Orson Welles on his magic woes

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Was he a better magician, director, actor, or broadcaster?

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>> As to director? >> That wouldn't take much, in my humble opinion. >> I could do a 3 minute special titled, "Scenes in Citizen Kane that Did Not Put 70% of the Audience To Sleep" >> The opening would be to apologize that there are none followed by 2 and a half minutes of why it isn't the end of the world that, for 83 years, we've had to endure the silliness of calling that the greatest movie ever made. >> It was funded by the studios who were furious at WR Hearst for constantly lambasting them and their movies in his papers. >> In fact, anyone with any knowledge cinema and history AND of William Randolph Hearst and his publishing empire could likely make a five hour special about the absolutely undeniable similarities between the movie and Hearst's life, his giant mansion and enterprises. >> The half of the movie that is untrue are likely Welles' own feelings about Hearst, given emphasis by studio bosses who perceived Hearst's disdain for their products to be latent "antisemitism".