One of the great showmen of the 20th century, Orson Welles was a prodigy of both the stage and radio before he made his groundbreaking entrance into cinema, at age 26, with what many consider the greatest film of all time. Produced, directed, co-written, and starring Welles himself, CITIZEN KANE changed the medium forever and launched one of the most brilliant and provocative careers in movie history. Critics would argue Welles never made another CITIZEN KANE again, and that’s true; instead, he made THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, THE STRANGER, THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI, TOUCH OF EVIL, THE TRIAL, and the truly incomparable F FOR FAKE — masterpieces all and the distinctive work of a genius auteur.
Past Films in this Series
