This seminar will view and critique three films of Orson Welles: Citizen Kane, The Third Man, and The Trial. Orson Welles was arguably the greatest presence in 20th Century American cinema, sometimes directing, sometimes taking the lead role, and sometimes both. The main source for The Third Man was Graham Greene's novel of the same name. The Trial was based on Franz Kafka's novel of the same name in its English-language translation.