Hello, My Name Is Orson Welles


Orson Welles liked to reuse certain elements throughout his films. He
liked a good deep focus shot. He liked low key lighting. He liked the
grotesque side of life, blocking actors in groups of three, low camera angles
and especially pointy bras. He also liked to open his movies in a certain
predictable way. In Citizen Kane, he used the announcer in "News on the March"
to introduce the subject and main character, Charles Foster Kane. In The
Magnificent Ambersons, Welles himself dubs the voice-over which introduces the
life and environment of the Amberson family. The Irish Welles serves as a story
teller in the beginning of Lady from Shanghai, recalling the beginnings of his
plight and giving insight into his character. Welles reads the enigmatic
parable, serving as the basis of Kafka's work, The Trial.
However, in Touch of Evil, the viewer can not hear the booming
instruction of an announcer, nor is the primary character revealed or the......

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