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Episode 33- Citizen Kane (1941) Part 2 of 5
We continue our multi-part series on Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane, finishing our prelude to the main film by looking at the shooting, storytelling, special effects, editing and sound/music. We also detail its commercial performance and the pushback from William Randolph Hearst. In Part 3, Antony will begin going scene by scene through the film We hope you enjoy it! 'Film Gold' is on all the main podcast platforms. Feedback to [email protected] Facebook⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/filmgoldpod⁠⁠ Twitter⁠⁠https://twitter.com/FilmGold75⁠⁠ Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts) ⁠⁠https://www.antonyrotunno.com⁠⁠ Antony’s John Lennon/Beatles and Psychology/Alt.Media podcasts ⁠⁠https://glassoniononjohnlennon.comhttps://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/ Support Antony’s podcast work (Film Gold, Glass Onion:On John Lennon and Life And Life Only) at⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno⁠⁠⁠⁠OR⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno⁠⁠⁠⁠ episode linksCitizen Kane film pagehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033467/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1 Citizen Kane: Anatomy of a Classic (presented by Barry Norman)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCez9Pgqb5s The Citizen Kane files (Wellesnet archive)https://www.wellesnet.com/citizen-kane-resources/ Gregg Toland (ace cameraman)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol3hAubwtM8 The Best of Bernard Herrmannhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0FRC1MTocs
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Episode 32: Citizen Kane (1941) Part 1 of 5
Following on from Film Gold’s Orson Welles special last time round, Antony this time tackles head-on, with another multi-parter, the grandaddy of American films, Citizen Kane. The first two parts look at the background and the making of the film before we go scene-by-scene through the film in later parts.This time round, Antony intros this deep dive and looks at Orson Welles’s arrival in Hollywood, his incredible RKO contract, and the writing and inspiration(s) for the multi-layered character of Charles Foster Kane We hope you enjoy it! 'Film Gold' is on all the main podcast platforms. Feedback to [email protected] Facebook⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/filmgoldpod⁠⁠ Twitter⁠⁠https://twitter.com/FilmGold75⁠⁠ Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts) ⁠⁠https://www.antonyrotunno.com⁠⁠ Antony’s John Lennon/Beatles and Psychology/Alt. Media podcasts ⁠⁠https://glassoniononjohnlennon.comhttps://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/ Support Antony’s podcast work (Film Gold, Glass Onion: On John Lennon and Life And Life Only) at⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno⁠⁠⁠OR⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno⁠⁠⁠ episode linksCitizen Kane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane Original trailer for the filmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dxh3lwdOFw The Battle Over Citizen Kane (Welles and Hearst)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1W65RHqM2k William Randolph Hearsthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Randolph_Hearst Mank (2020)https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10618286/ Raising Kane (Pauline Kael, 1971)https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1971/02/20/raising-kane-i Heart of Darkness radio version (Orson Welles, 1938)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=201xgXsJMuA
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Episode 31- Orson Welles: Mercurial Magician (Part 3 of 3)
Just as Orson Welles finally bowed out in 1985, we must do the same. This time round Antony and Ghosty pick up Orson’s film career from his acting gig in the sublime ‘The Third Man’, a couple of returns to Shakespeare territory and a trio of absolute masterworks of his own making, namely ‘Touch of Evil’, ‘The Trial’ and ‘F For Fake’ (plus a couple of other films along the way). Finally we look at interviews, his fall from grace into TV commercials, more comparisons with Marlon Brando and a final summing-up of our feelings about his life and legacy. We (and Orson up there in the clouds) hope that you have enjoyed this latest series and Film Gold will be back before the end of the year for more. In the meantime, please check out Antony’s other podcasts (links below) 'Film Gold' is on all the main podcast platforms. Feedback to [email protected] Facebook⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/filmgoldpod⁠⁠ Twitter ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/FilmGold75⁠⁠ Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts) ⁠⁠ https://www.antonyrotunno.com⁠⁠ Antony’s John Lennon/Beatles and Psychology/Alt. Media podcasts ⁠⁠ https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/ Support Antony’s podcast work (Film Gold, Glass Onion: On John Lennon and Life And Life Only) at ⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno⁠⁠ OR ⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno⁠⁠ Ghosty’s Cliff Richard & The Shadows podcast ⁠https://wesayyeah.podbean.com/⁠ Interview clips from Ghosty’s radio show ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@GhostyTMRS⁠ episode links Website for everything Orson https://www.wellesnet.com/ The Third Man theme played by Anton Karas & also The Beatles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oEsWi88Qv0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1cHZSskXxw Poignant scenes from ‘Touch of Evil’ (1958) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTI6rN0Vmes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeccTYUrb_Q Law court scene from ‘The Trial’ (1962) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFGlB4a2B1I F For Fake (1973) podcast deep dive https://www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2020/08/episode-482-f-for-fake-1973.html Recommended documentaries about Orson (Arena special, Magician, One-man band) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFqW6b1hfFY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brVah-r65pI&t=1s https://dochouse.org/event/magician-the-astonishing-life-and-work-of-orson-welles/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eoN1m73xXk Simon Callow (Orson biographer x many) discusses him on the ‘Great Lives’ podcast https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b0b1r3hs Classic Orson interviews (Dick Cavett 1970, Michael Parkinson 1974) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NTOSevzp4w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NTOSevzp4w Orson loses it over frozen peas! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyko_oQ0da8
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Episode 30- Orson Welles: Mercurial Magician (Part 2 of 3)
We continue our Orson Welles journey, accompanied by uberfan David ‘Ghosty’ Wills, with discussion of the big daddy of all films, 1941’s Citizen Kane. Was this both a blessing and a curse for Orson’s career? We also discuss Welles’s forays into wartime politics and the films ‘The Magnificent Ambersons’,, ‘The Stranger’, ‘The Lady From Shanghai’ and ‘Macbeth’. The final part will be out at the end of the month We hope you enjoy the show! 'Film Gold' is on all the main podcast platforms. Feedback to [email protected] Facebook⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/filmgoldpod⁠⁠ Twitter ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/FilmGold75⁠⁠ Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts) ⁠⁠ https://www.antonyrotunno.com⁠⁠ Antony’s John Lennon/Beatles and Psychology/Alt. Media podcasts ⁠⁠https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/ Support Antony’s podcast work (Film Gold, Glass Onion: On John Lennon and Life And Life Only) at ⁠https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno⁠ OR ⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno⁠ Ghosty’s Cliff Richard & The Shadows podcast https://wesayyeah.podbean.com/ Interview clips from Ghosty’s radio show https://www.youtube.com/@GhostyTMRS episode links Heart of Darkness radio adaptation (1938) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcKH74lnPEo Citizen Kane Wikipedia and IMDB pages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033467/ The Citizen Kane Book by Pauline Kael https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/352259.The_Citizen_Kane_Book The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996 documentary) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG75tMSNnmY Citizen Kane: A critic’s commentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6LCfO0wnXw Orson Welles on Race Relations (1946 radio show) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFraBvYO5jI Everything Is A Remix (doc series about creativity) https://www.everythingisaremix.info/watch-the-series/
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Episode 29- Orson Welles: Mercurial Magician (Part 1 of 3)
Following on from our Marlon Brando and Michael Caine deep dives in the last few years, this time Orson Welles gets the Film Gold treatment. David ‘Ghosty’ Wills joins Antony for a 3-parter looking at the great man’s life, work and legacy. First up we discuss Orson’s early life and the start of his theatre and radio careers, both of which Ghosty feels are somewhat undervalued when compared to his more famous film work. Part 1 ends with the famous ‘War of the Worlds’ broadcast in 1938, our hero on the cusp of going to Hollywood and making the film that would make and break him… Part 2 will be out next month We hope you enjoy the show! 'Film Gold' is on all the main podcast platforms. Feedback to [email protected] Facebook⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/filmgoldpod⁠⁠ Twitter ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/FilmGold75⁠⁠ Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts) ⁠⁠ https://www.antonyrotunno.com⁠⁠ Antony’s John Lennon/Beatles and Psychology/Alt. Media podcasts ⁠⁠https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/ Support Antony’s podcast work (Film Gold, Glass Onion: On John Lennon and Life And Life Only) at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Ghosty’s Cliff Richard & The Shadows podcast https://wesayyeah.podbean.com/ Interview clips from Ghosty’s radio show https://www.youtube.com/@GhostyTMRS episode links Orson’s mammoth Wikipedia page (most of which is probably true) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Welles The Mercury Theatre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Theatre Voodoo Macbeth (1936) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wmWBki06yc War of the Worlds (1938, complete) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q7tN7MhQ4I Orson defends himself the next day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vbYyDh-BRI Night of the Living Dead news segments (1968) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AdWJalP1vo Orson Welles meets H. G. Wells https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUdghSMTXsU
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