The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
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The Gist:
Orson Welles' follow up to Citizen Kane. It has a more subtle beauty to it, is less of a force of nature, but it many ways is far more of a provocative film. This is because the film spirals even further into chaos and darkness than its predecessor, and has broad ramifications to our way of life in the coming industrialization of World War II. Of course, that's what can be gleaned from the film, because it was stolen away from Wells and re-edited by worried studio execs who ruined it. Meanwhile, Welles was off getting drunk in Mexico.
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