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   From: ggggg9271@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at 1:18:54 PM UTC-7, cri...@windstream.net   
   wrote:   
   > Seeing 'Citizen Kane' recently for the third and   
   > very widely spaced time, going back to the 1970's,   
   > I finally connected with it and really enjoyed it for   
   > the first time, and went through the DVD four more   
   > times, two of them to listen to the Ebert and   
   > Bogdanovich commentaries.   
   >   
   > That led me to start seeing the other Welles-directed   
   > movies, first 'The Lady from Shanghai' (1948) and next   
   > 'Touch of Evil' (1958). The two set to follow are 'The   
   > Stranger' (1946) and 'The Trial' (1962).   
   >   
   > 'The Lady from Shanghai' was fairly interesting, and   
   > the 'funhouse' scene near the end was fascinating for   
   > Welles' razzle-dazzle effects, but I could never buy   
   > into the plot. The Welles character's naive stupidity in   
   > going along with the absurd setup scheme was just   
   > too unbelievable, especially since he had shown   
   > wisdom beyond his years in things that he had previously   
   > said and done. The courtroom sequence was   
   > entertaining, but also unbelievable in that such silliness   
   > would never be allowed in any court case, for example   
   > the prosecuting attorney taking the stand.   
   >   
   > 'Touch of Evil', supposedly restored in 1998 according to   
   > Welles' wishes, the original release having been   
   > butchered by the studio, was interesting to watch because   
   > of Welles directorial flair, but again had such an   
   > unbelievable plot that it was impossible to get caught up   
   > in the story. The Janet Leigh subplot in the motel in the   
   > middle of nowhere was unbearably stupid, and casting   
   > Charlton Heston as a Mexican was laughable. It may   
   > have been just me, but I found the Welles character   
   > himself to be almost too disgusting to watch. I hope they   
   > overdid it with the makeup and that wasn't really the way   
   > he was in 1958. Also, what a waste of Marlene Dietrich   
   > and Mercedes McCambridge, who obviously were there   
   > only for the prestige of being in a Welles movie, having   
   > almost nothing to do.   
   >   
   > I'm looking forward to 'The Stranger' and 'The Trial' though.   
   > Any other Welles-directed recommendations?   
      
   https://www.slashfilm.com/612068/orson-welles-directed-films-ran   
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