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My lunches with Orson : conversations between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles

Title
  1. My lunches with Orson : conversations between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles / edited and with an introduction by Peter Biskind.
Published by
  1. New York : Picador, Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
  2. ©2013
Author
  1. Jaglom, Henry, 1939-

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Additional authors
  1. Welles, Orson, 1915-1985
  2. Biskind, Peter
Description
  1. x, 324 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
Summary
  1. Based on long-lost recordings, a set of revealing conversations between the film director and the iconic cultural provocateur unstintingly reflects on topics ranging from politics and literature to the many films Welles wanted to make.
Subject
  1. Motion picture producers and directors
  2. Anecdotes
  3. United States
  4. Motion picture producers and directors > United States > Anecdotes
  5. Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 > Anecdotes
  6. Jaglom, Henry, 1939- > Anecdotes
Genre/Form
  1. Anecdotes.
Contents
  1. Introduction: How Henry met Orson / by Peter Biskind -- "Everyone should be bigoted." -- "Thalberg was Satan!" -- "FDR used to say, 'you and I are the two best actors in America.'" -- "I fucked around on everyone." -- "Such a good Catholic that I wanted to kick her." -- "Nobody even glanced at Marilyn." -- "The blue angel is a big piece of schlock." -- "Kane is a comedy." -- "There's no such thing as a friendly biographer." -- "The Cannes people are my slaves." -- "De Mille invented the fascist salute." -- "Comics are frightening people." -- "Avez-vous scurf?" -- "Art Buchwald drove it up Ronnie's ass and broke it off." -- "It was my one moment of being a traffic-stopping superstar." -- "God save me from my friends." -- "I can make a case for all the points of view." -- Charles "Laughton couldn't bear the fact he was a homosexual." -- "Gary Cooper turns me right into a girl!" -- "Jack, it's Orson fucking Welles." -- "Once in our lives, we had a national theater." -- "I smell director." -- "I've felt that cold deathly wind from the tomb." -- "Jo Cotten kicked Hedda Hopper in the ass." -- "You either admire my work or not." -- "I'm in terrible financial trouble." -- "Fool the old fellow with the scythe." -- Epilogue: Orson's last laugh / by Henry Jaglom -- Appendixes: New or unfinished projects -- Partial cast of characters.
Call number
  1. MWES (Welles, O.) 24-770
Note
  1. "A Metropolitan book."
  2. Previous edition: New York : Metropolitan Books, c2013.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-306) and index.
Author
  1. Jaglom, Henry, 1939- author.
Title
  1. My lunches with Orson : conversations between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles / edited and with an introduction by Peter Biskind.
Publisher
  1. New York : Picador, Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
Copyright date
  1. ©2013
Edition
  1. First Picador edition.
Type of content
  1. text
  2. still image
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-306) and index.
Added author
  1. Welles, Orson, 1915-1985, author.
  2. Biskind, Peter, editor, author of introduction, etc.
ISBN
  1. 9781250051707 (paperback)
  2. 1250051703 (paperback)
Research call number
  1. MWES (Welles, O.) 24-770
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