Cinema Retro has received the following press release
regarding the book “Citizen Kane: A Filmmaker’s Journey†by Harlan Lebo (Thomas
Dunne Books)
“This book is a gold mine for fans.â€â€•Kirkus
Reviews
It is the story of a film masterpiece―how it was created and how it was almost
destroyed.
It is the celebration of brilliant
achievement and a sinister tale of conspiracy, extortion, and Communist witch
hunts.
It is the chronicle of a plot
orchestrated in boardrooms and a mountaintop palace, as a media company that
claimed to stand for “genuine democracy†defied the First Amendment and schemed
to burn Hollywood’s greatest creation.
Citizen Kane: A Filmmaker’s Journey is
the extraordinary story of the production of Orson Welles’ classic film, using
previously unpublished material from studio files and the Hearst organization,
exclusive interviews with the last surviving members of the cast and crew, and
what may be the only surviving copies of the “lost†final script.
Harlan Lebo charts the meteoric rise to stardom of the
twenty-three-year-old Orson Welles, his defiance of the Hollywood system, and
the unprecedented contract that gave him near-total creative control of his
first film. Lebo recounts the clashes between Welles and studio executives
eager to see him fail, the high-pressure production schedule, and the
groundbreaking results. Lebo reveals the plot by the organization of publisher
William Randolph Hearst to attack Hollywood, discredit Welles, and incinerate
the film. And, at last, he follows the rise of Citizen Kane to its status as the greatest film
ever made.
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