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Tag: orson welles

my back pages

Afternoons & Coffeespoons: Reading Peter Biskind’s My Lunches With Orson

Please Mr. Welles – Tell me what you really think…

Posted on August 13, 2013August 18, 2013
award talk, thoughts & opinions

Battle Born: The Year Oscar Took a Walk with Kane in a Green Valley

In order to fully understand some of Oscar’s more curious decisions, one has to do their homework.

Posted on February 14, 2013February 19, 2013
blind spot series

Blindsided by TOUCH OF EVIL

Digging into this film has been a long time coming. It hasn’t just waited through nine months of Blind Spots; it’s been patiently waiting for me on my own shelf for years

Posted on September 25, 2012June 30, 2015
watchin' & writin'

Back to Basics: THE THIRD MAN

Damned near cinematic perfection by way of Carol Reed, Joseph Cotton, and Orson Welles.

Posted on March 31, 2010September 23, 2012

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