Even though it was recently bumped down to the second greatest movie of all time, it's hard to imagine a world where Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" would have been rejected. That's why it's a good thing the studio executives of comedy web series, "Rejected Pitches" never got a hold of the script.
In this episode, Dan Klein, Kelly Hudson, and Ben Rameaka sit down with Welles (Frank Hejl) to discuss his totally lame screenplay about a dead, old loser who's obsessed with (spoiler alert) a sled. There isn't even a prom, wedding or sledding competition at the end of the movie. And what's with starting at the end?
Watch the video above to see Orson back-from-the-dead "Wheels" defend the (second) greatest movie of all time from the world's classiest movie execs.
In this episode, Dan Klein, Kelly Hudson, and Ben Rameaka sit down with Welles (Frank Hejl) to discuss his totally lame screenplay about a dead, old loser who's obsessed with (spoiler alert) a sled. There isn't even a prom, wedding or sledding competition at the end of the movie. And what's with starting at the end?
Watch the video above to see Orson back-from-the-dead "Wheels" defend the (second) greatest movie of all time from the world's classiest movie execs.
- 8/22/2012
- by Katla McGlynn
- Huffington Post
The San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, opening today and running through March 18, turns 30 this year. "Highlights of 2012's anniversary line-up include an in-person tribute to Joan Chen, a pair of world premieres from the talents behind Colma: The Musical, and Patrick Wang's In the Family, one of the most acclaimed American indies from last year," writes Michael Hawley in an extensive overview. And Michael Guillén interviews Wang at the Evening Class.
For the Bay Guardian's Kimberly Chun, Sfiaaff "seems to be in the throes of a youth movement." More previews come from Peter Martin (Twitch) and Kelly Vance (East Bay Express).
Los Angeles. The Beauty of the Long Day: An In-Person Terence Davies Tribute happens Sunday and Monday at the Aero Theater and Doug Cummings has a preview in the La Weekly.
Seattle. In the Stranger, Charles Mudede argues (briefly) that the Dreileben trilogy, Christian Petzold's Beats Being Dead,...
For the Bay Guardian's Kimberly Chun, Sfiaaff "seems to be in the throes of a youth movement." More previews come from Peter Martin (Twitch) and Kelly Vance (East Bay Express).
Los Angeles. The Beauty of the Long Day: An In-Person Terence Davies Tribute happens Sunday and Monday at the Aero Theater and Doug Cummings has a preview in the La Weekly.
Seattle. In the Stranger, Charles Mudede argues (briefly) that the Dreileben trilogy, Christian Petzold's Beats Being Dead,...
- 3/8/2012
- MUBI
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