Orson knew that he had plenty of serious preparation to do for his goodwill lecture tour (including studying elementary Portuguese for his stay in Rio), so he dispatched Miriam Geiger to gather background information on the South ...
At the same time, the book gives full weight to the almost bewildering range of his activities beyond Hollywood.
Traces the life and career of the legendary director, discussing the making of "Citizen Kane," his contributions to such films as "The Magnificent Ambersons" and "The Lady from Shanghai," and his efforts in radio comedy, spectacular theater ...
In One-Man Band, the third volume in his epic survey of Orson Welles' life and work, Simon Callow again probes in comprehensive and penetrating detail into one of the most complex artists of the twentieth century, looking closely at the ...
Traces the life and career of the legendary director, discussing the making of "Citizen Kane," his contributions to such films as "The Magnificent Ambersons" and "The Lady from Shanghai," and his efforts in radio comedy, spectacular theater ...
Tras cada episodio de su vida contada parece oírse la voz de Orson Welles , comentándola, reinvetándola, casi reescribiéndola con Barbara Leaming quien sabe registrarlo todo con habilidad para nuestro mayor deleite.
In One-Man Band, the third volume in his epic survey of Orson Welles life and work, Simon Callow again probes in comprehensive and penetrating detail into one of the most complex artists of the twentieth century, looking closely at the ...
If anyone can properly be called larger than life, it is Orson Welles. His career was spectacular--publicity-ridden, brilliantly inventive, and controversial. From first to last, Orson Welles was a star....
The first volume of Simon Callow's magisterial biography of Orson Welles was praised as a "splendidly entertaining, definitive work" by "Entertainment Weekly." Now, this eagerly anticipated second volume examines the...
In The Magic World of Orson Welles James Naremore remarks that the great variety among the types of people and occupations on display in this shot contributes to our impression of diversity (Naremore, p.¡57). Music originating from the ...
Orson Welles
This book brings together an exceptional array of interviews, profiles, and press conferences tracing the half century that Orson Welles (1915- 1985) was in the public eye.
Orson Welles (1915-1985) fue el niño prodigio que electrizó a Broadway a los 21 años de edad, que aterrorizó a Norteamérica con su emisión radiofónica de La guerra de los...
Orson Welles: The Rise and Fall of an American Genius
A brilliant biography of the young Orson Welles, from his prodigious childhood and youth, his triumphs with the Mercury Theatre, to the making of Citizen Kane. Vivid, vastly entertaining, this is the definitive Welles biography.
"...[A] beautifully researched, valuable study of one of America's most influential and mysterious artists. ...[What] makes this book remarkable is Welle's own contribution.
Orson Welles
Dos grandes interpretaciones suelen manejarse para explicar la peculiar carrera cinematográfica de Orson Welles (1915-1985): una, la que lo presenta como un artista incomprendido y genial, víctima propiciatoria de un sistema incapaz de ...
Orson Welles was many things - actor, radio personality, director, writer and producer.
French critic André Bazin was 28 when Orson Welles's Citizen Kane opened in Paris. Four years later he wrote his first book with Welles as its subject; it would quickly...