Can someone explain the context behind this image (Orson Welles standing on newspapers)?
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I remember seeing this image associated with Citizen Kane, but I don’t remember any scene in Citizen Kane that shows this. Am I just not remembering or something?
Citizen Kane is based on William Randolph Hearst, a newspaper publisher
Rosebud
The character Welles plays in the movie is a newspaper publisher and newspaper publishing is the context for much of the movie. The image does not sum up the movie but presents one aspect of it well and succinctly.
I can’t check but I think it was in a collage scene
The master of all he surveys.
I almost confused this for “[Time Enough at Last](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Enough_at_Last)” (Twilight Zone, 1959)
Most likely a publicity picture for Citizen Kane.
he went crazy for nfts. bought way too many.
Did anyone actually die from the War of the Worlds broadcast?
He was still potty training
From citizen Kane I believe he was a newspaper magnate
Is this a real post? Jesus Christ why am I even following this stupid sub.
I had that screencap! Its from “Citizen Kane”, when the character said he championed a fair newspaper for the masses, iirc…
It’s a still from *Citizen Kane*.
This is where he buys the cane from Citizen Kane, he’s staring at a cane store off-screen.
They do publicity styles all the time, or did.
Orson Welles is standing on a collection of newspapers that falsely reported his War of the Worlds broadcast as real. He is clearly mocking their gullibility. Behind him is one of many wagons owned and operated by the express mail delivery and banking company he founded with fellow actor, Silus Fargo.
He just likes the camera
In this scene, Citizen Kane awaits the arrival of the world’s biggest hamster.
Fun Orson Welles Fact: his last movie was the 1986 animated “[Transformers: The Movie](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092106/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)” in which he was the voice of the planet-eating [Unicron](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj3Prz0oxnw).
Oy. Watch the movie.
Voracious reader of the printed word, that Orson. Also a bit of a hoarder. Maybe he had dogs.