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...Arkadin” intertwines narrative aspects of “Citizen Kane” and “The Third Man” to probe Cold War institutional corruption. A dying man gives a petty criminal named Van Stratten (Robert Arden) two names—Gregory Arkadin and Sophie—which he tries to use to blackmail Arkadin (played by writer/director Orson Welles), one of the world’s richest and sketchiest men. The other name, it is later revealed, is that of Arkadin’s collaborator from his former days as an international criminal...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Classic Movie: Mr. Arkadin | 5/4/2006 | See Source »

...COMPLETE MR. ARKADIN ORSON WELLES...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 5 of Our Favorite Picks | 4/16/2006 | See Source »

...Will you letme tell it in my own way?" begs the tough-guy narrator (Robert Arden) of this 1955 crime drama. Alas, neither he nor Welles--the film's star, writer and director--got his wish. Arkadin was taken from Welles, its convoluted form ironed out and the result renamed Confidential Report. At least seven versions of the film exist, none to his specifications. This superb Criterion DVD pack offers three variations, including a new "complete" assembly. In any form, it's a rococo mix of Citizen Kane and The Third Man: a study of a rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 5 of Our Favorite Picks | 4/16/2006 | See Source »

...Arkadin--Brattle Theatre...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT IS TO BE DONE? | 4/30/1987 | See Source »

...Arkadin at 4 and 7:35 and The Killers (from...

Author: By Peter Kaplan and Jonathan Zeitlin, S | Title: Film | 4/22/1976 | See Source »

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