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On the mark. One of the things I like about the beginning of the projection room sequence is that when the sound dies out from the newsreel, it sounds like somebody's giving a raspberry to the film we've just seen. This was actually the first thing that was shot for the film. And it was done because they, you know, the studio was reluctant to give Welles a go ahead, even though he had this freedom. So he claimed that this was, he just needed to do a test.
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He takes the studio's side against Ophuls in one or two cases during the production of Letter from an Unknown Woman. So he is an intelligent producer, a skilled producer, a good manager, but he plays by the Hollywood rules. Right, which is the reason why he didn't like Ophuls.
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