A quintessential archetype of the irreconcilable chasm between studio system’s groupthink and individual’s directorial reign in Hollywood, butchered, reshot, and then cobbled together by RKO studio, THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, the sophomore feature film of Orson Welles, runs about a concise 88 minutes (almost an hour shorter than Welles’ original version, which is allegedly lost forever), bemoans a tampered chef d’oeuvre that should’ve matched the achievement of CITIZE

http://ambersons.com/FAQs.htm
What is The Magnificent Ambersons about?
The Magnificent Ambersons is about the proud and celebrated Amberson family. The story shows how the family refuses to change with the times, and the subsequent deterioration of the Amberson name as a result.

如果说对奥森·威尔斯的景深摄影和段落镜头的褒扬已经成了一种cliché,那么我们或许应该谈谈他的伟大创举如是如何在这部影片中沉沦的（不去讨论所谓的完整版究竟如何）；以及从中我们还可以得到些什么。
于我而言，最为精彩的是影片的开头。旁白徐徐引入，从“那个时候”起笔，谈着马车、服饰：
“因为我们在路上花的时间愈少，节省下的时间就愈多。但是在那些日子里，时间有的是……”
这是一个文学时刻，它会让你想起普鲁斯特，想起曹雪芹，会让你产生一种眷恋的幻觉

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为纪念影片问世八十周年，导演剪辑版有机会被找回并进行公映，如果有机会，非常希望能一睹全貌。古典乐与民谣不同，后者回应了现实，但前者是超脱的，它脱离此时间，脱离此空间，或其他条件，不能被具体地概括，厚重感又有别于通俗音乐；哪怕这个作品问世在制片公司干涉后，我仍认为它是完美的，只不过它努力的方向与这些美国类型片相反，是《去年在马里昂巴德》那样的作品，而脉络还要更清晰。我也不知道该如何描述这部影片，要么过于细碎，显得我抓不住重彩之处，要么过于宏大，显得我看不出重彩之处

The Magnificent Ambersons
http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/803-the-magnificent-ambersons
If events had turned out differently, The Magnificent Ambersons, Orson Welles’ second film, might well be widely regarded as “the greatest film of all time” rather than Citizen Kane. But in Welles’ absence, RKO Studios recut the original version of the film mercilessly—Welles said it looked like it had been “edited with a lawn mower”—reducing its running time from 131 to the present 88 minutes. Nevertheless, what survives is still one of the most strikingly beautiful and technically innovative films ever to come out of Hollywood. It also tells a good story—about the decline of a once powerful and wealthy turn-of-the-century Midwestern family—with a conviction and maturity that are rare for the old Hollywood system.

《安倍逊大族》电影剧本
文/〔美国〕奥逊·威尔斯
译/闻谷
叙事人：安倍逊家族于1873年开始发迹。他们所在的中部地区小镇日渐扩大，发展成房舍林立的城市，在这些年里，他们始终声名显赫，目击了这一切……
在那些日子里，城里凡是穿绸着缎的女人都互相认识……
……凡是有得起车马的人家也都互相摸底。
那时唯一的公共交通工具是街车。……一位夫人在楼窗里对它打个惚哨，它就马上停住，等她关上窗户，穿戴齐整，姗姗下楼，找到阳伞，对女仆吩咐好下一顿的菜单后出门登车。
如今这对我们来说是太慢了

人物鲜明！the magnificent Amberson伟大的安巴逊1942
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