CITIZEN POU Author: Richard France . Version / Director: Esteve Riambau. Starring: Jose Maria Pou, Jaume Ulled. Fine Arts Theatre. Madrid.
Minute one: the viewer is uncomfortable in his chair: "Horror! Thinks, José María Pou Engola to mimic the voice of Orson Wells beery tone ... If I know, I come. "
Minute thirty: the viewer has forgotten José María Pou. Is faced with Orson Wells, revived, enjoys his genius and character, with his anecdotes and captivating personality. José María Pou and probably has managed to imitate the voice in this case was a wise choice-be Orson Wells, the great actor and director, in every sense, the great speaker who terrorized the U.S. with "War of the Worlds' The rookie did enrage the tycoon William Randolph Hearst with a masterpiece like "Citizen Kane", the cynical Harry Lime's seductive "The Third Man", the magician counselor, the citizen involvement that ended his career in radio to defend a black man in segregated America, the husband of Rita Hayworth, the insatiable gourmet ...
face and figure, if the trip is full and fun, sit back and enjoy it. And this work of Richard France, skillfully versioned and managed by a man of cinema as Riambau Esteve, is a successful tribute in a few strokes narrated in first person by the master of its demise: Wells recorded for radio ads while waiting for Spielberg Doom and finance your project unfinished "Don Quixote."
The curtain falls, Pou sweats. It was another man, a great man, for an hour and a half. What more can you ask an actor?
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