<div>Innovative film and theater director, radio producer, actor, writer, painter, narrator, and magician, Orson Welles (1915&#8211;1985) was the last true Renaissance man of the twentieth century. From such great radio works as <i>"War of the Worlds"</i> to his cinematic masterpieces <i>Citizen Kane, The Magnificent Ambersons, Othello, Macbeth, Touch of Evil,</i> and <i>Chimes at Midnight</i>, Welles was a master storyteller, as expansive as he was enigmatic. <i>This Is Orson Welles</i>, a collection of penetrating and witty conversations between Welles and Peter Bogdanovich, includes insights into Welles's radio, theater, film, and television work; Hollywood producers, directors, and stars; and almost everything else, from acting to magic, literature to comic strips, bullfighters to gangsters. Now including Welles's revealing memo to Universal about his artistic intentions for <i>Touch of Evil,</i> (of which the "director's edition" was released in Fall 1998) this book, which Welles ultimately considered his autobiography, is a masterpiece as unique and engaging as the best of his works.</div>