What Ever Happened to Orson Welles?: A Portrait of an Independent Career
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (840 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0813124107 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Michael Dempsey said Essential Welles Reading. Joseph McBride spent some Essential Welles Reading Joseph McBride spent some 30 years being involved as an actor in Orson Welles' still-in-limbo movie, "The Other Side Of The Wind." Thus, he is in a unique position to deliver a thorough report on its sadly checkered history, and he more than delivers. He also puts paid to the trite, false notion that Welles spend his final years idling on trivia or diddling with commercials. This book provides a detailed explanation of just what he was doing in so many media and how explosively creative he remained.The reports on his woes as he tried repeatedly to raise completion funds for these man. 0 years being involved as an actor in Orson Welles' still-in-limbo movie, "The Other Side Of The Wind." Thus, he is in a unique position to deliver a thorough report on its sadly checkered history, and he more than delivers. He also puts paid to the trite, false notion that Welles spend his final years idling on trivia or diddling with commercials. This book provides a detailed explanation of just what he was doing in so many media and how explosively creative he remained.The reports on his woes as he tried repeatedly to raise completion funds for these man. "very enlighting" according to Kay. I have been a fan of his for years and years. Of several books I've read about him I think this is the best. I haven't had time to finish it yet but I do like the way the author gives his reason for leaving America and filming in Europe is that Amercans/Hollywood were so surpressed at the time. Every discription of him so far has been very enlighting.. "Fascinating and informative" according to Sean G. Graver. While I might be biased because a many parts of this book included stories about my father, Gary Graver, this is not something you want to miss out on if you have any interest in Orson Welles or the inner workings of the Hollywood movie industry. I knew Orson when I was a young boy and teenager during the time my father worked with him, but my memories are nothing compared to the vivid details and thoroughness of Joe's writings.This book taught me a lot about a man whom I admired and feared. He was rather scary from the perspective of a ten year old, but he often took time to have me
McBride's revealing portrait of this great artist will change the terms of how Orson Welles is understood as a man, an actor, a political figure, and a filmmaker.. McBride reports on Welles's daringly experimental film projects, including the legendary 1970–1976 unfinished film The Other Side of the Wind, Welles's satire of Hollywood during the "Easy Rider era"; McBride gives a unique insider perspective on Welles from the viewpoint of a young film critic playing a spoof of himself in a cast headed by John Huston and Peter Bogdanovich. McBride clears away the myths that have long obscured Welles's later years and have caused him to be falsely regarded as a tragic failure. What Ever Happened to Orson Welles?: A Portrait of an Independent Career challenges the conventional wisdom that Welles's career after Kane was a long decline and that he spent his final years doing little but eating and making commercials while squandering his earlier promise. An e
Instead of fully exploiting the insider angle, McBride instead comes across as a name-dropper, constantly reminding the reader of his relationship with his subject. All rights reserved. McBride's passion for film (Welles's films, specifically) and his closeness with the director provide enough insider material to satisfy Welles fans and film buffs, though readers with a casual interest may want to look elsewhere. . He left for Europe, later writing in Esquire that he "chose freedom." He produced only two movies during the eight years he spent abroad, but McBride asserts that his expatriate period resulted in tremendous growth as an independent filmmaker. Labeled a communi