A Few Words About A few words about...™ Citizen Kane -- in Blu-ray (2 Viewers)

[PatrickDA]

I did read the same thing on website Wellesnet on the burned negative. I wonder if Warner Bros. will do anything for it's 80th anniversary this year?

Negative for 'Citizen Kane' may be lost forever

Whatever happened to the negative for "Citizen Kane"? Sadly, it may be lost forever.

www.wellesnet.com

At least we assumed it was gone (due to a vault fire), but I still feel like throwing up knowing it might've survived had that administrative lackey not sent it to the glue factory.

 

[PMF]

Thought this would be of interest to many here...

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Such an incredibly painful story.

 

[Dee Zee]

Thought this would be of interest to many here...

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We’re there really “RKO Executives” in 1991??
This story doesn’t quite sound right to me.

 

[PMF]

We’re there really “RKO Executives” in 1991??
This story doesn’t quite sound right to me.

IMHO, “Executives” is the operative word. And when you’ve got a plural like that, you’ve got a recipe for outcomes like these.

 

[Lord Dalek]

RKO General still existed in 1991.

 

[Dee Zee]

RKO General still existed in 1991.

Yes, but Kane was then controlled by Turner Broadcasting. The story doesn’t sound right, maybe Mr. Harris would know more about the Kane lost negative.

 

[B-ROLL]

Yes, but Kane was then controlled by Turner Broadcasting. The story doesn’t sound right, maybe Mr. Harris would know more about the Kane lost negative.

I'm sure it's "in Brazil" with the uncut Ambersons and King Kong (1933) ... or as the post indicated it's possibly...

part of a silver tea and coffee set from the Michael C Fina company

 

[PMF]

I'm sure it's "in Brazil" with the uncut Ambersons and King Kong (1933) ... or as the post indicated it's possibly...
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part of a silver tea and coffee set from the Michael C Fina company

What, no crystal ball?

 

[B-ROLL]

What, no crystal ball?

Sorry none of the balls I have is crystal !

 

[Angelo Colombus]

Thanks to a 80 year old negative movie review that was recently unearthed by Rotten Tomatoes as part of the site's Archival Project made Citizen Kane lose it's 100% "fresh" score. The negative review ran in the Chicago Tribune days after the film came out in theaters. I think Orson would have had a good laugh about that.

‘Citizen Kane’ Loses Perfect Rotten Tomatoes Score Thanks to Resurfaced 80-Year-Old Review

Rotten Tomatoes has unearthed a 1941 review of Orson Welles' classic that single-handedly took down its decades-long perfect critics' score.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[Lord Dalek]

I'm sure Citizen Kane would drop like a stone if more vintage reviews showed up. The film was panned by many papers at the time due to intimidation from the Hearst syndicate.

 

[Keith Cobby]

Wonderful film which, like Casablanca, entertains me more each time I see it. Not many films being made today which will be as fondly remembered in the 22nd century.

 

[Angelo Colombus]

A very informative podcast on Kane's 80th anniversary with interviews with Chicago Tribune critic Michael Phillips, TCM director of original programming Scott McGee, and film historian Joseph McBride.