Directing Herbert White
Author | : James Franco |
Publisher | : Faber & Faber |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 2014-07-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780571314386 |
ISBN-13 | : 0571314384 |
Rating | : 4/5 (384 Downloads) |
Download or read book Directing Herbert White written by James Franco and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Directing Herbert White James Franco writes about making a film of Frank Bidart's poem, Herbert White. Though the main character, Herbert White is a necrophiliac, and a killer, the poem - and the film - are an expression of life's isolation and loneliness. A poem became a film. In the rest of book, Franco uses poems to express what he feels about film: about acting; about the actors he admires - James Dean, Marlon Brando, Sean Penn; about the cult of celebrity and his struggles with it; about his teenage years in Palo Alto, and about mortality prompted by the death of his father. These preoccupations are handled with a simplicity and directness that recalls the work of Frank O'Hara.