Orson Welles Summary

Welles, Orson (1915-1985) Considered by many to be the most influential and innovative filmmaker of the twentieth century, Orson Welles made movies that were ambitious, original, and epic. This alone ... Read more

Orson Welles (1915-1985) was a Broadway and Hollywood actor, radio actor, and film director. His earliest film production, Citizen Kane, was his most famous, although most of his other productions we... Read more

Critical Essay by Robert Hatch The most disconcerting thing about Orson Welles's screen version of The Trial is that in retrospect it doesn't seem to matter. At the moment, it is entert... Read more

Critical Essay by William Johnson Judged by first—even second or third—impressions, Welles's films are a triumph of show over substance. His most memorable images seem like eleph... Read more

Critical Essay by Charles Silver It's not very hard to find things wrong with The Immortal Story…. The sound, at least in the English-language version is rather bad. The lighting, sets,... Read more

Critical Essay by William S. Pechter [Though] I expected The Trial to be bad, I went to it truly hoping for the best. And, in fact, though I expected it to be bad, bad as a mannerist painting can be ... Read more

Critical Essay by Penelope Houston Orson Welles casts such a gigantic shadow that it becomes difficult to realise that in fact only six films (five if one chooses to discount the equivocal Journey in... Read more