Customer Rating: Summary: Criterion Edition Comment: This is an excellent film and an excellent Dvd. You get three versions of the film on three discs, and some really good extras.
It comes in a fat digipak fold-out style case that fits into an outer slipcase. It's accopanied by a book about the film that also fits into the slipcase.
The extras are impressive. You get;
All three versions of the film: Corinth version, Confidential Report, and the new comprehensive version, are newly restored.
There is a commentary.
An interview with Welles biographer.
Three half-hour episodes of THE LIVES OF HARRY LIME.
A documentary.
Outtakes, rushes and alternate scenes from the film.
This is an excellent Dvd for Orson Welles fans. Highly recommended. Customer Rating: Summary: Ok film, terrible DVD Comment: This is truly THE worst quality DVD you will ever be unfortunate to come across.
The picture and sound are as a bad as the ancient, unrestored, VHS copy the print of the film is clearly taken from. Throughout the film the logo of the manufacturer (Delta Music PLC) consistently appears on screen, the only reason i can think why would be to inform the viewer where they should attempt to claim their refund from.
If you want to see this film (which is ok but feels somehwhat incomplete) get the region 1 Criterion release, also available on here. It may cost more, but unlike this it won't be a complete waste of your money. Customer Rating: Summary: Orson! Comment: Orson Welles is my favorite filmaker. In order to be fair, I watched this dvd several times. I really wanted to like this film. It is probably the only Welles film I had difficulty watching. There are just too many problems beginning with a weak script. Welles also appears to have dubbed in the dialogue after filming. This was a big mistake since the sound seems so unrealistic throughout. (I would rather read subtitles than endure the poor, later-recorded soundtrack). Then there is Welles--usually the strength of every film--but this time his performance is strangely uninspired and his theatrical makeup is ludicrous. Since Welles is such a genius, the questions is: how could he have made THIS film? Customer Rating: Summary: Welles revisits Kane in occassionally dazzling fashion Comment: Although not regarded as one of his finer films, this has much to delight the Welles aficionado.Peopled with bizarre characters over a shifting array of countries and landscapes, this is essentially a deconstruction of Citizen Kane. Welles plays Gregory Arkadin, an all powerful tycoon who pays to have his past unearthed in order to elimate those who remember his origins. This is easy to read as autobiographical - Welles wishing to wipe out the memory of Kane so that he may step out of the shadow of his past. Seen as such, this is a highly intriguing film. Although shot on a restrictive budget and cut against his wishes, Confidential Report is filled with dense, literate set pieces and remains a must see for those enamoured of the great man. Customer Rating: Summary: Welles revisits Kane in occassionally dazling fashion Comment: Although not regarded as one of his finer films, this has much to delight the Welles aficionado.Peopled with bizarre characters over a shifting array of countries and landscapes, this is essentially a deconstruction of Citizen Kane. Welles plays Gregory Arkadin, an all powerful tycoon who pays to have his past unearthed in order to elimate those who remember his origins. This is easy to read as autobiographical - Welles wishing to wipe out the memory of Kane so that he may step out of the shadow of his past. Seen as such, this is a highly intriguing film. Although shot on a restrictive budget and cut against his wishes, Confidential Report is filled with dense, literate set pieces and remains a must see for those enamoured of the great man.
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