MAGICIAN: THE ASTONISHING LIFE AND WORK OF ORSON WELLES Cinema's Legacy

From documentarian Chuck Workman comes an exhaustive look at one of cinema’s greatest masters: Orson Welles. Combining extensive filmmaker interviews with rare archival footage of Welles himself, Workman takes us through the life of the legendarily uncompromising actor and director behind such classics as CITIZEN KANE, THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS and TOUCH OF EVIL. Beginning with Welles’ early career as a dazzling yet intransigent young genius, the film charts his rise and tumultuous collision with the Hollywood studio system, and the toll it would eventually take, leaving him forced to do television commercials in his final years. Nonetheless, it is a portrait of an artist who never stopped developing new material, regardless of under-financing. Featuring clips from Welles’ late-in-life unfinished projects, MAGICIAN is a must-see for all cinema fans.