Citizen Kane, then...

how wonderful to be this guy:

http://images.piccsy.com/cache/images/70764-05642a-500-689.jpg

paid for it of course

Who knew that Kane paved the way for The Human Centipede?

Yesterday was also Welles' birthday (and Freud, and Willie Mays).

Morbs I'm curious - where do you rank this among Welles pics?

The "ultimate collector's edition" blu-ray was announced today:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81zNzRWRpHL._AA1500_.jpg

ho hum lobby cards book WAIT HOLY SHIT MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS

Aw hell yeah! Finally!

aero, it's kind of impossible for me to think of it as anything but Welles' best both as entertainment and unsullied, unfucked-with tour de force. I see a certain greatness in Lady from Shanghai, Touch of Evil and especially Othello, but only prefer them to CK in fleeting moments.

After reading this, I was hoping that set would include an acclaimed BBC doc on the making of Kane, but apparently not? I hope this, tho, gets taken care of:

WB should certainly “un-restore” the “News-on-the-March” sequence which Welles intentionally wanted to have a dirty and scratched look, as well as all the scenes in the previous digital restoration that removed such “artifacts” as the raindrops on the windows outside of Mr. Bernstein’s office.

http://www.wellesnet.com/?p=1358

srsly, how does somebody who removes raindrops and cleans up News On the March get a job in restoration?

Maybe he worked for Ted Turner.

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.

True. The pacing makes it seem pretty modern.

Can't wait for some HD Kane.

see teal+orange thread for a sneak preview

http://events.hometheaterforum.com/files/lowry.txt

<q=JohnLowry>May I please apologize for the lack of certain raindrops in the window.
The work on Citizen Kane was done exactly two years ago, and we have made great
strides in the interim. Today, removal of one drop of rain, snow, sleet or hail is unacceptable...
regardless of incessant requests from the Postmaster General (Just kidding)</q>

holy crap that kane set looks sweet

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

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)

Apparently the Ambersons disc is bare bones. :-(

Other movies that are fast moving and fun as all hell.

The Magnificent Ambersons
Touch of Evil
F for Fake

Just saying.

cosign on F for Fake, it's cut like a music video. Great fun.

Apparently the Ambersons disc is bare bones

well we don't even have all the bones of the film!

Ambersons is fun as hell but it's not fast moving -- and that's a compliment.

Touch of Evil drags more than CK does (the Heston-Weaver stuff leaves me cold).

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

f for fake kinda bogs down towards the end. the picasso thing.

meanwhile citizen kane moves like star wars.

F For Fake is (somewhat) fun, and that's ALL it is.

chartres bit somehow manages not to be overrated.

I've the same problem with F For Fake that I do with Zelig: the joke gets tired after twenty minutes.

Zelig has a richer authorial metaphor, at least to me. Also funnier.

is the joke "orson welles has a moviola" because it's a pretty good joke

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.

"Orson Welles in a cool-ass cape"

"orson welles shows you pictures of his girlfriend"

You know what's funny? That Richard Gere made a movie about this too.

hmm I've never seen F for Fake.

sounds kinda silly

well so is ILE.

f for fake is awesome

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.

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.

you're gonna need to eat more.

This thread needs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_ehxdlAlHQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5LkDNu8bVU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2nf-EQQXUs

*rouses from alcoholic coma* AAAAAHHHHHHH the....french champagne.....

-xpost-

LOL, those voiceover tapes are brilliant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V14PfDDwxlE

Sorry, your version is better!

Citizen Kane is great and all, but its inclusion in your list of all time greatest movies isn't going to attract my attention.

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'?"

who are you talking to, Eric

Royal "your."