This week, Ira spoke with Joseph McBride, author of What Ever Happened to Orson Welles? A Portrait of an Independent Career. In this outsider episode of Ira’s Everything Bagel, Joseph talks about his third Welles book, which throws a new light on the famed filmmaker’s approach to Hollywood, budgets, and finishing projects; his reasons for living (and working) abroad; how Welles hired the author to appear in his movie, “The Other Side of the Wind,” and why production was so slow; why, contrary to popular belief, Welles never gave up making films; and the impossible relationship between Welles and the studio system.
