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Closed Caption; Audio commentary by scholars Jonathan Rosenbaum & James Naremore; Interview with Orson Welles biographer Simon Callow and star Robert Arden; Interview with director Peter Bogdanovich; Interview with film archivists Stephan Droessler & Claude Bertennes; Three half-hour episodes of the radio program "The Lives of Harry Lime"; Outtakes, rushes, and alternate scenes from the film; Extensive stills gallery
Full Product DetailsDisc #1 -- The Complete Mr. Arkadin: The Corinth Version
1. Prologue/Opening Credits [3:11]
2. Jakob Zouk [2:06]
3. The Harbor at Naples [5:22]
4. Juan-les-Pins [4:34]
5. Hitching to Spain [1:58]
6. "Crazy Klu Kluxers" [2:50]
7. Spies Everywhere [1:24]
8. "Do You Know Goya?" [6:36]
9. "The Scorpion and the Frog" [1:34]
10. "The Great Secret of My Life" [6:22]
11. Impossible to Trace [1:26]
12. Mily's Cruise [3:22]
13. Copenhagen Flea Circus [2:57]
14. Tangiers to Amsterdam [5:47]
15. The Baroness [4:28]
16. A Paris Hotel Room [3:18]
17. Oskar [2:34]
18. Sophie [6:59]
19. Neptune in Mexico [3:17]
20. "No Memory at All" [1:35]
21. "Christmas Merry!" [1:28]
22. Arkadin's Christmas Party [4:42]
23. Zouk's Pants [6:15]
24. Goose Liver [2:25]
25. A Dangerous Man [4:51]
26. "I Must Be on That Plane!" [2:18]
27. "The Real Truth" [6:08]
1. The Origins of Mr. Arkadin [3:11]
2. Robert Arden/Multiple Genres [2:06]
3. Welles's Style/The Grotesque [5:22]
4. Ugly Americans [4:34]
5. Paranoia and the Cold War [1:58]
6. The Modern and the Medieval [2:50]
7. Premodern Street Life [1:24]
8. Goya and the Grotesque [6:36]
9. The Confidential Report Dream [1:34]
10. Arkadin's Subtexts [6:22]
11. The "Around the World" Motif [1:26]
12. Visual Disorientation [3:22]
13. Welles's Postsync Dubbing [2:57]
14. Perversity [5:47]
15. Countryless Artistocrats [4:28]
16. Billie Whitelaw [3:18]
17. Welles Sued by His Producer [2:34]
18. Nostalgia [6:59]
19. Portrait of a European Tycoon [3:17]
20. The Novel [1:35]
21. The Novel, Continued [1:28]
22. Welles's Party Set Pieces [4:42]
23. Akim Tamiroff [6:15]
24. Welles and Old Age [2:25]
25. Power [4:51]
26. Welles's Late Career [2:18]
27. Welles and Closure [6:08]
1. "Man of Mystery," Aired April 11, 1952 [28:31]
2. "Murder on the Riviera," Aired May 23, 1952 [28:03]
3. "Blackmail Is a Nasty Word," Aired June 13, 1952 [29:04]
Disc #2 -- The Complete Mr. Arkadin: Confidential Report
1. Prologue/Opening Credits [3:04]
2. Jakob Zouk [2:15]
3. The Harbor at Naples [4:23]
4. Juan-les-Pins [4:54]
5. Hitching to Spain [2:04]
6. "Crazy Klu Kluxers" [2:53]
7. Spies Everywhere [1:49]
8. "Do You Know Goya?" [5:30]
9. Dream of a Graveyard [2:19]
10. "The Scorpion and the Frog" [1:31]
11. "The Great Secret of My Life" [5:49]
12. Guy's First Lead [1:20]
13. Copenhagen Flea Circus [2:39]
14. Tangiers to Amsterdam [5:51]
15. Mily's Cruise [3:18]
16. The Baroness [4:29]
17. A Paris Hotel Room [3:17]
18. Oskar [1:26]
19. Sophie [6:56]
20. Neptune in Mexico [3:19]
21. "No Memory at All" [:42]
22. "Christmas Merry!" [1:29]
23. Arkadin's Christmas Party [4:44]
24. Zouk's Pants [6:06]
25. Goose Liver [2:15]
26. A Dangerous Man [4:53]
27. "I Must Be on That Plane!" [2:17]
28. "The Real Truth" [6:07]
Disc #3 -- The Complete Mr. Arkadin: The Comprehensive Version
1. Prologue [2:28]
2. Jakob Zouk [2:04]
3. The Harbor at Naples [5:21]
4. Juan-les-Pins [6:04]
5. Hitching to Spain [2:08]
6. "Crazy Klu Kluxers" [2:51]
7. Spies Everywhere [1:48]
8. "Do You Know Goya?" [5:39]
9. Dream of a Graveyard [2:18]
10. "The Scorpion and the Frog" [1:33]
11. "The Great Secret of My Life" [6:45]
12. Impossible to Trace [1:24]
13. Mily's Cruise [3:26]
14. Copenhagen Flea Circus [2:54]
15. Tangiers to Amsterdam [6:15]
16. The Baroness [4:29]
17. A Paris Hotel Room [3:19]
18. Oskar [2:34]
19. Neptune in Mexico [3:14]
20. Sophie [6:55]
21. "No Memory at All" [1:34]
22. "Christmas Merry!" [1:27]
23. Arkadin's Christmas Party [4:43]
24. Zouk's Pants [6:14]
25. Goose Liver [2:25]
26. A Dangerous Man [4:51]
27. "I Must Be on That Plane!" [2:18]
28. "The Real Truth" [9:05]
A favorite of film aficionados, Orson Welles’s 1955 Mr. Arkadin (a.k.a. Confidential Report), is one of the master’s most fascinating and puzzling films. Due to budget restraints, common in all of Welles’s European productions, Mr. Arkardin relies on the director’s visual ingenuity to cover obvious narrative and technical flaws. (Post-production meddling by the film’s producer resulted in further structural problems.) Arkardin has obvious thematic ties to Citizen Kane but is glaringly more stylized in execution and far less restrained in the performances of its principal actors. Welles plays Gregory Arkadin, a shadowy arch-capitalist who lives in a Spanish castle with his overprotected daughter (Paola Mori, at that time Welles’s wife). An amnesiac, Arkadin hires small-time American smuggler Guy van Stratten (Robert Arden) to investigate his past -- and to eliminate threats from the nefarious associates of his salad days. If the complexities of the plot never fully grip your attention, Welles’s directorial touch keeps the film consistently intriguing. Available in two titles and several differently edited versions, Mr. Arkadin never achieved much popular success, although its ultimate restoration remained a long-cherished dream of Welles partisans. The Criterion Collection finally assembles for the first time the film’s many faces -- from the story’s beginnings in radio to the novel published under Welles’s name to an all-new “comprehensive version” of the film. Ed Hulse, Barnes & Noble
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