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Originally Posted by KSig RC
You're unnecessarily conflating terms here - his assertion wasn't that Welles got rich from Citizen Kane, it's that it was the height of his creative processes and the best example of risk-taking behavior. The fact he got dicked over actually doesn't hurt this assertion. Remember, he doesn't say risk-taking ends - but rather that it is most prevalent in your 20's and fades a bit after.
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My point is that CK wasn't necessarily the height of his creative processes or risk-taking - several of his films were taken from his control by the studio and extensively cut. The original negatives - not prints - so we can't definitively say CK is the greatest, "riskiest" movie he ever made as his other films weren't seen the way he made them. IAT touched on a lot of racial taboos which is why much of the footage was destroyed.
I know I'm geeking out on this one, but Orson is my man
And as far as the Paul McCartney reference - I don't think you can compare work done with a group to work done solo. Not only that, "hit song" doesn't always equal "good song."