Making of Citizen Kane, Revised edition - Softcover

Carringer, Robert L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520205677 ISBN 13: 9780520205673

Publisher: University of California Press, 1996

Synopsis

Citizen Kane, widely considered the greatest film ever made, continues to fascinate critics and historians as well as filmgoers. While credit for its genius has traditionally been attributed solely to its director, Orson Welles, Carringer's pioneering study documents the shared creative achievements of Welles and his principal collaborators. The Making of Citizen Kane, copiously illustrated with rare photographs and production documents, also provides an in-depth view of the operations of the Hollywood studio system. This new edition includes a revised preface and overview of criticism, an updated chronology of the film's reception history, a reconsideration of the locus of responsibility of Welles's ill-fated The Magnificent Ambersons, and new photographs.

About this title

Review:

"Carringer's meticulous technical study . . . not only reminds us of why we want to read about Welles in the first place, but comes closer to the core of the man than either of the biographies."--"Village Voice

Synopsis:

While credit for the success of "Citizen Kane" has traditionally been attributed solely to its director, Orson Welles, this study documents the shared creative achievements of Welles and his principal collaborators.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0520205677
• ISBN 13: 9780520205673
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200