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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 · So, was Mr. Arkadin worth waiting for? Yes, I think so. It still retains enough Wellesiana to fit nicely with his other work. Like Citizen Kane, it is about a very rich and powerful man’s efforts to thwart an investigation of his past.
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.
Jul 6, 2024 · In short, Welles favored a flashback narrative, with Guy desperately trying to get former Arkadin associate Jakob Zouk (Akim Tamiroff) to safety in order to save his own life, telling Zouk...
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Feb 7, 2006 · For financing, Welles turned to an old friend, Louis Dolivet, a political activist with moviemaking ambitions – he would go on to produce Tati’s Mon Oncle (1958). Dolivet raised the money, and in early 1954 Welles began shooting the newly renamed Mr. Arkadin.
