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Orson Welles, Citizen Kane
Peter Bogdanovich, David Thompson and Jonathan Rosenbaum discuss Orson Welles and his masterpiece.
The greatest film of all time? 'The best train set a boy ever had?' A movie about a sledge? In 1941 Welles bullied, cajoled and badgered his fellow collaborators and turned the dream factory of Hollywood on its head to give the world 'Citizen Kane'. A first-time film-maker's masterclass - a deep focus dream of an American life.
Biographer and writer David Thomson, director Peter Bogdanovich and screenwriter John Logan celebrate this universal portrait of failure, decline and self-destruction that has haunted film-makers and audiences ever since.
Produced by Mark Burnham.
First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in 1999.
Last on
Sun 2 Aug 2015
19:45
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra
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