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Apr 17, 2006 · A nother movie, another cause célèbre: Orson Welles’s Mr. Arkadin has been dismissed as a disaster and hailed as a masterpiece. In 1958, Cahiers du cinéma declared it one of the twelve greatest films ever made—unaware that its intricate series of flashbacks had been reedited and “normalized,” or ruined, for its French release by producer Louis Dolivet.
Jul 9, 2021 · In the entry on Mr. Arkadin, Dante calls it Welles’ “most mysterious movie.” This is an apt description. This is an apt description. “It was the best popular story I ever thought up for a movie,” Welles told fellow director Peter Bogdanovich, “and it should have been a roaring success…It was blown, blown, blown by the cutting.”
Jul 6, 2024 · Mr. Arkadin, directed by and starring Orson Welles, is a gripping mystery thriller. The plot centers on Guy Van Stratten, an American smuggler, who is tasked by the enigmatic billionaire Gregory ...
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Mr. Arkadin (first released in Spain, 1955), known in Britain as Confidential Report, is a French-Spanish-Swiss co-production film noir, written and directed by Orson Welles and shot in several Spanish locations, including Costa Brava, Segovia, Valladolid, and Madrid. Filming took place throughout Europe in 1954, and scenes shot outside Spain ...
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Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 7, 2006. the film suffers not from Welles' absence but rather from any reason for us to care about Arkadin. Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 25 ...
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Rated 1/5 Stars • 06/25/23. The lens to best view the 1955 film "Mr. Arkadin," (also retitled and released as "Confidential Report" (1955)), is in the context of another post-war film, "The ...
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