Directing Herbert White

James Franco author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Faber & Faber

Published:3rd Jul '14

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Directing Herbert White - from acclaimed Hollywood actor/director James Franco comes a brilliant new collection of poems.

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.

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.

ISBN: 9780571314379

Dimensions: 216mm x 135mm x 8mm

Weight: 106g

96 pages

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