Vanity Fair article, 2002 on Welles/1942

[Tony]

I seem to remember there being a lengthy article in Vanity Fair early last year about Welles, Ambersons and Brazil; is my memory correct?

[ChristopherBanks]

Yes, in the January 2002 edition. Tom Cruise was on the cover, discussing another act of movie butchery, namely his remake "Vanilla Sky".

The article goes over the old Ambersons tragitale, but adds some disturbing new anecdotes (well, new to me anyway) about the Iscariot-esque activities of some of Welles' so called friends and business partners (memos from Brazil getting binned without being read, phones calls from Brazil deliberately left unanswered), and the tantalising possibility that somewhere in Brazil there just *may* be a work print of Welles' original version.

Well worth reading if you can get hold of a copy.