Table of Contents

Preface 
A Word on Sources 
Acknowledgments 
1. Heart of Darkness 
2. Scripting 
3. Art Direction 
4. Cinematography 
5. Postproduction and Release 
6. Collaboration and The Magnificent Ambersons 
Appendix: Outtakes 
Production Credits 
Notes 
Bibliography 
Index 

About the Author

Robert L. Carringer is Professor of English and Film at the University of Illinois, at Urbana-Champaign. He is also the author of The Magnificent Ambersons: A Reconstruction (California, 1993).

Reviews

"This revised and updated edition has been enlarged to include a new preface, new photos, and a discussion of Welles's second feature, The Magnificent Ambersons. . . . Considering Kane's importance to American film, this is essential for all movie collections."
*Library Journal*

"Carringer has had access to previously inaccessible studio records, resulting in an unprecedentedly documented account of the collaborative creation of Kane; Carringer has also interviewed numerous participants in the film's making, including Welles himself. The result is not only new knowledge about Kane, but a new understanding about how films were made in the studio system."
*Film Quarterly*

"A meticulous technical study . . . not only reminds us of why we want to read about Welles in the first place, but comes closer to the core of the man than [biographies of Welles]."
*Village Voice*