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Discovering Orson Welles
Jonathan Rosenbaum
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Description for Discovering Orson Welles
Paperback. Collects a film critic's writings on Orson Welles - some thirty-five years of them - and makes a case for the seriousness of his work, illuminating both Welles the artist and Welles the man. Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
Of the dozens of books written about Orson Welles, most focus on the central enigma of Welles' career: why did someone so extravagantly talented neglect to finish so many projects? Film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum has long believed that to dwell on this aspect of the Welles canon is to overlook the wealth of information available by studying the unrealized works. "Discovering Orson Welles" collects Rosenbaum's writings to date on Welles - some thirty-five years of them - and makes an irrefutable case for the seriousness of his work, illuminating both Welles the artist and Welles the man. The book is ... Read more
Of the dozens of books written about Orson Welles, most focus on the central enigma of Welles' career: why did someone so extravagantly talented neglect to finish so many projects? Film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum has long believed that to dwell on this aspect of the Welles canon is to overlook the wealth of information available by studying the unrealized works. "Discovering Orson Welles" collects Rosenbaum's writings to date on Welles - some thirty-five years of them - and makes an irrefutable case for the seriousness of his work, illuminating both Welles the artist and Welles the man. The book is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
346
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
477 g
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520251236
SKU
V9780520251236
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About Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum writes film criticism for the Chicago Reader and has written on film for many other publications. He is also the author of many books, including Movies as Politics (UC Press, 1997).
Reviews for Discovering Orson Welles
"The intellectually insatiable Rosenbaum is just the person to dissect the myths and expose the inaccuracies that have grown to define the Welles legend. [It] has both breadth and depth." American Cinematographer