I don't have a specific reference for the quote, but it sounds like it
might be a somewhat defensive response to the accusations made by a
number of critics over the years (Pauline Kael is probably the most
notable) that KANE is a "shallow" film or that Rosebud is a "shallow"
device.

Don Larsson

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Donald F. Larsson
Department of English, AH 230
Minnesota State U, Mankato (56001)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Halligan [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 8:32 AM
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Subject: welles quote context

does anyone have a bibliographic reference / context for orson welles's
supposed claim (made towards the end of his life) that "film is a
shallow
medium" (or "shallow art form")?

thanks -

ben

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