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Review of by Stephanie Zacharek for Village Voice — 09 Dec 2014

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Sturdy and rudimentary, Magician may be Welles 101, but it's dotted liberally with TV and radio clips of the famously loquacious auteur talking, talking, and doing more talking — and how could anybody with ears and a brain resist that buttery voice, spinning out clause-laden sentences that take more twists and turns than the streets of Venice but always end, somehow, in a place that's ravishingly articulate?

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This review of Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) was written by and published by Village Voice on 09 Dec 2014.

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles has generally received positive reviews.

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