Orson Welles, Volume 2

Hello Americans

Simon Callow

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Vintage
02 July 2007

Film, TV & Radio; Films, movies & cinema; Biography: arts & entertainment

Series: Orson Welles Biographies

From Citizen Kane to Macbeth, the second volume of Simon Callow's brilliant, definitive biography of Orson Welles explores the beginning of the end of Welles' Hollywood career.

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.

By: Simon Callow
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 34mm
Weight: 419g
ISBN: 9780099462613
ISBN 10: 0099462613
Series: Orson Welles Biographies
Pages: 528
Publication Date: 02 July 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Simon Callow is an actor, director and writer. He has appeared on the stage and in many films, including the hugely popular Four Weddings and a Funeral. Callow's books include Being an Actor, Shooting the Actor, a highly acclaimed biography of Charles Laughton, and Love Is Where It Falls, an account of his friendship with Peggy Ramsay.

Reviews for Orson Welles, Volume 2: Hello Americans

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 in any field I've read in years -- Sunday Express * Roger Lewis * The research is breathtaking. The book is bursting with details, references and anecdotes -- James Christopher * The Times * Hello Americans is full of witty asides...As a biographer, Callow is a match for his subject in terms of showmanship, but he has gifts of analysis that eluded Welles... enchanting -- Christopher Silvester * Sunday Times * There is here some of the most vivid and instructive writing on the craft of movie and stage acting I've ever read -- Philip French * Observer * This is a bitter-sweet book: we say goodbye to the very best of company but we also look forward to Callow bringing that company back to life in his third volume -- Tom Dewe Matthews * Independent on Sunday *