APOCRYPHA

 
According to Orson welles:

"I did not write the book of Arkadin, didn't write it, never read it!"

He did however write the screenplay, act and direct a movie of that name 'Arkadin' or as it was released in some countries as 'Confidential Report'.

He loved making movies and even with the thinnest of pretexts, he came up with gems like 'F for Fake' exploring, in its deepest sense, the nature of art. After all, when he was young, he tried to fake an invasion from Mars using the medium of radio which was not quite what H.G. Wells would have intended his story 'War of the Worlds' to be used, even though apparently, he was quite impressed with his younger almost namesake's effort.

He also believed that a movie, being its own medium, ought to extend or at least explore certain dramatic possibilities that the original medium, e.g. a novel or a play, poses or suggests, bringing into question the importance of authenticity in authorship. This has a bearing on the method of storytelling itself; whether one can interfere with the dramatic equilibrium of its original form. With or without major alterations, basing a film on a novel is common practice but it is a curious fact that only a very special club of readers would be interested in tackling novellised films.

Evidently Orson Welles gave permission for a serial to a newspaper to promote the film when it was released, not knowing then that the serial would become a hardcover book with his name printed on it.

"Therein, as a book of uncertain authorship, it classifies as Apocrypha."