Man I remember when I first got this and opening the digipak I laughed so hard on the hilariously bad design, still had a great time watching Kane for the first time that day.
I like to believe both Citizen Kane and The Godfather make for a great double feature. Both share the same "good man gone bad" storyline and are considered the best films ever made.
The more I think about it the more it seems there are deep Kane parallels in The Godfather. There’s quite a lot of Kane in Vito Corleone and those in his orbit.
I didn’t even realize I had timed this up with the start of the sale!! Hopefully everyone picks up a copy while it’s 50% off. Thanks for the thumbs up. I was a bit worried when the length was over two hours but made sure there was no filler.
@@DamnFoolIdealisticCrusader by the way did you review Kino's Touch of Evil? I looked but couldn't find a video. Just wondering, it'd probably be worthy of another lengthy review, lol.
The very 1st thing I did when this arrived (after cussing out Criterion for this garbage packaging) was to remove each disc one time and place the blu rays in a 3 disc blu ray case and the 4K in a single 4K case.
I was really hoping that the package would be a huge brick like the Arkadin set. The artwork I don't really mind, but the packaging itself has much to answer for. I almost hate taking the discs out to watch them because I don't want to touch them. Nonetheless, I'm still in awe that this actually arrived from Criterion.
Absolutely. It would’ve been great as an Arkadin type box. Or as a hard case Indicator style box. Just be careful with that fourth disc because it wants to go flying out.
Thank you for such a in depth review. I end up ordering most every movie you review, despite the packaging I had to order Kane after hearing about the wonderful extras. What biography would you recommend about Welles?
Thank you!! It’s a bit convoluted. My favorite single volume is still Frank Brady’s Citizen Welles. I think it does the best job of being factual and getting everything into a single book. Patrick McGilligan more recently wrote a great volume about Welles’s early years which goes up Kane. In addition to those two, the interview books This is Orson Welles and Lunches with Orson are essential. Harlan Lebo updated his book on Citizen Kane, A Filmmaker’s Journey. Robert Carringer’s books are classics and there’s also a great book on the making of Other Side of the Wind entitled The Last Movie. Leaming’s earlier biography was the first good Welles biography but isn’t as objective as Brady’s. Later on David Thomson wrote a book which isn’t that good. Simon Callow has a three volume biography with the most details but he does perpetuate some of the myths about Welles. Joseph McBride has just updated his old book “Whatever Happened to Orson Welles” which I hope to check out. I loved the original version but it was in need of significant updating.
@@DamnFoolIdealisticCrusader thank you very much for the thoughtful reply. I will order one or two that you recommended. Welles is a very fascinating character and it’s such a shame he didn’t get the funding he needed to keep making major pictures liked he deserved.
@@adamATOM3 I hope you enjoy! Welles books are plentiful and you can’t really stop at just one. I’ve read many and have a shelf of some still. Welles not being treated properly or being respected is one of the great shames of the industry. What makes him even more admirable is that in spite of everything he never gave up.
Fabulous stuff. Especially loved the News On The March sequence! Thoroughly enjoy your videos . Thank you for providing your incredibly knowledgeable insights. That said, my wallet isn't thanking you as I inevitably make purchases based on your reviews!
It’s even worse when you look at it again. Easily one of the worst discs ever released along with their treatment of Sunset Blvd on the Paramount first dvd.
Interestingly, the awful KANE packaging layout is almost exactly the same as that of the original Guillermo Del Toro box Criterion released a few years back, and which is no longer in print. It was later reissued in a standard digibook format (I assume because of customer complaints). So, having been burned on "whimsical" presentation ideas already one would think they would have learned their lesson, but apparently not yet, anyway...
Tepepa. Which, of course, has not often featured in the Welles biographies. But spaghetti western aficionados consider it a very good film in the genre.
Blah-ray’s excellent comparison of the audio: blah-ray.blogspot.com/search/label/Citizen%20Kane%20%281941%29?m=0
The opening is brilliantly hilarious. Thanks for all your hard work.
Thank you!!!
I try to make my openings as good as possible when the idea strikes.
Great review! Definitely have to store the discs out of that packaging
Man I remember when I first got this and opening the digipak I laughed so hard on the hilariously bad design, still had a great time watching Kane for the first time that day.
I like to believe both Citizen Kane and The Godfather make for a great double feature. Both share the same "good man gone bad" storyline and are considered the best films ever made.
The more I think about it the more it seems there are deep Kane parallels in The Godfather. There’s quite a lot of Kane in Vito Corleone and those in his orbit.
Just in time for the Barnes and Noble sale! Ordered my copy this morning. Really enjoyed this one, the longer the better, I say.
I didn’t even realize I had timed this up with the start of the sale!! Hopefully everyone picks up a copy while it’s 50% off.
Thanks for the thumbs up. I was a bit worried when the length was over two hours but made sure there was no filler.
This could be the Kane of video reviews. Magnificent! In a perfect world, this would be included in the 4K disc.
Thanks so much, it means a lot to hear that.
@@DamnFoolIdealisticCrusader by the way did you review Kino's Touch of Evil? I looked but couldn't find a video. Just wondering, it'd probably be worthy of another lengthy review, lol.
@@iansmith6166 I definitely should. Once I get the FAFDM review done I’ll be doing Ambersons, Journey Into Fear and some others.
The very 1st thing I did when this arrived (after cussing out Criterion for this garbage packaging) was to remove each disc one time and place the blu rays in a 3 disc blu ray case and the 4K in a single 4K case.
I was really hoping that the package would be a huge brick like the Arkadin set. The artwork I don't really mind, but the packaging itself has much to answer for. I almost hate taking the discs out to watch them because I don't want to touch them.
Nonetheless, I'm still in awe that this actually arrived from Criterion.
Absolutely. It would’ve been great as an Arkadin type box. Or as a hard case Indicator style box. Just be careful with that fourth disc because it wants to go flying out.
What an awesome presentation - a real fan's tribute to a great movie
Thank you!! There’s so much ground to cover and when it’s one of the big ones, I always feel like I have to go all out in making a video.
@@DamnFoolIdealisticCrusader No 10 minute video can ever fulfil a decent presentation of Kane
@@Mandibil that’s exactly how I feel. Even after doing this I feel I’ve only scratched the surface.
そう。子供のころから数年おきに観ているけど、
観るたびに新しくなる映画ですよ。
歳をとって様々なことに理解が深まるごとに
この映画は観る者に新たな驚きと感動を与えます。
多くの天才が集結して創り上げた奇跡的な作品といえます。
The video will be 2hrs and 8 minutes long in case anyone wanted to know.
Thank you for such a in depth review. I end up ordering most every movie you review, despite the packaging I had to order Kane after hearing about the wonderful extras. What biography would you recommend about Welles?
Thank you!!
It’s a bit convoluted. My favorite single volume is still Frank Brady’s Citizen Welles. I think it does the best job of being factual and getting everything into a single book. Patrick McGilligan more recently wrote a great volume about Welles’s early years which goes up Kane. In addition to those two, the interview books This is Orson Welles and Lunches with Orson are essential.
Harlan Lebo updated his book on Citizen Kane, A Filmmaker’s Journey. Robert Carringer’s books are classics and there’s also a great book on the making of Other Side of the Wind entitled The Last Movie.
Leaming’s earlier biography was the first good Welles biography but isn’t as objective as Brady’s. Later on David Thomson wrote a book which isn’t that good. Simon Callow has a three volume biography with the most details but he does perpetuate some of the myths about Welles.
Joseph McBride has just updated his old book “Whatever Happened to Orson Welles” which I hope to check out. I loved the original version but it was in need of significant updating.
@@DamnFoolIdealisticCrusader thank you very much for the thoughtful reply. I will order one or two that you recommended. Welles is a very fascinating character and it’s such a shame he didn’t get the funding he needed to keep making major pictures liked he deserved.
@@adamATOM3 I hope you enjoy! Welles books are plentiful and you can’t really stop at just one. I’ve read many and have a shelf of some still.
Welles not being treated properly or being respected is one of the great shames of the industry. What makes him even more admirable is that in spite of everything he never gave up.
Fabulous stuff. Especially loved the News On The March sequence! Thoroughly enjoy your videos . Thank you for providing your incredibly knowledgeable insights. That said, my wallet isn't thanking you as I inevitably make purchases based on your reviews!
My wallet knows your pain. At least this is down to $25 in the B&N sale.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the newsreel!!
I remember the Lowry, i took that out of the library and was absolutely horrified.
It’s even worse when you look at it again. Easily one of the worst discs ever released along with their treatment of Sunset Blvd on the Paramount first dvd.
Excellent review, thank you.
It's on
What is your preferred version of Touch of Evil? And are going to do a video for Touch of Evil?
I definitely will do one. I prefer the reconstruction of the three versions available but all are important.
I had no idea Adam Scott's hotter brother knew so much about Citizen Kane and Orson Wells as well. What a country!
Interestingly, the awful KANE packaging layout is almost exactly the same as that of the original Guillermo Del Toro box Criterion released a few years back, and which is no longer in print. It was later reissued in a standard digibook format (I assume because of customer complaints). So, having been burned on "whimsical" presentation ideas already one would think they would have learned their lesson, but apparently not yet, anyway...
They keep making silly package choices. Hopefully they get it out of their system eventually.
Just watched Orson play a Mexican bad guy in an Italian western. That was wack ee.
I’ve been meaning to see that for ages. I think there’s a German BD.
Tepepa. Which, of course, has not often featured in the Welles biographies. But spaghetti western aficionados consider it a very good film in the genre.
UNICRON!!!!!!