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Those Magnificent Ambersons

On October 15, 2010 By nick2209In movies, trollopeLeave a comment

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) is in some ways the cinematic equivalent of Byron's diaries. Of course the analogy is not too exact, as not all of the film was consigned to the flames, and we do have a remaining movie which might be described as a semi-masterpiece. But what the film would be like had Welles been …

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January 2010 Miscellany

On January 31, 2010 By nick2209In books, christie, movies, music, personal, radio, televisionLeave a comment

A substantial change to the way in which my life is organised, and especially the time I have available, took place this month when, to my considerable surprise, I was elected Chairperson of the Birmingham LINk (an organisation which seeks to improve the provision of Health and Social Care in Birmingham). I now have to …

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Some thoughts on Kane

On January 17, 2010 By nick2209In moviesLeave a comment

Embarking on an Orson Welles programme I have started chronologically, which means of course Citizen Kane (1941). There are a couple of major problems with this. In the first place the rest of the programme, whatever delights and treasures it contains, is inevitably something of an anti-climax, a disappointment, a slide. Would it have been …

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