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Nothing in excess
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Join Date: Sep 2008
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Nothing in excess
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Here
Posts: 7,496
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It was revolutionary at the time, and one of the first and very few instances where a major Hollywood director was given total creative freedom.
Orson Welles pretty much mastered the art of flashback and non-linear storytelling in his first movie while also giving a pretty brilliant lead performance. Maybe it's not my all time favourite (I preferred his follow up, the Magnificent Ambersons), but I have to admit it's one of those movies that is very hard to find fault with. It was extremely ahead of its time and achieved everything it set out to do.
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