The rapport between Megahey and Welles is the reason this film is a success in both celebrating and mourning Welles' life in cinema. That and Megahey's simple yet carefully considered use of stills and film footage along with expert use of supplementary interviews (with Welles' friends and colleagues) and to-the-point narration. This is a carefully constructed and meticulously researched film from which Orson emerges fully-formed as a brilliant yet wounded and insecure giant of cinema.