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The Essay

Being Orson

Episode 5: Some Kind of Genius

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Welles's career is littered with lost and half-finished projects. Film critic, David Thomson explores the man's complicated relationship with failure.

Five essays by five enthusiasts that follow the rise and fall of controversial Renaissance man, Orson Welles.

Produced by Gemma Jenkins. Show less

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