This Is Orson Welles - Hardcover

Welles, Orson; Bogdonavich, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060166169 ISBN 13: 9780060166168

Publisher: Harpercollins, 1992

Synopsis

The correspondence between Orson Welles and Peter Bogdanovich reveals Welles's true feelings about films, theater, the radio and television industries, and various Hollywood directors and stars. $25,000 ad/promo.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Orson Welles (1915-1985) was the last true Renaissance man of the twentieth century. From such great radio works as "War of the Worlds" to his cinematic masterpieces Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Othello, Macbeth, Touch of Evil, and Chimes at Midnight, Welles was a master storyteller. This is Orson Welles, a collection of penetrating and witty conversations between Welles and Peter Bogdanovich, includes insights into: Welles' radio, theater, film, and television work; Hollywood producers, directors, and stars; and almost everything else, from acting to magic, literature to comic strips, bullfighters to gangsters.

About the Author:

Peter Bogdanovich is the award-winning director of The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon, What's Up Doc?, Mask, and others he is also the author of John Ford, Pieces of Time, The Killing of the Unicorn, and Who the Devil Made It. He lives in New York City. Jonathan Rosenbaum is the co-author of Midnight Movies, author of Moving Places, Placing Movies, and Movies as Politics and film critic for the Chicago Reader.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0060166169
• ISBN 13: 9780060166168
• Binding: Hardcover
• Editor: Rosenbaum Jonathan