To say that this is a jumbled mess of a film isn't to discredit the people who reconstructed the film from the remnants of footage left by Welles himself. After seeing the doc (They'll Love Me When I'm Dead) which details Welles' efforts to complete this film, it's clear that the finished product would be a bit of a mishmash anyway, and a pretentious one at that. Personally, I think the film would have bombed back in the 70's, so the fact that it wasn't finished until now isn't a big deal. Still, it is a fascinating, if not exactly enjoyable, watch. The actors try to make valiant sense of Welles' jumbled ideas, and commit themselves admirably. Should you have seen the doc (and you should before watching this), you will see the confusion from the actors, wondering what on earth Welles was trying to conceive. They trusted him, of course, as they recognised his talents. But for a man of big ideas, as well as stature, this was always destined to fail - a real oddity!