| Description |
liv, 228 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Conversations with filmmakers series
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Conversations with filmmakers series.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
"The Shadow" talks / Richard O'Brien -- The War of the worlds press conference : FCC to scan script of War broadcast / New York Times -- How to raise a child : the education of Orson Welles, who didn't need it / Alva Johnston and Fred Smith -- Dedicated wunderkind / John McCarten -- Welles hits old stride again / Thomas F. Brady -- Interview with Welles / Francis Koval -- Interview with Orson Welles (I) / André Bazin and Charles Bitsch -- Interview with Orson Welles (II) / André Bazin, Charles Bitsch, and Jean Domarchi -- The BBC Monitor interview / Huw Wheldon -- A trip to Don Quixoteland : conversations with Orson Welles / Juan Cobos, Miguel Rubio, and J.A. Pruneda -- Playboy interview : Orson Welles / Kenneth Tynan -- Orson Welles : Shakespeare, Welles, and moles / Richard Marienstras -- Five days in the life of Commander Welles / Michel Boujut -- Interview from The Orson Welles story / Leslie Megahey -- Remembering Orson Welles / Gore Vidal. |
| Bibliography |
Filmography: pages xxxvii-liv. |
| Summary |
This book of conversations reveals the majestic mind and talent of Orson Welles in an exceptional array of interviews, profiles, and press conferences tracing the half century that Welles (1915-1985) was in the public eye. Originally published or broadcast between 1938 and 1989 in worldwide locations, these pieces confirm that Welles's career was multidimensional and thoroughly interwoven with Welles's persona. Welles deflates the notion of the film director's omnipotence, insisting that. |
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It is only in the editing studio that he possesses "absolute control." With scholarly erudition, Welles revels in the plays of Shakespeare and discusses their adaptation to stage and screen. He assesses rival directors and eminent actors, offers penetrating analyses of Citizen Kane, Touch of Evil, Chimes at Midnight, and The Third Man, and declares that he never made a film that lacked an ethical point-of-view. Book jacket. |
| Subject |
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 -- Interviews.
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Welles, Orson, 1915-1985. |
| Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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| Subject |
Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Interviews.
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Motion picture producers and directors. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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| Added Author |
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
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Estrin, Mark W.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Welles, Orson, 1915-1985. Orson Welles. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2002 (OCoLC)606796570 |
| ISBN |
1578062098 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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157806208X (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9781578062089 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9781578062096 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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