Film innovator, theater director, producer, screenwriter and radio host, actor, writer, painter, storyteller and magician, Orson Welles was one of the last Renaissance men of the twentieth century. From "The War of the Worlds" on the radio to his numerous cinematographic masterpieces (Citizen Kane, The Fourth Commandment, Macbeth), he was a master of the narrative, both expressive and enigmatic. In the 60s and early 70s, the filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich had extensive interviews (interspersed with letters, notes and telegrams) with Welles, but a series of circumstances - such as the director's decision to write an autobiography that never came to write- they kept them hidden from the public. Edited and annotated by Jonathan Rosenbaum, this compilation - which Welles ultimately considered his autobiography - reflects his vision of radio, theater, film and television, as well as ironic reflections on the confrontations he had with the Hollywood world , and its relationship with other directors and stars of the time. A masterpiece, unique and attractive, essential to know the personality of the genius that launched one of the richest and most complex creative processes of contemporary art.