The Magnificent Ambersons: A Reconstruction by Robert L. Carringer (Hardcover First Edition)
Published by University of California Books, 1993
Sewn bound hardcover
First printing
307 pages
10x7 inches
First edition. Near Fine condition.
Orson Welles considered The Magnificent Ambersons the crucial turning point in his career. He said, "They destroyed Ambersons and it destroyed me." In 1942, while Welles was away, RKO Studios drastically recut the completed film. None of that deleted footage is known to survive. Film scholar Robert Carringer has reconstructed Welles's own version of Ambersons, using all available surviving evidence including rare studio documents and the recollections of Welles himself and other original participants in the film. He reaches startling conclusions about where the responsibility for the film's undoing ultimately lies.
Published by University of California Books, 1993
Sewn bound hardcover
First printing
307 pages
10x7 inches
First edition. Near Fine condition.
Orson Welles considered The Magnificent Ambersons the crucial turning point in his career. He said, "They destroyed Ambersons and it destroyed me." In 1942, while Welles was away, RKO Studios drastically recut the completed film. None of that deleted footage is known to survive. Film scholar Robert Carringer has reconstructed Welles's own version of Ambersons, using all available surviving evidence including rare studio documents and the recollections of Welles himself and other original participants in the film. He reaches startling conclusions about where the responsibility for the film's undoing ultimately lies.
Published by University of California Books, 1993
Sewn bound hardcover
First printing
307 pages
10x7 inches
First edition. Near Fine condition.
Orson Welles considered The Magnificent Ambersons the crucial turning point in his career. He said, "They destroyed Ambersons and it destroyed me." In 1942, while Welles was away, RKO Studios drastically recut the completed film. None of that deleted footage is known to survive. Film scholar Robert Carringer has reconstructed Welles's own version of Ambersons, using all available surviving evidence including rare studio documents and the recollections of Welles himself and other original participants in the film. He reaches startling conclusions about where the responsibility for the film's undoing ultimately lies.
