Emanuel Levy on War of the Worlds
Orson Welles was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, a suburb of neighboring metropolis Racine, Wisconsin (where I was born). After I saw CITIZEN KANE for the first time, this information was more than enough for me to develop an affinity for his work. I was pleased to discover several terrific articles on Welles at Everything You Need to Know about the 1953 War of the Worlds. It turns out that film was only 85 minutes long, was made for $2 million (a pittance nowadays but quite a sum in '53) and portions were filmed in Florence, Arizona!
Levy also takes a look at director Steven Spielberg and compares one of his early "alien films" with his most current. Spielberg: War of the Worlds and Close Encounters The image above is from the film which stars Tom Cruise and the fabulous Dakota Fanning!
Finally, just for silliness, a link to a silly movie clip called Cruise Kills Oprah!
