Citizen Welles (eBook)

A Biography of Orson Welles

Frank Brady (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
692 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-9714-2 (ISBN)

Infos

George Orson Welles (19151985) is considered to be among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. At just twenty-five years old, he cowrote, produced, directed, and starred in his Academy Awardwinning debut film Citizen Kane (1941). His innovative and distinctive directorial stylenonlinear narratives, unusual camera angles, deep focus shots, and long takescontinues to be emulated by directors and cinematographers to this day. The brilliant yet provocative Welles won multiple Grammys, a Golden Globe, and the greatest honor the Directors Guild of America bestowed: the D. W. Griffith Award. His final film, The Other Side of the Wind, was released in 2018, 33 years after his death.In Citizen Welles: A Biography of Orson Welles, author Frank Brady presents a comprehensive and complete picture of the artist and auteur. Painstakingly researched, Brady delves into Welles's creative achievements, from his critically acclaimed film Citizen Kane and controversial radio broadcast "e;The War of the Worlds"e; (1938) to his starring turn on Broadway in Shaw's Heartbreak House (for which he made the cover of Time). Brady also explores other notable films, including The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), Touch of Evil (1958), and Chimes at Midnight (1965). This all-encompassing work also details the personal side of Welles's life, including his romances with Rita Hayworth and Dolores Del Rio and the confounding tragedy of his final years. Presented is a captivating and compelling encapsulation of the revered and respected artist.

Autor

Frank Brady is an American writer, editor, and professor emeritus at St. John's University. Brady has authored over ten books and is best known for his work on chess genius Bobby Fischer. His critically acclaimed biographies include Bobby Fischer: Profile of a Prodigy, Onassis: An Extravagant Life, Barbra Streisand: An Illustrated Biography, Hefner, and Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall.

Inhalt

Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.4.2023
• Reihe/Serie: Screen Classics
• Reihe/Serie: Screen Classics
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
• Schlagworte: Cinema • Europe • Expat • f for fake • Hollywood • Hollywood blacklist • Macbeth • Oscar • Othello • Radio • Theater • The Lady from Shanghai • the trial
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-9714-7 / 0813197147
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-9714-2 / 9780813197142