Orson Welles, simulation's filmmaker

Authors

  • Alejandro Morala Girón Universitat de València

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_tropelias/tropelias.2022376252

Keywords:

Orson Welles, simulation, truth, author

Abstract

The cinematographic work of the author Orson Welles composes a deep reflection on the idea of ​​simulation. From his debut feature, Citizen Kane, to his latest fiction film, The Immortal Story, his eleven movies reveal the repeated presence of various symbolic objects that demonstrate this: projectors and cinematographers, masks and veils, reflections and mirrors, lights and shadows, or scenarios, that accompany the diegetic description of fallacious simulations or indeterminate representations. Through the formal analysis of different sequences, we intend to define the position that Welles exercises in his cinema towards the ideas of truth and falsehood, as well as the metadiscursive nature of his textual operations.

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Published

2022-01-03

How to Cite

Morala Girón, A. (2022). Orson Welles, simulation’s filmmaker . Tropelías: Review of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature, (37), 165–179. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_tropelias/tropelias.2022376252

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Papers
Received 2021-11-30
Accepted 2021-12-26
Published 2022-01-03