Orson Welles on Citizen Kane

Orson Welles discusses Citizen Kane with Huw Wheldon in a 13 March 1960 edition of the BBC's pioneering arts programme Monitor, presented and edited by Wheldon from 1958-1965.

Wheldon and Welles knew each other well and had worked together previously for the BBC on Orson Welles's Sketch Book (1955), which Wheldon produced.

In this insightful interview, Welles speaks candidly about Citizen Kane, the film's visual style and use of theatre actors as well as its subtext before discussing his relationship with Hollywood and the cuts made to The Magnificent Ambersons and Touch of Evil against his wishes.

This video attempts to present in sequence as much of the available footage from this interview as possible. The video is indebted to the excellent work and superb channels of Bazarov https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1En33ZoUMsr1trPkBnGa9g and Eyes on Cinema https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtPx9e7WNFtvtHaAU6WqXlA both devoted to film culture.

The two earlier uploads of the interview, published on 4 June 2014 and 3 April 2015 respectively, can be seen at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7UQhC2n9QA and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQYazeJA-Oo

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