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Post by Reactionary Rage on Mar 24, 2021 12:14:47 GMT
For years I thought Rosebud was a bit too heavy handed and obvious but it's changed in my mind over the years.
Touch of Evil is my favourite. It's that combo of low brow pulpiness and Art that thrills. Welles taking something and really elevating it.
What a man he was!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2021 14:26:15 GMT
Watch The Trial if you've never seen it. Amazing.
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Post by toomanyhatz on Mar 24, 2021 18:20:30 GMT
Glad to see sense prevailing - apparently my love for Touch of Evil - it is likely my favorite movie ever - is widely shared here.
I will do a film-by-film (at least of the ones I've seen) post here soon.
I think ultimately, despite all the stupidity imposed on him by studio heads, his story is ultimately one of his personality and skill winning out in the end. It seems like the more unimpressive the raw material, and the more meddling he had to deal with, the more indelible his stamp on the proceedings. ToE is almost certainly the biggest triumph of that magnitude in movie history.
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Post by Reactionary Rage on Mar 24, 2021 18:23:18 GMT
Watch The Trial if you've never seen it. Amazing. The lass has it saved on her virgin box so I've been meaning to watch it for ages.
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Post by rayge on Mar 24, 2021 20:02:11 GMT
Anyone esle seen The Immortal Story?
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Post by harrylemon on Mar 24, 2021 22:09:25 GMT
Anyone esle seen The Immortal Story? Yes, fantastic. Everything he made has something magical within it even if the full film isn't.
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Post by quaco on Mar 25, 2021 18:26:24 GMT
I had a lot of fun in the seventies and I guess I didn't mind this side of Orson. (I don't think the drunk part was really too widely known til after he kicked the bucket.) He'd appear on Dean Martin Roasts and shit like that laughing way too hard. it's a living, you know? ... Seeing Orson Welles trying not to spit out Paul Mason's modest table wine was FAR preferable to me. Seeing him become this Don Rickles character was pathetic to me. I mean, for starters, Don Rickles was funny. Orson acted like he had scores to settle and you know what? I suppose he did. Speaking of Orson Welles and Don Rickles, just posting this because it's funny: Welles really could have done comedy.
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