Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles looks at the remarkable genius of Orson Welles and the enigma of his career as a Hollywood star, director and independent filmmaker. Welles’ life was magical; he became a musical prodigy at age 10, a director of Shakespeare at 14, a painter at 16, a star of stage and radio at 20 and had 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—which he created when he was only 25. In the years following Citizen Kane, his career continued to change as he made film after film (some never finished, many dismissed) and acted to earn money to fund his own filmmaking. Magician features scenes from almost every existing Welles film and rarely-seen clips from his final unfinished works (The Other Side of the Dream, The Deep and Don Quixote). Don’t miss this illuminating portrait of a cinematic legend.
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