Claim: In 1961, Orson Welles, the subject of the 1992 book This is Orson Welles, was not able to attend a retrospective of his films organized by Peter Bogdanovich for the Museum of Modern Art.
Evidence: In 1961 Peter Bogdanovich organized a retrospective of Orson Welles's films, the first in the United States, for the Museum of Modern Art. Welles was not able to attend — he was in Europe, preparing a film — but he did read the monograph Bogdanovich had written to accompany the screening and was favorably impressed by it. This is Orson Welles is a 1992 book by Orson Welles (1915–1985) and Peter Bogdanovich that comprises conversations between the two filmmakers recorded over several years, beginning in 1969.