May 1, 1941 –
A young filmmaker, obsessed with his debut project, reportedly drank over 30 cups of coffee a day, pushing himself into caffeine poisoning. Switching to tea in hopes the brewing time would slow him down, he undermined the plan by having an assistant make it—so efficiently that he drank so much his skin reportedly 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.
The Haus of Dcaligari 