radio drama is hardly irrelevant to understanding orson's films -- and may even be quite essential in understanding today's films in general. welles' genius may have reigned in radio drama; war of the worlds' alternation of banal music and frenzied radio announcer is pure montage technique. aside from kane, his films evidence scant mastery of film montage, seemingly content, instead, to break each scene down into a hallucination unto itself. this may seem heresy, as regards orson, but it's no slight to be a master of radio drama -- whose essential reliance on audience *imagination* may have made it superior to stage or screen (!). as to contemporary "product" -- go to some expendable title and just sit through the whole thing eyes closed, asking yourself, "Am I missing anything?" Open your eyes at the end and the preponderance of sound editors, mixers, sweeteners, etc. looks like real overkill. but, then, i looked into the list tonight after re-visioning a text of mine on sound in film. (cyberspace as a virtual watercooler!) ps as to variant scripts in the welles collection, i don't think there's even one for don quixote -- anywhere! -- ever!! cheers! ======---------------------------------------------====== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Internet Scouting | Gary Gach | 1243 Broadway #4 | San Francisco CA 94109 USA < [log in to unmask] > | (415) 771 7793 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ======----------------------------------------------======