DOM: The Searchers (Ford, US, 1956)
I first came across this film at Christmas 1991 on BBC-2, thanks again to Danny Peary’s Cult Movies. It was a box office favourite during the 50s, but the critics […]
Tag Archives: Orson Welles
DIRK’S FILM SCHOOL: TRACKING SHOT
SEMINAR NOTES Tracking shots typically involve moving the camera on a platform running on tracks, towards a subject or away from it or from side-to-side. R.W. Paul devised panning and […]
ANDY: Chimes at Midnight (Welles, Spain/Switzerland, 1965)
Everyone knows that the only great film Orson Welles ever made was CITIZEN KANE (1941), right? Everyone knows that Welles blamed the studios for what happened to THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS […]
DOM: Citizen Kane (Welles,US,1941)
“Rosebud” , a bit of an obvious one this, but as Derek Malcolm went for Touch Of Evil, I have decided to go for Welles most revered work, his first. […]
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