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Your Favorite Orson Welles Film Is:

Citizen Kane
45 (70.3%)
The Magnificent Ambersons
1 (1.6%)
The Stranger
0 (0%)
The Lady from Shanghai
1 (1.6%)
Macbeth
0 (0%)
Othello
0 (0%)
Mr. Arkadin (aka. Confidential Report)
0 (0%)
Touch of Evil
9 (14.1%)
The Trial
3 (4.7%)
Chimes at Midnight
1 (1.6%)
F for Fake
4 (6.3%)
The Immortal Story
0 (0%)
The Deep
0 (0%)
Don Quixote
0 (0%)
The Other Side of the Wind
0 (0%)
other
0 (0%)
haven't seen any
0 (0%)
don't like any
0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 62

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Re: Welles, Orson - Directors Best Poll #13
« Reply #40 on: March 02, 2011, 12:18:45 AM »
HOW DID YOU PEOPLE GET TO SEE THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS?! I've been searching for that film for years!!!

I saw it on Comcast OnDemand.  I think TCM shows it every now and then.

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Re: Welles, Orson - Directors Best Poll #13
« Reply #41 on: March 02, 2011, 12:28:56 AM »
Was it the studio edited version or the long version?

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Re: Welles, Orson - Directors Best Poll #13
« Reply #42 on: March 02, 2011, 12:36:08 AM »
Was it the studio edited version or the long version?

The edited one, of course.  If you're holding out for the uncut version, don't.  It's probably never going to surface.

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Re: Welles, Orson - Directors Best Poll #13
« Reply #43 on: September 12, 2011, 08:55:14 PM »
Reminder: The Magnificent Ambersons is out on DVD tomorrow!
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Re: Welles, Orson - Directors Best Poll #13
« Reply #44 on: September 13, 2011, 03:55:30 PM »
Don't like any I've seen (2).

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Re: Welles, Orson - Directors Best Poll #13
« Reply #45 on: September 13, 2011, 05:36:27 PM »
I need to see more Welles.  :-\

Chimes at Midnight
Citizen Kane

F for Fake
Touch of Evil


Updated. Still so much to see.

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Re: Welles, Orson - Directors Best Poll #13
« Reply #46 on: February 02, 2012, 07:26:28 AM »
Reminder: The Magnificent Ambersons is out on DVD tomorrow!

The stand-alone DVD was released this past Tuesday.  Add it to your Netflix queues so that they stock it.  The one in September came along with the CK Blu-ray as an Amazon Exclusive.  Anyway, watch the film as soon as you can. 
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Re: Welles, Orson - Directors Best Poll #13
« Reply #47 on: February 02, 2012, 10:10:02 AM »
I watched it again when the Blu-Ray came.  It's really good until it isn't.  Really really good.
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Re: Welles, Orson - Directors Best Poll #13
« Reply #48 on: January 14, 2013, 11:37:10 AM »
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

I'm not much of one for story, but man is the story in this film fantastic. The array of characters put against the industrial revolution background teases out some of the same themes of Citizen Kane, but in a world with a bit more consequence behind it for the characters. Yes, it's not quite the visual feast as Citizen Kane and yes, you can feel the gaps where the studio edit absolutely butchered the pacing and character development for this film, but it's still enthralling and I can see how it could have been (and still might be for some) a better film than Citizen Kane.

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Re: Welles, Orson
« Reply #49 on: November 17, 2013, 02:19:26 PM »
My opinion that he is overrated has been well-documented.

1. Citizen Kane
2. The Magnificent Ambersons
3. The Immortal Story
4. Othello

5. The Stranger
6. Too Much Johnson
7. Chimes at Midnight
8. Touch of Evil
9. F For Fake

10. The Trial
11. The Lady From Shanghai
12. Mr. Arkadian
« Last Edit: September 17, 2017, 11:14:31 PM by 1SO »

 

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