Directing Herbert White

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 details

• Authors: James Franco
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.07.2014
• EAN: 9780571314379
• ISBN: 978-0-571-31437-9
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 216 mm x 8 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Filmbücher (Hintergrundwissen, -materialien) div., PERFORMING ARTS / Screenplays, Film scripts and screenplays