I’m going to an express a contrarian view to this question (most movie fans will scream “OF COURSE YOU MUST”): It depends. Do you like black and white movies? Can you pay attention to a movie that does not have…
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Movies, My Quora answers, Orson Welles
Would a deal like the one Orson Welles got with RKO be possible today?
Movies, My Quora answers, Orson Welles
Was Orson Welles proud of Citizen Kane?
Movies, My Quora answers, Orson Welles
What’s the moral or underlying theme of Citizen Kane?
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What is the meaning of the famous Orson Welles quote, ‘The enemy of art is the absence of limitations’?
Movies, My Quora answers, Orson Welles
How was Orson Welles able to make Citizen Kane at such a young age?
Because he didn’t know any better. I’ve read quite a few articles about Kane, as well as numerous interviews with Orson, and my view is that he was able to make Citizen Kane the masterpiece it was (and is) because…
Movies, My Quora answers, Orson Welles
Which is the better movie, Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane or Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo?
A question on Quora I just had to respond to and answer, as I have seen both films numerous times and I love both… When you try and answer this qestion, you need to realize that better or best are…
Movies, Neglected Cinema, Orson Welles
F For Fake is Orson Welles’ forgotten masterpiece
I love Orson Welles. He is one of the most amazing people of the 20th Century, a larger-than-life figure who’s had a dozen books written about him (I’ve read quite a few of them). His life could be accurately described…
Movies, Orson Welles
A very personal list: my top 20 favorite films
It seems that nowadays everyone on the Internet has been posting a list of their favorite films. I blame Roger Ebert, who recently updated his top 10 list in a much-viewed column. Since I’m a lover of cinema (and also…
Movies, My Quora answers, Orson Welles
What are the ten best movies of all time?
I'm looking at this question semi-scientifically. When you look at the 10 "best" of anything, you have to look at the characteristics of that "thing" and then find examples where every identified characteristic is exemplary. For movies, I think the…
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Who does the best Orson Welles impression?
The amazing and wonderful voiceover actor (and an idol of mine) Maurice LaMarche. He does many voices on Futurama and he famously did the voice of The Brain on Pinky and the Brain (where he basically played the Brain as…
My Quora answers, Orson Welles
Is ‘The Other Side of the Wind’ Orson Welles’ masterpiece?
Joseph Dickerson, I'm a fan of the films of Orson Welles. Even hi… Maybe, but probably not. It was a budget production that took years to do, and Welles never edited the film together. He left detailed notes on how…