Film Gold

And so we say goodbye as Charles Foster Kane faces the final curtain…

Antony wraps up Citizen Kane's final scenes, discusses the critical response to the film and its multi-decade legacy, and the final words -13 minutes of them- are given to the man himself, Orson Welles, aided by Huw Wheldon and Dick Cavett

If you've listened through this series (and the previous3-parter on Orson), we sincerely hope you've enjoyed it

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episode links

The Snow Globe scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSj-BCOlGPY

The Rosebud reveal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr93wwtiKQM

Citizen Kane film pages

⁠⁠⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033467/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane⁠⁠⁠

Citizen Kane: Anatomy of a Classic (presented by BarryNorman)

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCez9Pgqb5s

The life of Charles Foster Kane

⁠⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Foster_Kane⁠⁠

The Citizen Kane files (Wellesnet archive)

⁠⁠⁠https://www.wellesnet.com/citizen-kane-resources/⁠⁠

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

(must-watch doc, 2014)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhtpfRl2wyE

Antony continues a scene-by-scene analysis of Orson Welles' Citizen Kane. As we enter the second half of the film, things are still going reasonably well with Charles Foster Kane, but the slow descent into despair and emptiness will soon begin with the famous 'breakfast table montage'.

As you listen to this and/or watch the film, it's worth asking a fundamental question about acceptance of reality and whether public acclaim is merely a poor substitute for something fundamental to a happy life.

The final part of this series will be out at the end of the month

We hope you enjoy the show!

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episode links

Citizen Kane film pages

⁠⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033467/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1⁠⁠

⁠⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane⁠⁠

Original trailer for the film

⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dxh3lwdOFw⁠⁠

The life of Charles Foster Kane

⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Foster_Kane⁠

The Citizen Kane files (Wellesnet archive)

⁠⁠https://www.wellesnet.com/citizen-kane-resources/⁠

The breakfast table montage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfl2M8B9WA8

Do we create our own reality?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/intimacy-path-toward-spirituality/201412/do-we-create-our-own-reality

How to accept yourself

https://psychcentral.com/lib/ways-to-accept-yourself

Are the rich more lonely?

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/are_the_rich_more_lonely

Our continuing journey into the world of Orson Welles's Citizen Kane finds Antony beginning a scene-by-scene analysis, starting with the film's Gothic horror opening,possibly the best-known final word of a character in any film, and then the sudden and jarring segue into the newsreel obituary of the world-famous Charles Foster Kane.

We try to make sense of the sometimes absurdly non-linear structure of the film while admiring the remarkable artistry contained in every scene. The young Kane is brash, charismatic and successful in his professional and personal life, but his downfall will soon begin…

Part 4 will be out next month

We hope you enjoy the show!

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episode links

Citizen Kane film pages

⁠https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033467/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1⁠

⁠https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane⁠

Original trailer for the film

⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dxh3lwdOFw⁠

The life of Charles Foster Kane

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Foster_Kane

The Citizen Kane files (Wellesnet archive)

⁠https://www.wellesnet.com/citizen-kane-resources/⁠

The electric opening to the film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFSjHBVx-xk

News On The March!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ6QnaEQ7sY

The projection room

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZjkzM8N_oQ

The full first half of the film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74ol6mKC3aY

The Union Forever- The White Stripes vs Citizen Kane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X6PoXzpyz0

Renee Zellweger as Judy Garland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_dizVjNTbg

We continue our multi-part series on Orson Welles's Citizen Kane, finishing our prelude to the main film by looking at the shooting, storytelling, special effects, editing and sound/music. We also detail its commercial performance and the pushback from William Randolph Hearst.

In Part 3, Antony will begin going scene by scene through the film

We hope you enjoy it!

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episode links

Citizen Kane film page

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033467/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1

Citizen Kane: Anatomy of a Classic (presented by Barry Norman)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCez9Pgqb5s

The Citizen Kane files (Wellesnet archive)

https://www.wellesnet.com/citizen-kane-resources/

Gregg Toland (ace cameraman)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol3hAubwtM8

The Best of Bernard Herrmann

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0FRC1MTocs

Following on from Film Gold's Orson Welles special last time round, Antony this time tackles head-on, with another multi-parter, the grandaddy of American films, Citizen Kane.

The first two parts look at the background and the making of the film before we go scene-by-scene through the film in later parts.

This time round, Antony intros this deep dive and looks at Orson Welles's arrival in Hollywood, his incredible RKO contract, and the writing and inspiration(s) for the multi-layered character of Charles Foster Kane

We hope you enjoy it!

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episode links

Citizen Kane

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane

Original trailer for the film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dxh3lwdOFw

The Battle Over Citizen Kane (Welles and Hearst)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1W65RHqM2k

William Randolph Hearst

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Randolph_Hearst

Mank (2020)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10618286/

Raising Kane (Pauline Kael, 1971)

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1971/02/20/raising-kane-i

Heart of Darkness radio version (Orson Welles, 1938)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=201xgXsJMuA

Just as Orson Welles finally bowed out in 1985, we must do the same.

This time round Antony and Ghosty pick up Orson's film career from his acting gig in the sublime 'The Third Man', a couple of returns to Shakespeare territory and a trio of absolute masterworks of his own making, namely 'Touch of Evil', 'The Trial' and 'F For Fake' (plus a couple of other films along the way).

Finally we look at interviews, his fall from grace into TV commercials, more comparisons with Marlon Brando and a final summing-up of our feelings about his life and legacy.

We (and Orson up there in the clouds) hope that you have enjoyed this latest series and Film Gold will be back before the end of the year for more. In the meantime, please check out Antony's other podcasts (links below)

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Antony's John Lennon/Beatles and Psychology/Alt. Media podcasts ⁠⁠

https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com

https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/

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Ghosty's Cliff Richard & The Shadows podcast

⁠https://wesayyeah.podbean.com/⁠

Interview clips from Ghosty's radio show

⁠https://www.youtube.com/@GhostyTMRS⁠

episode links

Website for everything Orson

https://www.wellesnet.com/

The Third Man theme played by Anton Karas & also The Beatles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oEsWi88Qv0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1cHZSskXxw

Poignant scenes from 'Touch of Evil' (1958)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTI6rN0Vmes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeccTYUrb_Q

Law court scene from 'The Trial' (1962)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFGlB4a2B1I

F For Fake (1973) podcast deep dive

https://www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2020/08/episode-482-f-for-fake-1973.html

Recommended documentaries about Orson (Arena special, Magician, One-man band)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFqW6b1hfFY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brVah-r65pI&t=1s

https://dochouse.org/event/magician-the-astonishing-life-and-work-of-orson-welles/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eoN1m73xXk

Simon Callow (Orson biographer x many) discusses him on the 'Great Lives' podcast

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b0b1r3hs

Classic Orson interviews (Dick Cavett 1970, Michael Parkinson 1974)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NTOSevzp4w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NTOSevzp4w

Orson loses it over frozen peas!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyko_oQ0da8

We continue our Orson Welles journey, accompanied by uberfan David 'Ghosty' Wills, with discussion of the big daddy of all films, 1941's Citizen Kane. Was this both a blessing and a curse for Orson's career? We also discuss Welles's forays into wartime politics and the films 'The Magnificent Ambersons',, 'The Stranger', 'The Lady From Shanghai' and 'Macbeth'.

The final part will be out at the end of the month

We hope you enjoy the show!

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Antony's John Lennon/Beatles and Psychology/Alt. Media podcasts ⁠⁠https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com

https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/

Support Antony's podcast work (Film Gold, Glass Onion: On John Lennon and Life And Life Only) at

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Ghosty's Cliff Richard & The Shadows podcast

https://wesayyeah.podbean.com/

Interview clips from Ghosty's radio show

https://www.youtube.com/@GhostyTMRS

episode links

Heart of Darkness radio adaptation (1938)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcKH74lnPEo

Citizen Kane Wikipedia and IMDB pages

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_Kane

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033467/

The Citizen Kane Book by Pauline Kael

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/352259.The_Citizen_Kane_Book

The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996 documentary)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG75tMSNnmY

Citizen Kane: A critic's commentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6LCfO0wnXw

Orson Welles on Race Relations (1946 radio show)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFraBvYO5jI

Everything Is A Remix (doc series about creativity)

https://www.everythingisaremix.info/watch-the-series/

Following on from our Marlon Brando and Michael Caine deep dives in the last few years, this time Orson Welles gets the Film Gold treatment. David 'Ghosty' Wills joins Antony for a 3-parter looking at the great man's life, work and legacy.

First up we discuss Orson's early life and the start of his theatre and radio careers, both of which Ghosty feels are somewhat undervalued when compared to his more famous film work.

Part 1 ends with the famous 'War of the Worlds' broadcast in 1938, our hero on the cusp of going to Hollywood and making the film that would make and break him…

Part 2 will be out next month

We hope you enjoy the show!

'Film Gold' is on all the main podcast platforms.

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Antony's John Lennon/Beatles and Psychology/Alt. Media podcasts ⁠⁠https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com

https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/

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Ghosty's Cliff Richard & The Shadows podcast

https://wesayyeah.podbean.com/

Interview clips from Ghosty's radio show

https://www.youtube.com/@GhostyTMRS

episode links

Orson's mammoth Wikipedia page (most of which is probably true)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Welles

The Mercury Theatre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Theatre

Voodoo Macbeth (1936)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wmWBki06yc

War of the Worlds (1938, complete)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q7tN7MhQ4I

Orson defends himself the next day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vbYyDh-BRI

Night of the Living Dead news segments (1968)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AdWJalP1vo

Orson Welles meets H. G. Wells

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUdghSMTXsU

We are delighted to bring you another swapcast with former Film Gold guest and my podcasting 'spiritual brother', Julian Charles of 'The Mind Renewed'.

On the docket this time is a true classic from the master, Stanley Kubrick. It's a film that works beautifully on the level of pure comedy but is absolutely packed with layers of meaning, both overt and subtle, and is a showcase for the remarkable and unique talents of Peter Sellers.

Julian and Antony talk about Kubrick, Sellers, the rest of the cast, the film's many virtues, its themes and much more…

We hope you enjoy the show!

'Film Gold' is on all the main podcast platforms.

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Antony's John Lennon/Beatles and Psychology/Alt. Media podcasts ⁠⁠https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com

https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com/⁠

Julian's website and podcast

https://themindrenewed.com/

episode links

The Making of Dr. Strangelove

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ6BiRtGTAk

Learning To Love The Bomb (video essay)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ6BiRtGTAk

On Thermonuclear War (Herman Kahn)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Thermonuclear_War

Peter Sellers and George C Scott 'interviews' on the set (1963)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7NnTmxcFt4

Antony and returning guest Luke Thompson of 'Luke's English Podcast' tackle William Friedkin's underrated 1977 thriller, starring Roy Scheider. This film wasn't a success in its day but has been reassessed over the decades and could now be considered a 'hidden masterpiece'. The plot is very simple but the film is marvellously evocative, and the production of the film is a story in itself...

Hope you enjoy it!

'Film Gold' is on all the main podcast platforms.

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Antony's website (blog, music, podcasts) https://www.antonyrotunno.com

Antony's John Lennon podcast

https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/

Luke's website & podcast

https://teacherluke.co.uk/

The full video version of our 'Sorcerer' review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a6odjdG-H4

episode links

Sorcerer wikipedia page

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorcerer_(film)

A great analysis of the main themes of the film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2TdY0nRHzc&t=0s

Vast amounts of IMDB trivia about 'Sorceror'

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076740/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv

William Friedkin on the Marc Maron podcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17OjQiec8Sg