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1 posted on 02/04/2009 6:48:36 PM PST by slomark
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Nice to hear that Classy, Dignified Voice,again .. Bale... for get it.


2 posted on 02/04/2009 7:01:07 PM PST by gwilhelm56 (MULLAH HUSSEIN - which part of "Congress shall make no Law" - do you NOT UNDERSTAND??)
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No one ever danced to an Orson Welles’ tantrum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTihsJQHt48


3 posted on 02/04/2009 7:23:10 PM PST by Snickering Hound
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AHHHHH!

Unicron.


5 posted on 02/04/2009 7:33:17 PM PST by RandallFlagg (Satisfaction was my sin)
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Why is welles being compared to bale?


6 posted on 02/04/2009 7:48:57 PM PST by mamelukesabre (Give me Liberty or give me something to aim at)
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What is the point of this?

Did Bale overreact? Unquestionably. Was it just a random thing? No. The director of photography had been told repeatedly to not do something he had continued to do. Something that is considered a serious no no to most people on film sets. I would guess most people have lost it when someone else’s failure to do their job correctly has made it impossible for them to do their job correctly.


7 posted on 02/04/2009 7:53:41 PM PST by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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I wish he hadn’t used Citizen Kane as the example of brilliance.

He could have cited The Third Man, again one of the best movies ever made; the truly extraordinary Macbeth, with Wagnerian sets and an unparalleled use of shadow; Touch of Evil, the ultimate, perfect Film Noir.

This was a guy who truly understood film based in acting and voice, dialogue, plot, music, scenery, cinematography, and direction. Film as art, even with a small budget, survives; where the immense budget, special effects extravaganzas are forgotten in a fortnight.

Right now, Hollywood could be making ten times as much money if it was making films the way they were once made, instead of relying entirely on big budget, formulaic crap. A $10M movie that makes $50M is worth a lot more than a $200M extravaganza that brings in only $220M in its short life. Even if 19 out of 20 small budget movies fail, if that 1 in 20 hits, they are still more profitable than one big turkey.


8 posted on 02/04/2009 7:59:45 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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Orson Welles. Everything Christian Bale will never be. Except dead.

er Orson Welles IS dead. And (going out on a limb here) I expect Christian Bale will be.

9 posted on 02/04/2009 8:03:21 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel - Horace Walpole)
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Well, life is fair, Orson Welles is dead because he was old. Christian Bale is alive probably primarily because he’s not old. No unfairness there, just life taking its natural course.

That said, Orson Welles was in a Transformers movie. Christian Bale was not. This automatically makes Welles more awesome in my terms....


10 posted on 02/05/2009 7:04:47 AM PST by Hyzenthlay (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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