An Orson Welles film was horribly edited — will cinematic justice finally be done?
Citizen Kane made Orson Welles a superstar. But his next movie, The Magnificent Ambersons, was edited into incoherence by the studio. Now, a Welles fan has used animation to recreate lost footage.
One of the greatest American directors of the 20th century is known for only a few films.
After Orson Welles made his masterpiece Citizen Kane in 1941, he fought bitterly with the studios that released his subsequent films — often after they bowdlerized Welles' work. Films such as The Lady from Shanghai and The Magnificentwere drastically changed and cut, altering the auteur's vision.
