Orson Welles : One-man band /
Callow, Simon, 1949-
Orson Welles : One-man band / Simon Callow. - London : Vintage Books, 2016. - xix, 466 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Originally published: Jonathan Cape. 2015
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes filmography.
The book begins with Welles' self-exile from America, and his realization that he could only function happily as an independent film-maker, a one-man band; by 1964, he had filmed Othello, which took three years to complete, Mr. Arkadin, the biggest conundrum in his output, and his masterpiece Chimes at Midnight, as well as Touch of Evil, his sole return to Hollywood and, like all too many of his films, wrested from his grasp and re-edited. Along the way he made inroads into the fledgling medium of television and a number of stage plays, including Moby-Dick, considered by theatre historians to be one of the seminal productions of the century. Meanwhile, his private life was as dramatic as his professional life. The book shows what it was like to be around Welles, and, with a precision rarely attempted before, what it was like to be him, in which lies the answer to the old riddle: whatever happened to Orson Welles?
9780099502838 0099502836
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
Productores y directores de cine--Estados Unidos --Biografía
Actores--Estados Unidos --Biografías
PN 1998.3 / W449C 2016
Orson Welles : One-man band / Simon Callow. - London : Vintage Books, 2016. - xix, 466 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Originally published: Jonathan Cape. 2015
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes filmography.
The book begins with Welles' self-exile from America, and his realization that he could only function happily as an independent film-maker, a one-man band; by 1964, he had filmed Othello, which took three years to complete, Mr. Arkadin, the biggest conundrum in his output, and his masterpiece Chimes at Midnight, as well as Touch of Evil, his sole return to Hollywood and, like all too many of his films, wrested from his grasp and re-edited. Along the way he made inroads into the fledgling medium of television and a number of stage plays, including Moby-Dick, considered by theatre historians to be one of the seminal productions of the century. Meanwhile, his private life was as dramatic as his professional life. The book shows what it was like to be around Welles, and, with a precision rarely attempted before, what it was like to be him, in which lies the answer to the old riddle: whatever happened to Orson Welles?
9780099502838 0099502836
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
Productores y directores de cine--Estados Unidos --Biografía
Actores--Estados Unidos --Biografías
PN 1998.3 / W449C 2016