Me and Orson Welles Review: The New Yorker, David Denby

Nov 23, 2009 00:44

The lips are wrong. Well, at any rate, they’re different: thin and pursed rather than fleshy and cherubic. But Christian McKay, the thirty-six-year-old British actor who plays the young Orson Welles in “Me and Orson Welles,” has the necessary stature and the vaunting authority for the job. McKay has an easy way with a cigar, too, and a small, sly ( Read more... )

reviews: maow, me and orson welles, illustrations

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ehs_wildcats November 23 2009, 05:58:46 UTC
especially since i think they could have used this shot:



it's a great shot... why bother going to all that trouble.

eta: lol type fail.

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glamour_addict November 23 2009, 06:03:36 UTC
I know! and that photo sells 'sex' ...and let's face it, at the end of the day that's all they care about.

I feel MAOW is too good a property to not have either a hand painted 30's style poster OR a gutsy single still that illustrates the story (Like Richard and Orson on stage during the lullaby.

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ehs_wildcats November 23 2009, 06:07:06 UTC
ia with all parts of this. it is so disappointing given the possibilities.

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glamour_addict November 23 2009, 06:09:33 UTC
we better get that photo at least med-res someday.

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ehs_wildcats November 23 2009, 06:11:39 UTC
we can only hope.

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