{"product_id":"my-lunches-with-orson-conversations-between-henry-jaglom-and-orson-welles-paperback","title":"My Lunches with Orson: Conversations Between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Biskind\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBased on long-lost recordings between Orson Welles and Henry Jaglom, \u003ci\u003eMy Lunches with Orson\u003c\/i\u003e presents a set of riveting and revealing conversations with America's great cultural provocateur. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere have long been rumors of a lost cache of tapes containing private conversations between Orson Welles and his friend the director Henry Jaglom, recorded over regular lunches in the years before Welles died. The tapes, gathering dust in a garage, did indeed exist, and this book reveals for the first time what they contain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is Welles as he has never been seen before: talking intimately, disclosing personal secrets, reflecting on the highs and lows of his astonishing career, the people he knew--FDR, Winston Churchill, Charlie Chaplin, Marlene Dietrich, Laurence Olivier, David Selznick, Rita Hayworth, and more--and the many disappointments of his last years. This is the great director unplugged, free to be irreverent and worse--sexist, homophobic, racist, or none of the above-- because he was nothing if not a fabulator and provocateur. Ranging from politics to literature to the shortcomings of his friends and the many films he was still eager to launch, Welles is at once cynical and romantic, sentimental and raunchy, but never boring and always wickedly funny. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdited by Peter Biskind, America's foremost film historian, \u003ci\u003eMy Lunches with Orson\u003c\/i\u003e reveals one of the giants of the twentieth century, a man struggling with reversals, bitter and angry, desperate for one last triumph, but crackling with wit and a restless intelligence. This is as close as we will get to the real Welles--if such a creature ever existed.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Biskind is the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eEasy Riders\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRaging Bulls\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDown and Dirty Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStar\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books. His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the former executive editor of \u003ci\u003ePremiere\u003c\/i\u003e and the former editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Film\u003c\/i\u003e, and is a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in upstate New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 24, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457611579645,"sku":"9781250051707","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/NXNVU0gwdFhNL1UvOEhEaDdUZ0ZFZz09.webp?v=1777242422","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/my-lunches-with-orson-conversations-between-henry-jaglom-and-orson-welles-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}