The Giant: Orson Welles, the Artist and the Shadow -- Youssef Daoudi, Hardcover
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The Giant: Orson Welles, the Artist and the Shadow -- Youssef Daoudi, Hardcover
$29.99
"Gloriously unruly...an incisive look at an artist who never recovered from the success of his youth." --Publishers Weekly From graphic novelist Youssef Daoudi comes a radically new look at the director of Citizen Kane and Touch of Evil: legendary filmmaker Orson Welles.
Long after his death in 1985, the shadow of Orson Welles still looms over Hollywood. By twenty-three, Welles had revolutionized theatre and radio with The War of the Worlds; by twenty-five, he had secured his place in history with his debut film, Citizen Kane. Yet four films and less than a decade later, his career suffered a spectacular collapse, and Welles, once the most promising director in America, was written off as a "would-be genius"--a bad bet in an increasingly money-conscious industry. In The Giant, Youssef Daoudi weaves together reality and mythology to create a radical new look at one of Hollywood's most legendary figures and poses a question as timeless as Orson Welles himself: What happens when a true artist comes up against the rest of the world?Author: Youssef Daoudi
Publisher: 23rd St.
Published: 5/6/2025
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.25 lbs
Size: 10.2" H x 7.5" L x 1.2" W
ISBN: 9781250805942