Orson Welles: Volume 2 - Couverture rigide

Callow, Simon

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0670872563 ISBN 13 : 9780670872565

Editeur : Viking, 1999

Synopsis

Book by Callow Simon

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

“Unfailingly intelligent and well written . . . Callow's portrait is so vivid and three-dimensional.”
—Variety
 
“His project will not only the best book on Welles but also one of the great biographies in the field of cinema and the performing arts.”
—The Observer (London)
 
“Simon Callow is to be commended for Hello Americans, as it is not only the best biography of Welles that we can possibly have, it is also one of the best biographies of any field I’ve read in years.”
—The Daily Express (London)
 
“A ravishing read, brilliantly allusive, with lightning leaps of insight . . . With this book, Simon Callow has proven himself entirely worthy of our trust and admiration.”
—The New York Observer
 
“Mr. Callow, a divine and witty actor, is also a gifted writer. . . . Hello Americans, the sparkling second volume, is a rollercoaster covering most of the 1940s.”
—The Wall Street Journal
 
“Hello Americans is gripping, thanks partly to stellar writing, access to memos and telegrams, and the kind of insight into an artist that can only come from a fellow artist. Callow not only investigates all strands of Welles’ life, but he also weaves them together. Does the world deserve biographies this good?”
—The Philadelphia Inquirer
 
“One of the year’s best full-bore biographies. . . . Volume 2 took [Callow] a decade to complete, but it was worth the wait. . . . It’s intricately detailed but never dull.”
—Town & Country
 
“If the galumphing enigma of Orson Welles is to be resolved, we may have to look to Simon Callow, whose multivolume biography is shaping up to be a major acheivement.”
—The Washington Post
 
“Animated by a brisk intelligence . . . He shapes and interprets his material and with panache places his story in rich context. . . . Callow is as indefatigable a researcher as he is a stylish writer.”
—The Atlantic Monthly
 
“Scintillating . . . Callow’s is a superbly written account of a magnetic personality and towering talent plagued by internal weakness and external friction, one that manages to shape the ‘Orsonic tornado’ into an engrossing tragicomedy.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Présentation de l'éditeur

The reason for the decline of Orson Welles's career is a hotly debated issue, but decline it certainly did. When Citizen Kane, his first film, opened in 1941, Welles was universally acclaimed as the most audacious filmmaker alive. But instead of marking the beginning of a triumphant career in Hollywood, the film still regularly voted the greatest ever made proved to be an exception in Welles's life and work.

In 1947 Welles left America for Europe and lived for the best part of twenty years in self-imposed exile. Welles himself famously quipped 'I started at the top and worked my way down' - the second volume of Simon Callow's compelling biography tells the story of that complex and protracted descent from grace.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Viking
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0670872563
• ISBN 13: 9780670872565
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 656
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible