There was only one Welles. But as he once said about being successful at such a young age, it follows you the rest of your life. And they always expect even greater things out of you.
Welles had a solid background in theatre before Citizen Kane, but it wasn’t like he’d never seen a movie before. You can only take this so far. The other important thing is that he benefited from being surrounded by people who were real pros such as Gregg Toland (camera), Herman Mankiewicz (story, screenplay), Robert Wise (editor), etc. A greenhorn director can be saved by others who know their craft well. Scorsese, Tarantino and many other successful directors are real students of cinema and I don’t think that hurt them.
I think it's okay to simply watch a film and enjoy it. I don't think you should study them (sorry film schools) and have a mental database of scenes and copy what "that" director did into something similar you're trying to do. That's said, many, many successful directors (Tarantino, Scorsese) do exactly that and are huge cinephiles. Who's to say?
I can relate. At a certain age I recognized the same few stories being told over and over again with slight variations. I believe that a filmmaker should be inspired and then grow from that seed of inspiration. Constantly watching movies just dulls you as an artist.
"I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's. I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.”
--WILLIAM BLAKE
There was only one Welles.
But as he once said about being successful at such a young age, it follows you the rest of your life. And they always expect even greater things out of you.
Cinemas of Bresson, Tarkovsky, Bergman, Kurosawa, Herzog, Ford are films you can justify losing your cinematic innocent to.
Kubrick?
I gotta admit, when The Shadow says it, it sounds like poetry.
he say pur bullshit!
Welles had a solid background in theatre before Citizen Kane, but it wasn’t like he’d never seen a movie before. You can only take this so far. The other important thing is that he benefited from being surrounded by people who were real pros such as Gregg Toland (camera), Herman Mankiewicz (story, screenplay), Robert Wise (editor), etc. A greenhorn director can be saved by others who know their craft well.
Scorsese, Tarantino and many other successful directors are real students of cinema and I don’t think that hurt them.
I think it's okay to simply watch a film and enjoy it. I don't think you should study them (sorry film schools) and have a mental database of scenes and copy what "that" director did into something similar you're trying to do. That's said, many, many successful directors (Tarantino, Scorsese) do exactly that and are huge cinephiles. Who's to say?
Meanwhile Tarantino watched as many films as possible
I feel like Welles and Myiazaki would be good friends
How come?
That's cap. The Stagecoach is what pushed him to make Citizen Kane.
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The "NO TRESPASSING" sign at the end....which movie?
I thought it's Citizen Kane, but I'm not sure.
I can relate. At a certain age I recognized the same few stories being told over and over again with slight variations.
I believe that a filmmaker should be inspired and then grow from that seed of inspiration.
Constantly watching movies just dulls you as an artist.
Jack Black can play him someday
He did in Drunk History
Il dit de la merde!
the words of a genius!
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Well, why the hell was he making movies anyway?
Because he liked making them
Not for other filmmakers to study, but for an audience that doesn't make movies to enjoy them, which makes all the sense in the world