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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Faber & Faber
ISBN-13
9780571314379
eBay Product ID (ePID)
209439554
Product Key Features
Book Title
Directing Herbert White
Author
James Franco
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Poetry
Publication Year
2014
Number of Pages
96 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
135mm
Item Weight
106g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
James Franco
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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