Masters of Cinema: Orson Welles

by Paolo Mereghetti

Book Overview

Orson Welles (USA, 1915-1985) was a complete auteur, a brilliant director and scriptwriter, a prodigious actor of memorable physique and a figure of legend. He began his directing career in 1940, at the age of twenty-five, with Citizen Kane , an undisputed, ground-breaking masterpiece of cinema history. Welles' stature as a baroque, impetuous and profoundly free artist made the studios uncomfortable. He had control of every detail on the twelve feature...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2866427017
• ISBN13: 9782866427016
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.7" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 13 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary