What am I bid for the Citizen Kane Oscar?

Posted by on Oct 16, 2007 in updates | 8 comments I cannot understand how anyone could give away an Oscar, which is what Orson Welles did as payment to a Los Angeles cinematographer. Was he really so hard up after making the powerful film Citizen Kane, which caused a terrific storm in 1941 when there were attempts to suppress it: Nearly every film maker was in some way influenced by this movie. This movie also had a great impact in its time....
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Was age or lack of charisma the reason Ming quit?

Posted by on Oct 16, 2007 in Uncategorized | 15 comments I doubt Ming’s age of 66 was the real reason for his resignation as Lib Dem party leader, more his lack of oomph or charisma, his inability to connect (my favourite word) with voters. It was his greyness of character rather than the colour of his hair that let him down, despite these brave words expressing his determination to prove his critics wrong: “Now when it comes to the next...
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