It's All True : Orson Welles's Pan-American Odyssey / Catherine L. Benamou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benamou, Catherine L., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Welles, Orson.

Unfinished films--History and criticism.

Unfinished films.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Orson Welles's Pan-American Odyssey

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2007]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Variously described as a work of genius, a pretentious wreck, a crucially important film, and a victim of its director's ego, among other things, It's All True, shot in Mexico and Brazil between 1941 and 1942, is the legendary movie that Orson Welles never got to finish. In this book, the most comprehensive and authoritative assessment of It's All True available, Catherine Benamou synthesizes a wealth of new and little-known source material gathered on two continents, including interviews with key participants, to present a compelling original view of the film and its historical significance. Her book challenges much received wisdom about Orson Welles and illuminates the unique place he occupies in American culture, broadly defined.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

MAPS

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Locating Orson Welles's It's All True

Chapter 1. In Production, 1941-1942

Chapter 2. Toward the Text of It's All True, Based on the Work in Progress

Chapter 3. Postproduction

Chapter 4. Almofala

Chapter 5. Labirinto

Chapter 6. Zoom, Pan, and Rack Focus

Chapter 7. The Legacy of a Phantom Film, 1945-2003

Conclusion: It's All True, Orson Welles, and Hemispheric History

Appendix one. Pages from a Research Scrapbook

Appendix two. Fact Sheets for Filmed Episodes of It's All True, 1941-1942

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-380) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786612763083

9781282763081

1282763083

9780520938144

0520938143

OCLC:

565960697