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Hollywood Dreaming : Stories, Pictures, and Poems by James Franco (2014, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherInsight Editions
ISBN-101608873439
ISBN-139781608873432
eBay Product ID (ePID)201669986
Product Key Features
Book TitleHollywood Dreaming : Stories, Pictures, and Poems
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
TopicPersonal Memoirs, General, American / General, Biographical
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Fiction, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorJames Franco
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight23.8 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width7 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews..a peek into the actor's life that's a pretty as an Instagram." — Variety It's hard to tell where the real James Franco ends and the cartoonish public figure begins—which is precisely the point…a clever piece of performance art that digs deeper into Provocative Artist James Franco." — LA Magazine The Franco commodity is now so meta, so fierce, that picking apart the various layers of who is James Franco" is futile: he is always and never himself…. Franco builds upon his Writer persona, entwining everything we know so far from the pages of Palo Alto (2010), A California Childhood (2013) and Actors Anonymous (2013) to bring together a slick, stylish, magazine-like hard cover book that will sit fluorescently and awkwardly alongside novels on any good book shelf. It is a book that begins and ends with him: preparing, transforming, performing." — The Vine "This is not what you are looking for if you are looking to read a typical Hollywood tell-all. Franco takes the medium and turns it upside down to his advantage, which is no problem for the king of ambiguity. Said Franco, 'There are many different forms in this book.'" — Fashion Times, "..a peek into the actor's life that's a pretty as an Instagram." -- Variety "It's hard to tell where the real James Franco ends and the cartoonish public figure begins--which is precisely the point...a clever piece of performance art that digs deeper into Provocative Artist James Franco." -- LA Magazine "The Franco commodity is now so meta, so fierce, that picking apart the various layers of who is "James Franco" is futile: he is always and never himself.... Franco builds upon his Writer persona, entwining everything we know so far from the pages of Palo Alto (2010), A California Childhood (2013) and Actors Anonymous (2013) to bring together a slick, stylish, magazine-like hard cover book that will sit fluorescently and awkwardly alongside novels on any good book shelf. It is a book that begins and ends with him: preparing, transforming, performing." -- The Vine "This is not what you are looking for if you are looking to read a typical Hollywood tell-all. Franco takes the medium and turns it upside down to his advantage, which is no problem for the king of ambiguity. Said Franco, 'There are many different forms in this book.'" -- Fashion Times, It's hard to tell where the real James Franco ends and the cartoonish public figure begins—which is precisely the point…a clever piece of performance art that digs deeper into Provocative Artist James Franco." -- LA Magazine The Franco commodity is now so meta, so fierce, that picking apart the various layers of who is James Franco" is futile: he is always and never himself…. Franco builds upon his Writer persona, entwining everything we know so far from the pages of Palo Alto (2010), A California Childhood (2013) and Actors Anonymous (2013) to bring together a slick, stylish, magazine-like hard cover book that will sit fluorescently and awkwardly alongside novels on any good book shelf. It is a book that begins and ends with him: preparing, transforming, performing." -- The Vine "This is not what you are looking for if you are looking to read a typical Hollywood tell-all. Franco takes the medium and turns it upside down to his advantage, which is no problem for the king of ambiguity. Said Franco, 'There are many different forms in this book.'" -- Fashion Times
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal791.43028092
SynopsisIn his follow-up to A California Childhood, James Franco reflects on his life in Hollywood and beyond through an intimate and powerful series of poems, artwork, and short stories. In his follow-up to the critically acclaimed A California Childhood, James Franco presents a compelling portrait of the life of a young actor coming into his own in Hollywood. Told in an absorbing array of literary styles and art forms--from short stories and poems to personal snapshots, paintings and self-portraits--Hollywood Dreaming brilliantly pieces together the youth of a seemingly familiar actor, playfully blurring the line between reality and fiction. The escapades of a jaded Hollywood insider counter a series of inter-connected stories about a boy named Shrimp and the hopeful young actor he becomes. Each piece of the story, whether visual or textual, thoughtfully peels away another layer of the book's protagonist, whose character unfolds like a Russian nesting doll. Ultimately, the collage that James Franco creates becomes a fascinating caricature of himself, a performance on the page that is equal parts provocative, funny, and emotional., In his follow-up to the critically acclaimed A California Childhood , James Franco presents a compelling portrait of the life of a young actor coming into his own in Hollywood. Told in an absorbing array of literary styles and art forms--from short stories and poems to personal snapshots, paintings and self-portraits--Hollywood Dreaming brilliantly pieces together the youth of a seemingly familiar actor, playfully blurring the line between reality and fiction. The escapades of a jaded Hollywood insider counter a series of inter-connected stories about a boy named Shrimp and the hopeful young actor he becomes. Each piece of the story, whether visual or textual, thoughtfully peels away another layer of the book's protagonist, whose character unfolds like a Russian nesting doll. Ultimately, the collage that James Franco creates becomes a fascinating caricature of himself, a performance on the page that is equal parts provocative, funny, and emotional.
LC Classification NumberPS3606.R37523
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