A fat guy with a deep voice who drank a lot of sherry? An unreliable
filmmaker who always went over time and over budget? One of the most
innovative storytellers of the century? He was all of this and more.
Welles shocked Broadway with his all-black voodoo version of Macbeth,
challenged the government with his production of The Cradle Will Rock,
terrified the nation with his spoof radio broadcast of The War of the
Worlds, and then at the tender age of 26, directed what many people
consider the greatest American film ever made: Citizen Kane. As well
as an introductory essay, each of Welles's films is individually
reviewed and analyzed, and there's a handy multimedia reference guide.