Fields wanted to show us he could be more pretentious than anyone and he succeeded. And what does a pretentious filmmaker do? They make their own version of Citizen Kane. Except he made it without the first third of the film which builds in the deeper understanding of the character. You don’t like Kane by the end but you understand him… Fields remade the final 2/3’s of the film at double the length. For you young people that find Kane ‘boring’ (oy) be prepared for a slog. It is a very long film for admittedly a great final scene. This could be re-edited to become the best short (15min) of 2023 hands down. And K.B. performance is amazing — just for a pointless endeavor.
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