From: ggggg9271@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, August 6, 2012 at 2:49:42 PM UTC-7, Bill Anderson wrote:   
   > On 8/6/2012 4:45 PM, Lewis wrote:   
   > > In message    
   > > Bill Anderson  wrote:   
   > >> On 8/6/2012 10:00 AM, tomcervo wrote:   
   > >>> On Aug 6, 9:16 am, William  wrote:   
   > >>>> On Monday, August 6, 2012 8:53:59 AM UTC-4, tomcervo wrote:   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>> It may be Hollywood, but Hollywood-- in the form of David O.   
   > >>>>> Selznick-- urged RKO to deposit an original print with MoMA. The only   
   > >>>>> other contemporary filmmakers I can think of capable of creating   
   > >>>>> something like this are Ford, Renoir and The Archers, all of whom had   
   > >>>>> difficulties--Ford with Zanuck; Renoir and P&P with actual government   
   > >>>>> attempts at censorship.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Welles did an excellent job and that a piece of junk like "The Lady   
   From Shanghai" is seen more often than this film astounds me.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Like I said, the lack of a dedicated DVD of this astounds ME. Even the   
   > >>> most "mystique"-addled Welles fan considers it a masterpiece. It's not   
   > >>> just the lack of a DVD, but the lack of hype involving such a release   
   > >>> makes it obscure.   
   > >>>   
   > >   
   > >> Technically it's pretty much the equal of Kane, but I've never cared   
   > >> much for Ambersons. More specifically, I don't care for the some of   
   > >> the people in Ambersons.   
   > >   
   > > Wat gave you the impression you were supposed to *like* them?   
   > >   
   > >> The young man who takes his mother to Europe and   
   > >> ruins her chances for happiness along with several others' including his   
   > >> own is just unbelievably, unforgivably stupid. I don't like King Lear   
   > >> either, for much the same reason. When the story revolves around one   
   > >> person's irrational, destructive idiocy I tend to tune out.   
   > >   
   > > Right, because that sort of thing never happens in real life.   
   > >   
   > > Oh, wait.   
   > >   
   > >   
   > Wait indeed, as it's a movie -- not real life -- and as such its   
   > deliberately constructed plot may or may not entertain me. This one   
   > doesn't entertain me for the reason I stated. It entertains you?   
   > Excellent. You think it should entertain me? Not gonna happen. There   
   > are plenty of other movies out there.   
      
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