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1942 |
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DRAMA
REMAKE
PANNED
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88 |
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A proud family suffers several blows to its reputation.
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Reviewed by Chris Tookey
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| Welles’s drama exposing snobbery and selfishness in small-town America was generally, though not universally, panned on release, since when it has come to be considered a masterpiece. (A Sight & Sound poll of 1972 voted The Magnificent Ambersons into eighth position in its list of Best Films of All Time.) Welles's evocation of a gas-lit era is superb, as is the performance of Agnes Moorehead and Stanley Cortez's Oscar-nominated cinematography. But I find myself unmoved by it, and can’t help wondering why Welles lavished such care upon remaking such a dull, small-scale story (it had previously been filmed in 1925, under the title Pampered Youth ). The ending is notably weak, having been tacked on by the studio while Welles was away in South America. |
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(pictured left), Dolores Costello 
