Orson Welles at Work

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An in-depth, behind-the-camera survey of the entire career of Orson Welles

François Thomas & Jean-Pierre Berthomé

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Hardback
English
280 x 230 mm, 11 x 9 in
320 pp
40 colour illustrations, 393 black and white illustrations
ISBN-13: 9780714845838
ISBN-10: 0714845833

Overview

An in-depth, behind-the-camera survey of the entire career of the actor, producer, narrator and director Orson Welles (1915–85).
An in-depth, behind-the-camera survey of the entire career of the actor, producer, narrator and director Orson Welles (1915–85).
Providing a fresh and insightful view of the director and his work, this book examines the entirety of Welles's career, from his theatrical beginnings to his very last years, and offers analyses of all his creative works, including the feature films, short films, unfinished works and his programmes for television.
Discussion of each film, including the celebrated Citizen Kane (1941), The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) and Touch of Evil (1957–8), is supported by over 400 illustrations of screenplays and scripts, contracts, sketches, storyboards, models, production reports, memos, letters and correspondence uncovered by new research in European and American archives.

About the author(s)

Jean-Pierre Berthomé is professor in Film Studies at the University of Rennes 2. His other publications include studies on the directors Jacques Demy and Max Ophüls, and the history of set design. Berthomé is a regular contributor to the French film journal Positif and, together with François Thomas, he has published numerous articles about Welles and his works and a book on Citizen Kane in 1992.

François Thomas is professor in Film Studies at the University of Paris 3. Another regular contributor to Positif, Thomas has also written on the work of Alain Resnais and co-edited an anthology on the golden age of French short film.