Thomson on Kane

[Jeff Wilson]

As part of a series detailing his Top 10 films (prior to the announcement of the Sight and Sound poll this year), David Thomson has been writing brief articles about each film he selected. Here's his Kane piece:

Thomson on Kane

[Harvey Chartrand]

I usually enjoy David Thomson's writing. I thought 'Rosebud' was fine. An easy read that I zipped through in one sitting. I still remember Thomson's catty line about Welles in 'Is Paris Burning?', hiding French Resistance fighters in his expansive lounge suit.
But this appraisal of 'Citizen Kane' is the wooliest piece of crap that Thomson ever wrote.

[LA]

Thanks for that link, Jeff.

Well, if he's nothing else, Thomson is at least consistent in his opinions. The last sentence of that article reads like self-parody though. Could it be he's getting tired of repeating himself?

I'd be interested to read anything he might write about Howard Hawks, as he seems to think a lot more of him than he does of Welles. Has he written anything about Howard Hawks, apart from that rather substanceless article about His Girl Friday?