holy crap that kane set looks sweet
― Unity Tour 2011: 311 and Sublime with Rome (latebloomer), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
As for me, I can't possibly choose any of Welles' other films over CK for sheer entertainment. That's what I tell skeptics afraid of its classic aura: it's fast moving and fun as all hell.
otm
― Unity Tour 2011: 311 and Sublime with Rome (latebloomer), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
sadly the blu-ray version still includes the revisionist documentary and adds the shit biopic based on it. (revisionist because it claims that kane is based on welles himself which is silly/missing the point, and possibly included so that turner can try to mess with welles's esteem)
― jay lenonononono (abanana), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
Apparently the Ambersons disc is bare bones. :-(
― Handjobs for a sport (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
Other movies that are fast moving and fun as all hell.
The Magnificent AmbersonsTouch of EvilF for Fake
Just saying.
― scissorlocks and the three bears (Eric H.), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
cosign on F for Fake, it's cut like a music video. Great fun.
― Yossarian's sense of humour (NotEnough), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
Apparently the Ambersons disc is bare bones
well we don't even have all the bones of the film!
― resistance does not require a firearm (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 20:59 (twelve years ago) link
Ambersons is fun as hell but it's not fast moving -- and that's a compliment.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
Touch of Evil drags more than CK does (the Heston-Weaver stuff leaves me cold).
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
ambersons is so slow-moving that whenever i watch it i end up staring at the edges of the frame in certain scenes to try and see if the image is static or just moving incredibly slowly
― anime hitler, the futanari führer (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
f for fake kinda bogs down towards the end. the picasso thing.
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
meanwhile citizen kane moves like star wars.
F For Fake is (somewhat) fun, and that's ALL it is.
― resistance does not require a firearm (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
chartres bit somehow manages not to be overrated.
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
I've the same problem with F For Fake that I do with Zelig: the joke gets tired after twenty minutes.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
Zelig has a richer authorial metaphor, at least to me. Also funnier.
― resistance does not require a firearm (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
is the joke "orson welles has a moviola" because it's a pretty good joke
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
i like zelig but it takes longer than any other 80-minute movie i'm aware of. it has as much content as a longish shouts and murmurs piece.
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
"Orson Welles in a cool-ass cape"
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
"orson welles shows you pictures of his girlfriend"
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
You know what's funny? That Richard Gere made a movie about this too.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
hmm I've never seen F for Fake.
sounds kinda silly
― underrated earl sweatshirt fans i have boned (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
well so is ILE.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
f for fake is awesome
― Unity Tour 2011: 311 and Sublime with Rome (latebloomer), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
my favorite part in f for fake is when he's holding court at the restaurant, this roaring mountain laughing and telling lies and knocking over drinks.
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
my favorite part in f for fake of ILE is when he's holding court at the restaurant, this roaring mountain laughing and telling lies and knocking over drinks.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
you're gonna need to eat more.
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
This thread needshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_ehxdlAlHQ
― stars on 45 my destination (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5LkDNu8bVU
― Britain, the 51sb State (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2nf-EQQXUs
― anime hitler, the futanari führer (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
*rouses from alcoholic coma* AAAAAHHHHHHH the....french champagne.....
― anime hitler, the futanari führer (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
-xpost-
LOL, those voiceover tapes are brilliant:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V14PfDDwxlE
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:48 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry, your version is better!
― Chewshabadoo, Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
Citizen Kane is great and all, but its inclusion in your list of all time greatest movies isn't going to attract my attention.
― scissorlocks and the three bears (Eric H.), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
And, let's face it, if you can't get my attention in list form, you ain't getting my attention.
" he duzzn do anythin'?"
― Britain, the 51sb State (darraghmac), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
who are you talking to, Eric
― anime hitler, the futanari führer (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
Royal "your."
― scissorlocks and the three bears (Eric H.), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
lists are awful
― Unity Tour 2011: 311 and Sublime with Rome (latebloomer), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
If only less of them featured Citizen Kane.
― scissorlocks and the three bears (Eric H.), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
Touch of Evil drags more than CK does (the Heston-Weaver stuff leaves me cold).― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, May 17, 2011 5:05 PM (49 minutes ago)
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, May 17, 2011 5:05 PM (49 minutes ago)
― stars on 45 my destination (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
I guess you omit Erotica from your list of all time great albums.
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
Not desperately seeking attention from ILM'ers.
― scissorlocks and the three bears (Eric H.), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
desperately seeking susan from ilm'ers
― Unity Tour 2011: 311 and Sublime with Rome (latebloomer), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
desperately steening HOOS'n
― stars on 45 my destination (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 17 May 2011 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
I wonder what Welles thread will actually feature discussion of CK
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 May 2011 00:50 (twelve years ago) link
btw the Jed Leland scenes in this make me nostalgic for an age when theatre reviews were called "notices."
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 May 2011 00:52 (twelve years ago) link
also, was it Kael who wrote that Sloane's Bernstein was thought to be a vocal impression of Bernard Herrmann? I've always delighted in imagining Sloane's accent when reading Herrmann's quote to Brian De Palma when scoring Sisters: "YAW NOT HITCHCOCK!"
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 May 2011 00:55 (twelve years ago) link
What are your favorite unremarked-on scenes? Mine: "Certainly we're speaking, Jedediah. You're fired."
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 18 May 2011 01:08 (twelve years ago) link
^CFK at his queeniest
I like it when old Leland refers to Xanadu as "Sloppy Joe's" (fave Hemingway bar in Key West)
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 May 2011 01:11 (twelve years ago) link