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# Orson Welles: Preparing for “Citizen Kane”
- URL: https://www.boscutti.com/orson-welles-prepares-for-citizen-kane/
- Published: 2011-09-13T14:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-07-01T10:25:56.000Z
- Author: Stefano Boscutti
- Tags: Journal

How does Orson Welles prepare to make “Citizen Kane?”

He watches John Ford’s “Stagecoach” forty times. He keeps in mind how the film makes John Wayne.

He also borrows Ford’s cinematographer Gregg Toland.