UM creating annotated Heart of Darkness

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UM creating annotated Heart of Darkness

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University of Michigan creating annotated digital version of Welles's ‘Heart of Darkness’ screenplay:
http://www.wellesnet.com/university-mic ... -darkness/
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Nice write up on the unfinished Heart of Darkness project at PleaseKillMe.com:
https://pleasekillme.com/category/latest-pkm-content/
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Nice article, but...
some of Heart of Darkness splashed over into Citizen Kane. Both films were told through the eyes of narrators trying to solve a mystery—Marlow in Heart of Darkness, who is never actually seen on screen in Welles’ version, and Jedediah Leland, a reporter tracking down clues about Kane.
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Yeah, I submitted a comment yesterday complimenting them on the assessment of Heart of Darkness, but noting that "Jerry Thompson" was the name of the reporter. They have now made a correction.
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