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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.

Directing Herbert White

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    Publisher: Faber & Faber
    Publication Date: 03/07/2014
    ISBN13: 9780571314379, 978-0571314379
    ISBN10: 0571314376
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    Description

    Book Synopsis

    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.

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