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Peter Newman

Rosebud

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The Diametrically Opposed Man

25 November - 18 December 2005















Orson Welles’ first feature film - which he directed, produced, and co-wrote, as well as playing the title role - proved to be his most important and influential work, a ground-breaking drama loosely based on the life of William Randolph Hearst which is frequently cited as the finest American film ever made. In contrast, ‘Rosebud’ is a piece of charged abstraction, stripped bare of all resemblance to the narrative cinema typified by Welles’ work. Nearby is ‘The Diametrically Opposed Man’ (played by Aidan Roberts), which, like Rosebud, attempts to stagger binary contradictions through resonating discrete elements in temporal proximity, ultimately inviting us to reconsider our experience of time, affect and intentionality.
 


Thanks: Aidan Roberts, Kronos Quartet
Peter Newman