its fine, welles still gets great performances out of everyone but the characters feel underdeveloped.
it feels like there isn't a singular idea.
a lesser noir thriller of welles but its not bad.watch my films
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Mr. Arkadin
Discovering the past can be murder...
Rating
3.0 (1)
Release Date
8/9/1955Runtime
107 minsOverview
Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, and convict Guy Van Stratten is happy to take the job of exploring his new acquaintance's life story. Guy's research turns up stunning details about his employer's past, and as his work seems linked to untimely deaths, the mystery surrounding Mr. Arkadin deepens.
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A baroque puzzle box of a noir where chasing someone else's past becomes dangerously personal, stylish, labyrinthine, and suffused with the sense that uncovering the truth may be the most dangerous act of all.
Mood
ParanoidDread-soakedUnsettlingWistful
Themes
ObsessionMemoryCorruptionIdentity
Tone
Bleak
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
Black and whiteFormalist
Structure
Framed flashback
Heads up
Graphic violence
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