Orson Welles The Stories of His Life |
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| Author:
| Conrad, Peter |
| ISBN: | 978-0-571-20978-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2005 |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber, Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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The author of
The Hitchcock Murders turns his eye to the life and work of the enigmatic maestro who made
Citizen Kane.
In death Orson Welles remains a legendary, outsized, and ambiguous figure. Peter Conrad's study is a critical biography of Welles, viewing the man through the optic of his sprawling and yet singular body of work. This is not a debunking of the well-aired Welles-as-Genius myth so much as an attempt to explain the sources of his polymorphous gifts,...
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The author of
The Hitchcock Murders turns his eye to the life and work of the enigmatic maestro who made
Citizen Kane.
In death Orson Welles remains a legendary, outsized, and ambiguous figure. Peter Conrad's study is a critical biography of Welles, viewing the man through the optic of his sprawling and yet singular body of work. This is not a debunking of the well-aired Welles-as-Genius myth so much as an attempt to explain the sources of his polymorphous gifts, through an expert examination of the many personae Welles adopted in a life lived large.