UM creating annotated Heart of Darkness

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UM creating annotated Heart of Darkness

Postby Wellesnet » Thu Nov 02, 2017 5:33 pm

University of Michigan creating annotated digital version of Welles's ‘Heart of Darkness’ screenplay:
http://www.wellesnet.com/university-mic ... -darkness/

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Re: UM creating annotated Heart of Darkness

Postby Wellesnet » Mon Apr 09, 2018 1:57 pm

Nice write up on the unfinished Heart of Darkness project at PleaseKillMe.com:
https://pleasekillme.com/category/latest-pkm-content/

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Re: UM creating annotated Heart of Darkness

Postby nickleschichoney » Mon Apr 09, 2018 5:03 pm

Nice article, but...

some of Heart of Darkness splashed over into Citizen Kane. Both films were told through the eyes of narrators trying to solve a mystery—Marlow in Heart of Darkness, who is never actually seen on screen in Welles’ version, and Jedediah Leland, a reporter tracking down clues about Kane.
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Re: UM creating annotated Heart of Darkness

Postby Roger Ryan » Tue Apr 10, 2018 7:46 am

Yeah, I submitted a comment yesterday complimenting them on the assessment of Heart of Darkness, but noting that "Jerry Thompson" was the name of the reporter. They have now made a correction.


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