The Magnificent Ambersons Opening Narration

(C) Warner Brothers.

[@robotubetwob]

The faster we're carried, the less time we have to spare. Truer now than then.

[@ChannelBlaino]

Ron B and just imagine what that will mean in a century from now.

[@adamsmith-wi3qg]

Was just about to point out this line but you beat me to it by nearly a decade haha

[@thehouseofcm]

The opening of a time gone by sends chills down my spine. I can't believe how different the World could be in a hundred years. Very humbling.

[@richardsiciliano7117]

Even butchered as it is, I still think this is a masterpiece on par with Citizen Kane. Maybe even better.

[@Kjt853]

There’s no doubt in my mind that had Welles been able to complete this film as he’d intended, it would have surpassed Kane, and I don’t mean that as a denigration of Kane.

[@ianpeddle6818]

What a fabulous opening to a film so we’ll observed so beautifully constructed 😍😍😍😍😍

[@AmatureAstronomer]

My favorite film by Wells. One of the best films ever made, in spite of the studio.

[@randywhite3947]

It’s Welles

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Even in it's inferior form, The Magnificent Ambersons illustrates the cruelty of time.

[@simiancinema2022]

Reminiscent of Stefan Zweig's title...THE WORLD OF YESTERDAY. Greatest American movie.

[@thedreamsoldierful]

This inspired the opening to Wes Anderson’s the royal tennenbaums

[@sprezzatura8755]

Is that true? Also a great movie.

[@speedystriper]

That's good, but you should have got the entire opening straight from the start with the RKO logo and opening titles. I always loved that brief moment of silence, with the screen entirely black, that leads into the slow dissolve and the beginning of Welles' haunting narrration.

[@NaturalFlirtGamer]

What a fantastic beginning... what a great movie. Today may have been the 75th anniversary of Citizen Kane, but even tho the studio somewhat butchered this, it's one of Orson Welles' finest films as director, producer, & writer of the screenplay adapted from the Booth Tarkington novel. Worth the view on TCM or buying the Criterion Collection version. Thanks for uploading this intro. Joseph Cotton had a wonderful voice. :)

[@randywhite3947]

How did you predict the Criterion version 2 years before it happened?

[@BugVlogs]

Randy White Criterion Collection put out a Laserdisc back in the 80s

[@paulf6556]

Joseph Cotten did have a wonderful voice, though this narration is by Orson Welles himself. But honestly, I was initially unsure as they have surprisingly similar voices.

[@NaturalFlirtGamer]

​@@paulf6556 Lol you are right of course. This was Orson Welles, who had that slight cynical edge to his voice, perfect for the narration. This movie was I think my introduction to Joseph Cotton and I fell in love with his smooth voice. Beautiful diction. So many then had great voices, like Ronald Coleman, Gregory Peck. Thank you so much for clarifying!! :)

[@tiptopdadddy]

I was walking around St James Court in Louisville KY and thought about this movie based on the book about Woodruff Place in Indianapolis.

[@glenndoty739]

Orson Welles got screwed and with that so did we !

[@euphorik6]

wonderful film, thanks for uploading this.

[@shampoovta]

Good movie.

[@itscrawford]

that was a really insightful and hilarious introduction. its funny to think that he thought this movie was destroyed by the production company...if he saw the formulaic, sped up garbage put out today im sure he'd think it was hilarious.

[@otterbrett]

Stopped by the Tarkington crypt today.

[@ghostgirl3830]

Could you please upload the entire movie????

[@randywhite3947]

Buy it.

[@Tiberiodostorres]

yo soy