Assumptions. Every educated person has heard of Orson Welles, and of the time when his Mercury Theatre broadcast of The War of the Worlds caused massed panic across America. It's just one of those things everyone knows, right?

Second assumption. Despite having heard of it, you've never actually heard it. Now you can, there's a complete archive ( Read more... )

Right, yesterday I posted that top 100 films of the first 100 years of filmaking meme. It appears that many of you have yet to see the film at #1. It was bad enough that grrliz hadn't seen it, she posts more about films than she does about Harry Potter and web design, but you lot? You're supposed to be cultured people damnit!

Look, here's the deal. ( Read more... )