This Is Orson Welles: Amazon.de: Orson Welles, Orson Wells, Peter Bogdanovich: Englische Bücher

Taschenbuch: 592 Seiten
Verlag: DaCapo Press; Auflage: Da Capo Press. (1. M�rz 1998)
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 030680834X
ISBN-13: 978-0306808340
Gr��e und/oder Gewicht: 20,4 x 12,9 x 3,4 cm

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In 1992, the first publication of This Is Orson Welles brought a priceless document to light. In the late '60s and early '70s, filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich had conducted extensive interviews with Welles, but a number of circumstances--including the director's decision to compose an autobiography that he never got around to writing--kept the interviews out of the public eye. Edited and annotated by Jonathan Rosenbaum, these conversations give wonderful insights into Welles's craft and personality. He discusses his forays into acting, producing, and writing as well as directing, his confidences and insecurities, and his plans for film projects that were either never made or only partially completed. He also offers insights into the triumph of Citizen Kane and later masterpieces like The Lady from Shanghai, Touch of Evil, Othello, and Chimes at Midnight. His defense of his controversial adaptation of Kafka's The Trial is so fascinating that readers might want to rush out and rent the film.

While the book is worth owning just for this 322-page interview, it is also full of other material that is equally revealing. Rosenbaum presents a meticulous chronology of Welles's life, closely following his day-to-day activities from his birth in 1915 to his death in 1985. Anyone who thinks that Welles was an essentially lazy and profligate artist will be astonished at how hard he worked and how much he accomplished, even after the completion of Citizen Kane. Another treat found in the book is a detailed description--complete with rare photographic stills--of the original Magnificent Ambersons, Welles's impressive follow-up to Kane, which can now be seen only in a tragically truncated version.

This 1998 reissue of the volume contains a fond new introduction by Bogdanovich and another crucial piece of Welles minutia, excerpts from his 58-page memo to Universal Pictures about the editing of Touch of Evil. Forty years after its composition, the material in this memo has been used to create a restored "director's cut" of the film. With such grand material between two covers, This Is Orson Welles is the most informative and entertaining book available on one of the 20th century's greatest artists. --Raphael Shargel

From Library Journal

This is the transcript of interviews with Welles that filmmaker Bogdanovich conducted over a ten-year period. Throughout, Welles reminisces about his remarkable career. But along with his memories of the entertainment world, he offers his thoughts on everything from writers and literature to comic strips, bullfighting, and gangsters. The book also contains over 500 black-and-white photos, a year-by-year chronology of Welles's life, and a lengthy excerpt from the original script of The Magnificent Ambersons that was deleted from the film. With his revolutionary work in radio and film, Welles proved himself to be one of the greatest creative and visionary talents of his time, but these conversations also reveal him to be a true Renaissance man. Bogdanovich and editor Rosenbaum have done a great service by making this material available after years in storage. It was worth the wait. Absolutely essential for all film collections, and biography collections should strongly consider.
- Michael Rogers, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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ORSON WELLES: A couple of years before I went to Hollywood, Metro-Goldwyn-Myer had loaned a then unknown actress named Hedy Lamarr to Walter Wanger and he'd produced a picture with her and Charles Boyer called Algiers, a frame-for-frame remake of Pepe le Moko. Lesen Sie die erste Seite

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Definitive Word On An American Filmmaker 31. Januar 2000

Von David Cromwell

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Some have criticized this book, which Welles felt was the definitive word on his films, by stating that it never deals with Orson's children or his failed marriages. That has nothing to do with what this book is about. If you are looking for a biography then look elsewhere. This is Orson Welles talking about his films and his life in film and what he was trying to do and say. When I finished reading I knew that for once Welles was getting the final word on his films and that what he said was honest. If you want to really know him as an artist I would strongly recommend reading this book. It's a very fast read even though it's crammed full of insights. As a bonus it also contains the shooting script for Magnificent Ambersons which would have exceeded Citizen Kane in its beauty if RKO hadn't cut it to shreds. I strongly recommend this book.

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A painful descent in the Inferno 9. Juni 2000

Von Guido Franco

Peter Bogdanovich's interviews with Orson Welles demonstrate (although it was probably not his intention) that his subject was a "monstre sacré", but not a genius. He tries to deny Pauline Kael's thesis ("Raising Kane") where the famous film critic made clear, that the real author of Citizen Kane's screenplay was Herman Mankiewicz and not Welles. But as the pages go on, Bogdanovich's interviews painfully describe the errors of a "boy-wonder" who could have been almost everything, if he had not been Orson Welles. Most of his films, sometimes made with his own money, after he had been banned by all American studios, were not finished, or mutilated, because he made them too long, or was not present when cuttings were asked. One has the feeling of some kind of self destructive behavior, even more painful as we realize how gifted, and talented an author, director, and actor he was. This book is a must for anybody who wants to try to find some answers about an extraordinary career (including "Citizen Kane", "Touch of Evil", "The Third Man") with even more failed or destroyed dreams. The best quote of the book: Peter Bogdanovich: And you don't love theatre anymore? Orson Welles: I love empty theatres. For explanations, refer to page 3 of 'This is Orson Welles".

Excellent, lots of information and source material 2. November 1999

Von Ein Kunde

The first good thing about this book is that the interviews are by Peter Bogdanovich who is also a movie maker. He knows as much about movies as Orson and is not afraid to challenge him. There is a lot of source material, e.g. notes/letters/memos written by Orson and other people he worked with which give a very personal feeling to the overall book. Also the fact that the interviews were conducted over a number of years (we are lucky the book ever got published) lends a sense of intimacy.

The full version of the Magnificent Ambersons and a very extensive listing of all of Orson's works make this a must for any Orson fan and indeed for any serious fan of the movies.