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Month: May 2015

I’m not who you think I am, I just try to be: “The Lady From Shanghai” comes to The Trylon

  By michael May 29, 2015 May 29, 2015 Movies

Review by Trylon hall of mirrors designer Thorn Chen Or how about we try “When you give a picnic, it’s a picnic”? The Lady from Shanghai is as surreal as one-liners like these make it sound. Welles is at his strangest and his most brilliant when spins this hallucinatory noir… Continue reading

Orson Welles takes a stab at “Macbeth” – Monday and Tuesday at the Trylon

  By michael May 24, 2015 May 24, 2015 Movies

The shortest and bloodiest of Shakespeare’s plays got the Hollywood treatment a number of times over the years, but Macbeth never so closely resembled a horror film as it does in this 1948 production. Welles, wild-eyed and brooding, is brilliant as the nobleman told by three witches that he is… Continue reading

Don’t miss Orson Welle’s noir masterpiece “Touch of Evil” — this weekend at the Trylon

  By michael May 22, 2015 May 22, 2015 Movies

Review by Trylon chief of police David Berglund So much is made of the famed tracking shot that opens Touch of Evil that it is tempting to think it is remembered because of this incredible opening salvo. Yet, taken on its own the shot is largely a gimmick – three… Continue reading

A film that demonstrates the deceptive nature of film: “F For Fake” at the Trylon

  By michael May 18, 2015 May 18, 2015 Movies

Review by Trylon volunteer David Berglund From the moment of his film debut, it was clear that Orson Welles had an innate understanding of the power of cinema and a firm grasp of its unique language. His films were never conventional, instead drawing power from visual risks and unmatched innovation…. Continue reading

This weekend, Orson Welles is “the most deceitful man a woman ever loved!” – in “The Stranger”

  By michael May 15, 2015 May 15, 2015 Movies

After the spectacular flame-out of his RKO contract, Orson Welles had acquired a reputation — somewhat unfairly, it must be said — as a director whose films  ran wildly over budget before tanking at the box office.  As if that weren’t bad enough, his unfinished project It’s All True raised further… Continue reading

Our Orson Welles series continues with the mysterious “Mr. Arkadin”

  By michael May 11, 2015 May 11, 2015 Movies

When people consider the European phase of Orson Welle’s career, they might think of Othello, or his great, unfinished Don Quixote or even the eccentric, almost unwatchable Viva Italia. But the most representative of his movies from this era was Mr. Arkadin, released in Europe as Confidential Report: it is… Continue reading

Studio goons tried, but couldn’t ruin “The Magnificent Ambersons” – this weekend at the Trylon

  By michael May 8, 2015 May 8, 2015 Movies

Review by Trylon volunteer Dave Berglund There is perhaps no greater real-life villain in film history than the shortsighted idiot at RKO who made the decision to destroy Orson Welles’s original cut of The Magnificent Ambersons. Now, to be clear, RKO had a justified business incentive to edit the film… Continue reading

The criminal class of the animal world: Hitchcock’s “Marnie” at the Riverview

  By michael May 4, 2015 May 4, 2015 Movies

Review by practicing zoologist Thorn Chen Here’s something better and a bit more terrifying than CGI monsters: the screen flashes red when Marnie, the female lead played by Tippi Hedren, sees a bouquet of red flowers in a vase. From there on, your muscles tighten every time you see a… Continue reading

Rosebud, dead or alive: “Citizen Kane” comes to the Trylon this weekend

  By michael May 1, 2015 May 1, 2015 Movies

Review  by Trylon volunteer Peter Schilling How I wish that viewers new to Orson Welles’ masterpiece, Citizen Kane, could see it without ever having heard that it was “the Greatest Film Ever Made”, as I had in my youth. In a story I’ve undoubtedly shared way too many times, I… Continue reading

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