense of suspense until they finally fight it out. But in the final scene,...
- 11/3/2010
- by Sophie Robehmed
- The Guardian - Film News
I wasn’t ready for this movie.
When I sat down on Wednesday night to watch the Orson Welles film The Trial, based on the Franz Kafka novel of the same name, I guess that I was expecting something more traditional than what was delivered. I say this because The Trial is a disorienting, difficult, and ultimately rewarding film from one of the most legendary filmmakers in American history, and is something that will make you think heavily about what you’re seeing. And, you’ll likely be very confused.
It’s because of that feeling that I sat down on Thursday night, just less than twenty-four hours after I first viewed the film, and watched it again. This time, I knew what to expect and was able to follow the storyline much more clearly and was, I turn, more rewarded.
The plot follows a man named Josef K. (Anthony Perkins...
When I sat down on Wednesday night to watch the Orson Welles film The Trial, based on the Franz Kafka novel of the same name, I guess that I was expecting something more traditional than what was delivered. I say this because The Trial is a disorienting, difficult, and ultimately rewarding film from one of the most legendary filmmakers in American history, and is something that will make you think heavily about what you’re seeing. And, you’ll likely be very confused.
It’s because of that feeling that I sat down on Thursday night, just less than twenty-four hours after I first viewed the film, and watched it again. This time, I knew what to expect and was able to follow the storyline much more clearly and was, I turn, more rewarded.
The plot follows a man named Josef K. (Anthony Perkins...
- 7/30/2010
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
It’s Fathers Day [weekend], that one special occasion to give a few moments of our attention (at least) to the Dads in our lives and extend to them a few tokens of our thanks for the role they’ve had in making us the people that we are. As a father of four young adults myself, I’m grateful to be on this side of the equation, having seen each of them turn out to be pretty cool and impressive people on their own terms, if I can say so myself! Of course, some of the greatest films ever made have a lot to say about the functions and foibles of fatherhood. Here’s a list of ten fatherly archetypes that I’ve selected from my past year-and-a-half of watching Criterion DVDs:
Criterion.com / Netflix / Amazon
1. Nanook of the North – The Primordial Father
When it comes to being a dad,...
Criterion.com / Netflix / Amazon
1. Nanook of the North – The Primordial Father
When it comes to being a dad,...
- 6/20/2010
- by David Blakeslee
- CriterionCast
James Cameron'S sci-fi epic Avatar comes out on DVD and Blu-ray on Monday and already he has been talking about a sequel which this time will explore the oceans of Pandora.
It's evident that a lot of work went into building the world seen in the film, and a book has been produced giving every background detail of the exotic moon.
Avatar: A Confidential Report On The Biological And Social History, An Activist Survival Guide, by Maria Wilhelm and Dirk Mathison, is published by HarperCollins.
It looks at the astronomy and geology, the Na'vi physiology and culture, the fauna and flora, the human technology and weaponry used on Pandora and even includes a Na'vi-English dictionary.
The book is included with the Avatar limited edition steelbook Blu-ray and is also available independently. As a collector of movie tie-in books, I bought mine separately a while back and can thoroughly...
It's evident that a lot of work went into building the world seen in the film, and a book has been produced giving every background detail of the exotic moon.
Avatar: A Confidential Report On The Biological And Social History, An Activist Survival Guide, by Maria Wilhelm and Dirk Mathison, is published by HarperCollins.
It looks at the astronomy and geology, the Na'vi physiology and culture, the fauna and flora, the human technology and weaponry used on Pandora and even includes a Na'vi-English dictionary.
The book is included with the Avatar limited edition steelbook Blu-ray and is also available independently. As a collector of movie tie-in books, I bought mine separately a while back and can thoroughly...
- 4/22/2010
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Hold on to your butts, Avatar story haters, James Cameron is officially putting pen to Pandoran paper once more to give fans an even bigger slice of the sci-fantasy by way of a prequel. Thing is, you won't need new fangled 3D glasses to take this journey to the stars, but you may still need an old fashioned pair of reading glasses. That's right, Cameron is writing an Avatar novel.
MTV spoke with Avatar producer Jon Landau, who clarified that Cameron's book is definitely not just a broader novelization of the events of the groundbreaking film nor is it taking the place of a second cinematic entry, rather it's purpose is to fill in some of the gaps and questions the film may have left open in regards to Dr. Augistine's school for the Na'vi, what Jake's life was like back on Earth before his brother Tommy was killed, and...
MTV spoke with Avatar producer Jon Landau, who clarified that Cameron's book is definitely not just a broader novelization of the events of the groundbreaking film nor is it taking the place of a second cinematic entry, rather it's purpose is to fill in some of the gaps and questions the film may have left open in regards to Dr. Augistine's school for the Na'vi, what Jake's life was like back on Earth before his brother Tommy was killed, and...
- 2/16/2010
- by Peter Hall
- Cinematical
From MTV.Com: No one, it seems, can get enough of Pandora. "Avatar" notched a fourth straight week at the top of the box-office charts, creepily devoted fans started making their presence known and parodies popped up on the Web.
For my own part, I just caught a long-delayed second viewing of James Cameron's CGI epic and afterward still hadn't had my fill of Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and his adventures in big blue wonderland. Giving in to irrepressibly geeky desires, I pulled out a copy of "Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora," a sort of Cameron-approved bible of franchise mythology. The book, it turns out, contains a wealth of compelling "Avatar" info, answering a bunch of questions that go unanswered in the film but which fans surely would like to know before the next trip to the theater.
Continue reading Your...
For my own part, I just caught a long-delayed second viewing of James Cameron's CGI epic and afterward still hadn't had my fill of Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and his adventures in big blue wonderland. Giving in to irrepressibly geeky desires, I pulled out a copy of "Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora," a sort of Cameron-approved bible of franchise mythology. The book, it turns out, contains a wealth of compelling "Avatar" info, answering a bunch of questions that go unanswered in the film but which fans surely would like to know before the next trip to the theater.
Continue reading Your...
- 1/12/2010
- by Eric Ditzian
- MTV Movies Blog
Using a James Cameron-approved guidebook, we fill you in on the Pandora details you need to know before your second or third viewing.
By Eric Ditzian
Neytiri (voiced by Zoe Saldana) in "Avatar"
Photo: 20th Century Fox
No one, it seems, can get enough of Pandora. "Avatar" notched a fourth straight week at the top of the box-office charts, creepily devoted fans started making their presence known and parodies popped up on the Web.
For my own part, I just caught a long-delayed second viewing of James Cameron's CGI epic and afterward still hadn't had my fill of Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and his adventures in big blue wonderland. Giving in to irrepressibly geeky desires, I pulled out a copy of "Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora," a sort of Cameron-approved bible of franchise mythology. The book, it turns out, contains...
By Eric Ditzian
Neytiri (voiced by Zoe Saldana) in "Avatar"
Photo: 20th Century Fox
No one, it seems, can get enough of Pandora. "Avatar" notched a fourth straight week at the top of the box-office charts, creepily devoted fans started making their presence known and parodies popped up on the Web.
For my own part, I just caught a long-delayed second viewing of James Cameron's CGI epic and afterward still hadn't had my fill of Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) and his adventures in big blue wonderland. Giving in to irrepressibly geeky desires, I pulled out a copy of "Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora," a sort of Cameron-approved bible of franchise mythology. The book, it turns out, contains...
- 1/11/2010
- MTV Movie News
From my inbox…
Did you know that there’s actually a book all about the alien planet Pandora, in the movie, Avatar? I recall hearing that Cameron and company actually sought the assistance of scientists of all kinds, linguists, etc, to help create that fictional world, so that it’s realized as authentic as possible. However, I wasn’t aware that an actual handbook was written, fully acquainting us with Pandora, and its inhabitants.
Now I know. Although, I can’t say that I have much interest in actually reading it – all 224 pages.
But, thanks to publisher, Harper Collins, you most certainly can check it out if you’d like; cost? $17.99 – not bad I guess.
It’s, by the way, titled, Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora and was compiled by Maria Wilhelm, and Dirk Mathison.
Here’s the full book description:
A...
Did you know that there’s actually a book all about the alien planet Pandora, in the movie, Avatar? I recall hearing that Cameron and company actually sought the assistance of scientists of all kinds, linguists, etc, to help create that fictional world, so that it’s realized as authentic as possible. However, I wasn’t aware that an actual handbook was written, fully acquainting us with Pandora, and its inhabitants.
Now I know. Although, I can’t say that I have much interest in actually reading it – all 224 pages.
But, thanks to publisher, Harper Collins, you most certainly can check it out if you’d like; cost? $17.99 – not bad I guess.
It’s, by the way, titled, Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandora and was compiled by Maria Wilhelm, and Dirk Mathison.
Here’s the full book description:
A...
- 1/8/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
As a "Star Wars" nut, I'm a sucker for any story that boasts a rich universe as its backdrop. When I turn on a movie set anywhere outside the bounds of reality, I want to be able to pick out the tiniest feature of the background and know how it fits into the fictional landscape. This is why I'm so excited for "Avatar." The natural quality of the universe that director James Cameron draws me right in.
It's for that reason that I've recently come to enjoy thumbing through the book, "Avatar: An Activist Survival Guide." Presented as a government-sponsored file folder -- "A Confidential Report On The Biological And Social History Of Pandora," the cover reads -- the book details the flora and fauna found on the planet Pandora, the Na'vi culture and physiology, and the human elements present on the distant world. In the video below, "Avatar" producer...
It's for that reason that I've recently come to enjoy thumbing through the book, "Avatar: An Activist Survival Guide." Presented as a government-sponsored file folder -- "A Confidential Report On The Biological And Social History Of Pandora," the cover reads -- the book details the flora and fauna found on the planet Pandora, the Na'vi culture and physiology, and the human elements present on the distant world. In the video below, "Avatar" producer...
- 12/9/2009
- by Adam Rosenberg
- MTV Movies Blog
One of the great fallacies of film history is that Orson Welles made his directorial debut at age 25 and then burned out and never made anything else of note. And it's true that he spent a lot of time doing acting jobs for money and starting projects that he never finished. But in reality, he directed, completed and released thirteen films between 1941 and 1976 -- including that debut, Citizen Kane -- and every single one of them is notable. Some are masterpieces, some are ahead of their time, and some, like Mr. Arkadin (1955), require a little work. Mr. Arkadin was only one of two original screenplays in Welles filmography (along with Citizen Kane), and they have many things in common: a flashback structure and a secondary character snooping around in the life of the title character. (A book was published with Orson Welles listed as the author, but Welles insisted that...
- 11/12/2009
- by Jeffrey M. Anderson
- Cinematical
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