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Mr. Arkadin (1955)

Mr. Arkadin (1955)
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Also known as Mr. Arkadin, this flawed late effort by director Orson Welles recalls the structure of Citizen Kane, centering around an investigation into the past of a powerful millionaire. This time around, however, the millionaire is very much alive; in fact, it is Gregory Arkadin (Welles) himself who orders the inquiry, claiming to suffer from amnesia. The investigator soon gets a taste of the difficulty of his task, however, when several witnesses to Arkadin's past suspiciously turn up dead. Indeed, the closer he comes to the truth about Arkadin, the more he fears that he himself may be the next victim. While it aspires to intense suspense, Confidential Report suffers more than most of Welles' films from budgetary limitations and erratic shooting habits, with the final result often seeming choppy and needlessly confusing. Nevertheless, any Welles effort is by definition at least partially worthwhile, if only for further demonstration of his brilliant visual sensibility. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi

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Starring:
Orson Welles, Michael Redgrave, (more)
Director(s):
Orson Welles
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Synopsis of Mr. Arkadin

Also known as Mr. Arkadin, this flawed late effort by director Orson Welles recalls the structure of Citizen Kane, centering around an investigation into the past of a powerful millionaire. This time around, however, the millionaire is very much alive; in fact, it is Gregory Arkadin (Welles) himself who orders the inquiry, claiming to suffer from amnesia. The investigator soon gets a taste of the difficulty of his task, however, when several witnesses to Arkadin's past suspiciously turn up dead. Indeed, the closer he comes to the truth about Arkadin, the more he fears that he himself may be the next victim. While it aspires to intense suspense, Confidential Report suffers more than most of Welles' films from budgetary limitations and erratic shooting habits, with the final result often seeming choppy and needlessly confusing. Nevertheless, any Welles effort is by definition at least partially worthwhile, if only for further demonstration of his brilliant visual sensibility. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
99 mins

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Director(s):
Orson Welles
Writer(s):
Orson Welles
Producer(s):
Orson Welles
Categories:
Mystery & Suspense
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    Ron C.

    This review pertains to the compreshensive version: The story of the movie is quintessential Welles. Brilliant, fragmented, unfocused and unconventional. Basically, this movie was edited into 5 versions before this one, where they have attempted to ask the question "what would Welles have wanted?" The movies is seen through fragmented flashbacks and takes you through most of Europe and Mexico supposedly in a quest to learn the past of Mr. Arkadin. It never gets confusing, as so many flashback-driven storylines become. I haven't seen the other versions, so a true movie fanatic could drive themselves insane watching all the versions and debates the merits of this enhanced version. I heard Mr. Turner has a colorized version coming out soon....

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    Rodney B.

    Orson Welles shows the two sides of his character. He is charming, mezzorizing, and charismatic on one hand and on the other terrifying, and maniacle in this precursor to Citizen Kane. He takes you for a ride by making you believe that a father would go to the point of committing multiple murders to keep his daughter from knowing the real truth of his character. In the end he can not face her so he committs suicide by jumping from an airplane which continues to fly by itself...Now that was an original idea for its time. The look of the film is interesting. Wonderful uses of light and shade are all very stylized with techniques that compare to the work of early Russian film masters such as Serge Eisentein. I will be purchasing this one...but then I'm an Orson Welles fan. I miss his not being around.

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    Archer J.

    This movie is a bit stilted and over wraught but still is an interesting depiction of a powerful man and the limitations of his power. Guy Van Stratten (Robert Arden) is a petty criminal and gadfly who becomes interested in Mr. Arkadin when he encounters a man who has been stabbed to death and in his dying breath whispers the name of the man presumably responsible for ordering his killing, Gregory Arkadin (Orson Welles). Discovering that Arkadin is a man of great wealth Van Stratten subsequently inveigles his way through Arkadin's daughter, Raina (Paola Mori) into being hired by Arkadin to investigate his past with the intrent of eventually blackmailing Arkadin. That Van Stratten avoids death himself while most of the people he interviews end up muderred is hard to believe. Near the conclusion he and Arkadin race back to Spain to confront Arkadin's daughter Raina with the sordid details. Welles final diesctorial effort is while flawed an interesting story.

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