I can see why so many in Hollywood were annoyed by Orson Welles’ arrival, that golden boy from the New York stage and radio celebrity bringing his Mercury troupe to California with a three-picture deal from RKO. Citizen Kane (1941) builds and builds, through newsreels and recollections, painting a many-sided portrait of a monumental American who had a massive fortune just to squander it in lonely hubris. It takes almost 25 minutes before the 25=year-old presents himself as is: cocky, headstrong, sipping tea. Читать дальше...