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You can watch Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) for free on Kanopy.

The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent painter, a master of theater and radio, a modern Shakespeare, a magician who was always searching for a new trick to surprise his audience, a romantic and legendary figure who lived only for cinema.

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles is a film that explores themes of cinema on cinema, movie business, biography. It also touches on cinema history and portrait of an artist and hollywood history.

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