Discovering Orson Welles / Jonathan Rosenbaum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenbaum, Jonathan, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Welles, Orson, 1915-1985--Criticism and interpretation.

Welles, Orson.

Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

ix, 336 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2007]

Summary:

Discovering Orson Welles collects Jonathan 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 also a chronicle of Rosenbaum's highly personal writer's journey and his unceasing efforts to arrive at the truth. Highlights include Rosenbaum's 1972 interview with Welles about his first Hollywood project, Heart of Darkness; Rosenbaum's rebuttal to Pauline Kael's essay "Raising Kane"; essays and comprehensive discussions of Welles's major unfinished work, including two unrealized projects, The Big Brass Ring and The Cradle Will Rock; and an account of Rosenbaum's work as consultant on the 1998 re-editing of Touch of Evil, based on a studio memo by Welles.

Contents:

1 I Missed It at the Movies: Objections to "Raising Kane" 16

2 The Voice and the Eye: A Commentary on the Heart of Darkness Script 28

3 Notes on a Conversation with Welles 49

4 First Impressions of F for Fake 51

5 The Butterfly and the Whale: Orson Welles's F for Fake 54

6 Prime Cut (The 107-Minute Touch of Evil) 59

7 Andre Bazin and the Politics of Sound in touch of Evil 62

8 The Invisible Orson Welles: A First Inventory 67

9 Reviews of Biographies by Barbara Leaming and Charles Higham and a Critical Edition of Touch of Evil 90

10 Afterword to The Big Brass Ring, a Screenplay by Orson Welles (with Oja Kodar) 99

11 Wellesian: Quixote in a Trashcan (New York University Welles Conference) 115

12 Reviews of Citizen Welles and a Critical Edition of Chimes at Midnight 120

13 Review of Orson Wells: A Bio-Bibliography 126

14 Orson Welles's Essay Films and Documentary Fictions: A Two-Part Speculation 129

15 The Seven Arkadins 146

16 Othello Goes Hollywood 163

17 Truth and Consequence: On It's All True: Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles 175

18 Afterword to the Cradle Will Rock, an Original Screenplay by Orson Welles 188

19 Orson Welles in the U.S.: An Exchange with Bill Krohn 201

20 The Battle over Orson Welles 236

21 Touch of Evil Retouched 248

22 Excerpt from "Problems of Access: On the Trail of Some Festival Films and Filmmakers" (On Touch of Evil) 258

23 Welles in the Lime Light: The Third Man 261

24 Orson Welles as Ideological Challenge 269

25 Orson Welles's Purloined Letter: F for Fake 289

26 When Will-and How Can-We Finish Orson Welles's Don Quixote? 296

Appendix The Present State of the Welles Film Legacy 309.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520247383

0520247388

9780520251236

0520251237

OCLC:

70230732

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