{"product_id":"chimes-at-midnight-orson-welles-director-paperback-softback-9780813513393","title":"Chimes at Midnight; Orson Welles, Director (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813513393","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChimes at Midnight\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eOrson Welles, Director\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBridget Gellert Lyons (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813513393\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 January 1989\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e350 pages, ill.\u003cbr\u003e15.7 x 21.6 x 2.5 cm, 0.513 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAmong the films inspired by Orson Welles's lifelong involvement with Shakespeare, the greatest is \u003ci\u003eChimes at Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e (1966). It is a masterly conflation of the Shakespearean history plays that feature Falstaff, the great comic figure played by Welles himself in the film. For Welles, the character was also potentially tragic: the doomed friendship between Falstaff and Prince Hal becomes an image of the end of an age. To this epic subject Welles brings the innovative film techniques that made him famous in \u003ci\u003eCitizen Kane, The Lady from Shanghai,\"\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTouch of Evil.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume offers a complete continuity script of \u003ci\u003eChimes at Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e, including its famous battle sequence. Each shot is described in detail and is keyed to the original Shakesperian sources, thus making the volume an invaluable guide to Welles as an adaptor and creator of texts. The first complete transcription of the continuity script of \u003ci\u003eChimes\u003c\/i\u003e is accompanied by the editor's critical introduction on Welles's transformation of Shakespeare; a special interview with Keith Baxter, one of the film's principal actors, which discusses its production history; reviews and articles; and a biographical sketch of Welles, a filmography, and a bibliography.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Chimes at Midnight\u003cbr\u003e Interviews\u003cbr\u003e Reviews and Commentaries\u003cbr\u003e Filmography and Bibliography\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685562216728,"sku":"9780813513393","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/chimes-at-midnight-orson-welles-director-paperback-softback-9780813513393","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}