{"product_id":"the-giant-orson-welles-the-artist-and-the-shadow","title":"The Giant: Orson Welles, the Artist and the Shadow","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Gloriously unruly...an incisive look at an artist who never recovered from the success of his youth.” ―Publishers Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom graphic novelist Youssef Daoudi comes a radically new look at the director of Citizen Kane and Touch of Evil: legendary filmmaker Orson Welles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong after his death in 1985, the shadow of Orson Welles still looms over Hollywood. By twenty-three, Welles had revolutionized theatre and radio with The War of the Worlds; by twenty-five, he had secured his place in history with his debut film, Citizen Kane. Yet four films and less than a decade later, his career suffered a spectacular collapse, and Welles, once the most promising director in America, was written off as a “would-be genius”―a bad bet in an increasingly money-conscious industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Giant, Youssef Daoudi weaves together reality and mythology to create a radical new look at one of Hollywood’s most legendary figures and poses a question as timeless as Orson Welles himself: What happens when a true artist comes up against the rest of the world?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MacMillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51538671632691,"sku":"9781250805942","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0843\/1108\/1267\/files\/9781250805942.jpg?v=1747664814","url":"https:\/\/slantoflightbooks.com\/products\/the-giant-orson-welles-the-artist-and-the-shadow","provider":"Slant of Light Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}