May 1, 1941 –
The young filmmaker of this film was so obsessed with his project that his habit of consuming more than 30 cups of coffee each day led him to succumb to caffeine poisoning. He switched to tea, believing that the time it took to make each cup would slow him down, but having an assistant make it for him meant that he drank so much his skin changed color.
The once universally praised movie seems to have lost a little bit of it’s glow, bizarrely slipping one notch below Pattington 2 on the Rotten Tomatoes rating scale – down from a 100% score to a mere 99%.
Orson Welles’ innovative film, Citizen Kane, a film about a man’s unnatural love for his sled, opened in New York City, 80 years ago on this date.
Film making was never the same.
Demand Euphoria!
The Haus of Dcaligari 