Episode 30- Orson Welles: Mercurial Magician (Part 2 of 3)
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We continue our Orson Welles journey, accompanied by uberfan David ‘Ghosty’ Wills, with discussion of the big daddy of all films, 1941’s Citizen Kane. Was this both a blessing and a curse for Orson’s career? We also discuss Welles’s forays into wartime politics and the films ‘The Magnificent Ambersons’,, ‘The Stranger’, ‘The Lady From Shanghai’ and ‘Macbeth’.   The final part will be out at the end of the month   We hope you enjoy the show!   'Film Gold' is on all the main podcast platforms.   Feedback to [email protected]   Facebook⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/filmgoldpod⁠⁠   Twitter ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/FilmGold75⁠⁠   Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts) ⁠⁠ https://www.antonyrotunno.com⁠⁠   Antony’s John Lennon/Beatles and Psychology/Alt. Media podcasts ⁠⁠https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/   Support Antony’s podcast work (Film Gold, Glass Onion: On John Lennon and Life And Life Only) at ⁠https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno⁠ OR ⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno⁠   Ghosty’s Cliff Richard & The Shadows podcast https://wesayyeah.podbean.com/   Interview clips from Ghosty’s radio show https://www.youtube.com/@GhostyTMRS   episode links Heart of Darkness radio adaptation (1938) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcKH74lnPEo   Citizen Kane Wikipedia and IMDB pages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033467/   The Citizen Kane Book by Pauline Kael https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/352259.The_Citizen_Kane_Book   The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996 documentary) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG75tMSNnmY Citizen Kane: A critic’s commentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6LCfO0wnXw   Orson Welles on Race Relations (1946 radio show) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFraBvYO5jI   Everything Is A Remix (doc series about creativity) https://www.everythingisaremix.info/watch-the-series/
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