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May 22, 2006 · CAHIERS: While speaking of Mr. Arkadin Herman G. Weinberg said, “In Orson Welles’ films, the spectator may not sit back in his seat and relax; on the contrary, he must meet the film at least half-way in order to decipher what is happening, practically every second; if not, everything is lost.”
MR. ARKADIN (1955) and Citizen Kane (1941) are bookends for the same themes—the quasi-tragic fall of the (anti)hero, the psychology of domination, and the ruthless exercise of power. In Arkadin’s case, throw in the poetics of murder. What a Gothick mix! Arkadin’s germination has even more mysteries attached to it than Kane ever had.
- Brian O’Doherty
Apr 17, 2006 · Welles asked Peter Bogdanovich—implying, of course, that in Mr. Arkadin he himself was working without one. The great G. Cabrera Infante (known then as G. Cain) saw Mr. Arkadin in Paris and proclaimed it “the virtual vertigo of the Gothic . . . its demonism [and] obscure ritual calligraphy.”
Sep 18, 2012 · By the time Mr. Arkadin (aka Confidential Report) finally arrived in America in 1962, the career of Orson Welles (1915–1985) had undergone more highs and lows than a roller coaster constructed across the expanse of the Himalayas.
Jul 6, 2024 · After witnessing a murder in Naples, American smuggler Guy Van Stratten (Robert Arden) and his girlfriend, Mily (Patricia Medina), track down a mysterious Russian oligarch known as Gregory...
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Mr. Arkadin (first released in Spain, 1955), known in Britain as Confidential Report, is a French-Spanish-Swiss co-production film noir, written and directed by Orson Welles and shot in several Spanish locations, including Costa Brava, Segovia, Valladolid, and Madrid.
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Jul 9, 2021 · In Mr. Arkadin, the investigator is Guy Van Stratten, a small-time American smuggler who’s just gotten out of jail. He’s a hustler who thinks he sees a way to glom onto some of Arkadin’s millions.
