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{{quote|''Ladies and gentleman, by way of introduction, this is a film about trickery, fraud, about lies. Tell it by the fireside or in a marketplace or in a movie, almost any story is almost certainly some kind of lie. But not this time. This is a promise. For the next hour, everything you hear from us is really true and based on solid fact.''|'''[[Orson Welles]]''' <ref> By the way, [[Brick Joke|you may want to take note of how long the film is...]]</ref>}}

 

The fast-paced editing techniques used by Welles in the film have been credited with influencing, among other things, the "MTV" style that premiered in the 1980s.

 

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* [[Bavarian Fire Drill]]: At one point, Welles reflects on how, in his first professional role, he walked into a theater in Dublin (where he'd simply happened to end up having run out of money while touring Europe), claimed to be a famous American stage star, and demanded a role in their latest production. And got it.