Roger Ryan's Magnificent Ambersons reconstruction

[mteal]

Just thought I'd mention that the Ambersons Youtube program done by the students at Macalester College is in three parts. All three parts are worth watching:

Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H3Va84XDq4

Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMUL2CdS ... creen&NR=1

Part 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVzKgGQe ... re=related

I especially like this exchange with Bernard Hermann:

Interviewer: Mr. Hermann, could you comment on The Magnificent Amberson?

Hermann: No, do you see my name on that film?

Interviewer: Did you not write the score?

Hermann: I wrote a score for a movie called The Magnificent Ambersons, but that movie was never released.

[A Sled in Flames]

Those students did a nice job. It was interesting to see actors performing those famous excised scenes. I think I'm happier with Roger Ryan's reconstruction though, the vintage images of the original actors gives some more authenticity.