Tag Archives: John Houseman

bank on it: riding the gatsby curve

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Dave

Monopoly theories of profits. State sanctioned cartels. Wring out  last drop of blood, milking the last dollar. its ruling class economic-politics , closed and narrow, like minded, and they have a  self-perpetuating control of the key establishments of the state. And … Continue reading →

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trial of a soapbox romantic

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Dave

The problem with the prodigy, the adult prodigy, is the fact of dealing with once being great, and living perpetually in eclipse. Orson Welles was a romantic since birth, a romantic always outside, outside adapting to the narrow and canny … Continue reading →

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welles: frozen in the role of prodigy

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Dave

Every discussion of Citizen Kane, or of any other Welles movie, is sure to bring up his camera sense. In Kane there is the brilliant pseudo newsreel of the great man’s death, the senate investigation scene that is modeled on … Continue reading →

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illusions of fiction

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Dave

Orson Welles. The prodigy. It is only rarely that the child prodigy converts into an adult prodigy, in fact statistically not very promising, but Welles pierced the prodigal ordeal of circumstances into an association with real achievement. The crowning of … Continue reading →

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prodigal radio: mercury in midtown

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Dave

Orson Welles. The baggy trickster who scared the radio audience at 23, and in infuriated the Hearst empire at 25, with Citizen Kane. …In the mid 1930’s, America was still far down in the Depression; as a time for launching … Continue reading →

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kane: “auteur theory”

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Dave

by Jesse Marinoff Reyes : … American cinema’s one-time enfante terrible, and one of Hollywood’s most enigmatic stars—making him one of my all-time favorites—we take a look at some graphic expressions of his most famous film, the European-inflected CITIZEN KANE, … Continue reading →

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