Orson Welles' most memorable role/accomplishment
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Orson Welles' most memorable role/accomplishment
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I liked the radio broadcast the best because everyone thought it was real. LOL
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WTF do you think? People died when they panicked, he's such a good actor. But at the same time, Kane was so fucking boring. William Randolph Hurst, kiss my ass. Rosebud's his good goddamn sled, I'd warn of a spoiler but who gives a shit, and besides, it's not even in color. Uh... Hmmm...
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Renewed_Valour1 wrote:Bonus! Triple Post Score!THe Yosemite Bear wrote:Harry Lime: The Third man
Fuck, I was watching for that Kid killing, Girl Friend Betraying rat bastard to get his.
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Citizen Kane is by far his most famous and memorable role. Whether you like Citizen Kane or not, it's one of the most famous movies of all time. Even more well known than the Mercury Theatre broadcast of War of the Worlds. And yes, even more well known than his role are Unicron as hard as it is to believe.
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Yes, you're probably right. But this poll is for what we like the best. Not what everyone else likes.
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Quinlin and Touch of Evil is still big time well known amoung the movie insiders. Longest opening shot, with no cuts. Not to mention as an abusive, redneck sherriff, he was just the most perfect jerk.
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Oh...lol.Who's the more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him? -Obi-Wan Kenobi
"In the unlikely event that someone comes here, hates everything we stand for, and then donates a big chunk of money anyway, I will thank him for his stupidity." -Darth Wong, Lord of the Sith
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Is there a doubt?
Citizen Kane; the one film which defined moviemaking in the form we now know it in. The movie which showcases in one package the genius of Orson Welles.
Behind that, his production of the 1948 version of Macbeth. If you've ever seen this wonderful movie, it is one of the most atmospheric Shakespeare films ever made, easily rivalling Lawrence Olivier's Hamlet made the same year. No other Shakespearian movie, in my view, has managed to succeed in truly transporting the viewer to another world, with the possible exception of Akira Kurosawa's samurai-Macbeth, 1956's Throne Of Blood.
But it is difficult to find an Orson Welles movie which wasn't brilliant in one way or another. I was lucky enough to see the restored version of Touch Of Evil on the big screen when it was doing its nationwide tour and as my first ever viewing of that movie as well. The whole production was so well executed that I was even able, after a point, to accept Charlton Heston as a Mexican because I got that lost in the story. I'd also highly recommend his production of Kafka's The Trial (with Anthony Perkins), The Stranger, The Magnificent Ambersons (depsite that saccharine ending RKO tacked onto it) and Mr. Arkadin.
All due kudos to his portrayal of Harry Lime in The Third Man, itself a wonderful movie —although every time I watch it, I can't help thinking how that movie would have turned out had Orson also directed.
Behind that, his production of the 1948 version of Macbeth. If you've ever seen this wonderful movie, it is one of the most atmospheric Shakespeare films ever made, easily rivalling Lawrence Olivier's Hamlet made the same year. No other Shakespearian movie, in my view, has managed to succeed in truly transporting the viewer to another world, with the possible exception of Akira Kurosawa's samurai-Macbeth, 1956's Throne Of Blood.
But it is difficult to find an Orson Welles movie which wasn't brilliant in one way or another. I was lucky enough to see the restored version of Touch Of Evil on the big screen when it was doing its nationwide tour and as my first ever viewing of that movie as well. The whole production was so well executed that I was even able, after a point, to accept Charlton Heston as a Mexican because I got that lost in the story. I'd also highly recommend his production of Kafka's The Trial (with Anthony Perkins), The Stranger, The Magnificent Ambersons (depsite that saccharine ending RKO tacked onto it) and Mr. Arkadin.
All due kudos to his portrayal of Harry Lime in The Third Man, itself a wonderful movie —although every time I watch it, I can't help thinking how that movie would have turned out had Orson also directed.