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What Ever Happened to Orson Welles?: A Portrait of an Independent Career
Joseph McBride
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Hardcover. At twenty-five, Orson Welles (1915-1985) directed, co-wrote, and starred in "Citizen Kane", widely considered the best film ever made. But Welles was such a revolutionary filmmaker that he found himself at odds with the Hollywood studio system. This book reassesses Welles' final period in the context of his entire life and work. Num Pages: 364 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 703.
At twenty-five, Orson Welles (1915-1985) directed, co-wrote, and starred in ""Citizen Kane"", widely considered the best film ever made. But Welles was such a revolutionary filmmaker that he found himself at odds with the Hollywood studio system. His work was so far ahead of its time that he never regained the wide popular following he had once enjoyed as a young actor-director on the radio. Frustrated by Hollywood and having fallen victim to the postwar blacklist, Welles departed for a long period of self-exile in Europe. But he kept making films, functioning with the creative freedom of an independent filmmaker ... Read more
At twenty-five, Orson Welles (1915-1985) directed, co-wrote, and starred in ""Citizen Kane"", widely considered the best film ever made. But Welles was such a revolutionary filmmaker that he found himself at odds with the Hollywood studio system. His work was so far ahead of its time that he never regained the wide popular following he had once enjoyed as a young actor-director on the radio. Frustrated by Hollywood and having fallen victim to the postwar blacklist, Welles departed for a long period of self-exile in Europe. But he kept making films, functioning with the creative freedom of an independent filmmaker ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813124100
SKU
V9780813124100
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About Joseph McBride
Joseph McBride is an internationally known film critic and historian. His fifteen books include biographies of Steven Spielberg, John Ford, and Frank Capra and two previous studies of Orson Welles. He lives in Berkeley, California.
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