Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) [PG-13]
Featuring:
Orson Welles, Simon Callow, Christopher Welles
Directed by:
Chuck Workman
Release Date:
December 12, 2014
Original Title:
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Alternate Titles:
Mago: la impresionante vida y obra de Orson Welles
Маг: Удивительная жизнь и работа Орсона Уэллса
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Cohen Welles Project
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
CA: PG US: PG-13
Runtime: 92
The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick to surprise his audience, a romantic and legendary figure who lived only for cinema.
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles looks at the remarkable genius of Orson Welles on the eve of his centenary - the enigma of his career as a Hollywood star, a Hollywood director (for some a Hollywood failure), and a crucially important independent filmmaker. Orson Welles's life was magical: a musical prodigy at age 10, a director of Shakespeare at 14, a painter at 16, a star of stage and radio at 20, romances with some of the most beautiful women in the world, including Rita Hayworth. His work was similarly extraordinary, most notably Citizen Kane, (considered by many to be the most important movie ever made), created by Welles when he was only 25. In the years following Citizen Kane, Welles's career continued to change as he made film after film (some never finished, many dismissed) and acted in other projects often to earn money in order to keep making his own films. Magician features scenes from almost every existing Welles film, from Hearts of Age, (which he made in a day when he was only 18 years old) to rarely-seen clips from his final unfinished works like The Other Side of the Dream, The Deep, and Don Quixote, as well as his television and commercial work.
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