{"product_id":"this-is-orson-welles-9780306808340","title":"This Is Orson Welles","description":"Innovative film and theater director, radio producer, actor, writer, painter, narrator, and magician, Orson Welles (1915-1985) was the last true Renaissance man of the twentieth century. From such great radio works as \u003ci\u003e\"War of the Worlds\"\u003c\/i\u003e to his cinematic masterpieces \u003ci\u003eCitizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Othello, Macbeth, Touch of Evil, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChimes at Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e, Welles was a master storyteller, as expansive as he was enigmatic. \u003ci\u003eThis Is Orson Welles\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of penetrating and witty conversations between Welles and Peter Bogdanovich, includes insights into Welles's radio, theater, film, and television work; Hollywood producers, directors, and stars; and almost everything else, from acting to magic, literature to comic strips, bullfighters to gangsters. Now including Welles's revealing memo to Universal about his artistic intentions for \u003ci\u003eTouch of Evil, \u003c\/i\u003e (of which the \"director's edition\" was released in Fall 1998) this book, which Welles ultimately considered his autobiography, is a masterpiece as unique and engaging as the best of his works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Bogdanovich is the award-winning director of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Picture Show, Paper Moon, What's Up Doc?, Mask, \u003c\/i\u003eand others; he is also the author of \u003ci\u003eJohn Ford, Pieces of Time, The Killing of the Unicorn, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWho the Devil Made It\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City. \u003cb\u003eJonathan Rosenbaum\u003c\/b\u003e is the co-author of \u003ci\u003eMidnight Movies, \u003c\/i\u003e author of \u003ci\u003eMoving Places, Placing Movies, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMovies as Politics;\u003c\/i\u003e and film critic for the \u003ci\u003eChicago Reader.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Da Capo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50565600542994,"sku":"9780306808340","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8db02ddc-63e3-456d-a872-5d4c4c1c5799.jpg?v=1731886686","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/this-is-orson-welles-9780306808340","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}