Okay, so he’s been off this mortal coil for 25 years now, today would have been his 95th birthday, which means it’s been nearly seventy years since he made “Citizen Kane.”
First, you shall know him through his parodies.
Oh, here’s a bit from the real thing. Notice aside from the still-striking angles and use of deep focus and some never-before-seen camera tricks, that both of these short scenes are largely one take.
After the flip, Welles discusses working with his “Kane” cinematographer, Gregg Toland, who was arguably as important a person in film history as Welles himself, and also just what he thought of “Rosebud.” (He wasn’t overly fond of it.)
Remember that discussion of the idea of “home” — well, here’s a clue about where it really might have been for Mr. Welles, even if he preferred doing long takes.
I’ll be back in a bit with this week’s box office preview. Three guesses what’s going to be the #1 movie….
