Arguably the greatest of American films, Orson Welles's 1941 masterpiece, made when he was only 26, still unfurls like a dream and carries the viewer along the mysterious currents of time and memory to reach a mature (if ambiguous) conclusion: people are the sum of their contradictions, and can't be known easily. Welles plays newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane, taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. The result is that every well-meaning or tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event. Written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz, and photographed by Gregg Toland, the film is the sum of Welles's awesome ambitions as an artist in Hollywood. He pushes the limits of... Learn More
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The contents below are from unseen-cinema; they include the contents of a 160-page softcover Series Catalog, which is sold separately, but I think you would want. This is clearly a labor of love; though I can't imagine trying to watch all this in a month of Sundays, I could see dipping into it from time to time.
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Disk 1: THE MECHANIZED EYE
Experiments in Technique and Form
The dynamic qualities of motion pictures are explored by cameramen and filmmakers through novel experiments in technique and form. Early cinematographers James White, "Billy" Bitzer, and Frederick Armitage display experimental shooting styles that wowed audiences. Other independent companies further image manipulation through creative... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Orson Welles DVD Release Date: Released the 18 October 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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To call Orson Welles's F For Fake a documentary would be somewhat deceitful, but deceit itself is very much the subject of this curious film essay. Welles ruminates on the nature of artistic fakery through two examples, that of infamous art forger Elmyr de Hory and the writer Clifford Irving, whose bogus autobiography of Howard Hughes set off a minor media flurry in the 1970s. Postmodernist that he is, Wells then proceeds to narrate and edit the film in such a perversely frenetic way as to blur the lines between what is real and what is deception, making for an often confusing but engaging work of art in itself. We even see the footage we've been watching as it's being spliced together in Welles's editing room. The specter of Welles's often maligned later career hangs over the... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Orson Welles - Oja Kodar Director(s): Orson Welles DVD Release Date: Released the 26 April 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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5 stars for Orson, sure he mubbles his way through, but it's still Orson, and in colour. 5 stars for the story, God triumphs through this man. More Info About This DVD Director(s): Richard Pottier - Orson Welles - Ferdinando Baldi DVD Release Date: Released the 27 January 2004 Usually ships within 24 hours
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I remember watching a TV recorded version of this movie when I was really little, and my older brother loved it when he was little too. He called it "Channel Jersey" because he couldn't say "Enchanted Journey". Anyways, this movie is great for kids. Its full of adventure, some cute musical numbers, and unforgetable characters. Plus, those chipmunks are just so darn cute!! Great for any kid!! More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Orson Welles DVD Release Date: Released the 05 June 2003 Special Order
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