Citizen Kane - Part I

Send us Fan MailGenius. There, I’ve said it, as so many have. Orson Welles was regarded as a genius, from his youth, a genius in the ability to weave the magic of artistic vision and technique into stories that were beautiful, gripping, and moving. I’m going to do a pod on Welles alone, so deep does he run through the history of cinema, as well as how evocative he is for me. For now, forgive me for only setting the stage for Welles and Kane. Welles was a wunderkind in his early years, purportedly speaking in complete sentences at age two, reading Shakespeare at 5, authoring popular booklets on the Bard while at the Todd School, then travelling Europe at 16 and faking his way into adult acting roles at Dublin’s Gate Theater. His beautiful baritone voice, perfectly modulated, helped ease the way for him.  Website and blog: www.thosewonderfulpeople.comBluesky: @wonderfulpeople.bsky.social