Cat Fight

Bogdanovich works out his demons on Citizen Hearst

Comments (0) By Bill Gallo Thursday, Apr 25 2002
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Citizens caned: Real-life liars, lechers and dilettantes from the 1920s -- including W.R. Hearst's "protégée" Marion Davies (Kirsten Dunst) and Charlie Chaplin (Eddie Izzard) -- get a good spanking in The Cat's Meow.
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Citizens caned: Real-life liars, lechers and dilettantes from the 1920s -- including W.R. Hearst's "protégée" Marion Davies (Kirsten Dunst) and Charlie Chaplin (Eddie Izzard) -- get a good spanking in The Cat's Meow.

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As for Bogdanovich's boyhood inspiration and early career mentor, Orson Welles, the tragic story of how the "evil wizard" reduced that boy wonder's career to a shambles in the years after Citizen Kane is one that Bogdanovich can relate in minute detail. The irony of Bogdanovich taking his own shot at William Randolph Hearst in 2002 is almost too rich to digest. Little wonder that this entertaining but ineffably sad rehash of old Hollywood excesses and the ancient corruptions of power ends with the ancient pop tune "After You've Gone" warbling away on the track. It sounds less like vengeance than sorrow.

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