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Caught my eye when I was channel-surfing


It's amazing that Welles was mimicking the style of the old films, in 1938, no less, but with an art-house twist. Anyone else unable to look away from this film? The camera angles, the lighting, the close-ups, the facial expressions, the sets; his early brilliance was clearly on display here. It's bizarre to see Joseph Cotton as an ersatz Harold Lloyd doing silent-era slapstick, ten years after talkies were invented, now I've seen everything. Welles was way ahead of his time.

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I am not appreciative of films like this because I have not developed an appreciation or knowledge for the things you bring up.

You have given me a new way to look at this film. Thanks for sharing your insight.

I'm no expert, but . . . .

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