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A fiercely vivid collection of stories about troubled California adolescents and misfits.
Considered one of the finest actors of his generation, James Franco is also a multitalented writer and visual artist. Drawing from his experience in film and television work, Franco has produced a visually exciting and thought-provoking body of video works, multimedia installations, and large-scale sculptures. Drawn from the exhibition curated by Alanna Heiss and organized by the Clocktower Gallery, James Franco: The Dangerous Book Four Boys explores themes of childhood and nostalgia, games and destruction. Each experimental film, suite of drawings, and raw, childlike construction is presented as a window into the artist's mind. This dense and often diaristic survey reflects Franco's interest in the contemporary American landscape of adolescence and young adulthood.
This biography profiles that life and work of actor James Franco. Franco got his acting start on the cult, television show Freeks and Geeks and became a Hollywood A-lister when he was cast opposite Tobey McGuire as Spidey's best friend in Spiderman. Yet Franco found himself in the unusual position of not enjoying his status as an A-list actor. Looking around for something more brought him back to college, where he found deep satisfaction and inspiration. In addition to being an actor and a student, he has sought to become a director, an independent filmmaker, a writer, a photographer, and a conceptual artist.
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Best-selling author David Shields, and multi-talented writer, actor and director James Franco team up to transform a conversation into a highly original study of celebrity. Flip-Side is a work of dialogue that explores the relationship between performance and persona, on the one hand, and underlying pain and trauma, on the other. The text is complimented by dozens of selfies of James and Lana.
"James Franco: A Journey of Talent, Turmoil, and Redemption" is an intimate exploration of the highs and lows of one of Hollywood's most complex figures. From his meteoric rise as an actor in iconic roles like Freaks and Geeks and Spider-Man to the controversies that challenged his career, this biography delves deep into the man behind the headlines. James Franco's story is one of relentless ambition, unparalleled talent, and raw humanity. Behind the awards and accolades lies a man who has faced immense public scrutiny, forcing him to reckon with his choices and the shadows they cast on his legacy. Through reflection and resilience, Franco is charting a path toward redemption-both as an arti...
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.
Straight James / Gay James, actor James Franco’s new chapbook of poems, explores the facets of his public and private personas. Straight James / Gay James is a poetic bildungsroman—raw, candid, and uninhibited. James Franco writes about life as an actor, sexuality, questions of identity, gender, family, Gucci, Lana Del Rey, James Dean, Hollywood, and more. His poetic style varies from the imagistic to the prosaic. The chapbook also contains an interview of “Gay James” conducted by “Straight James.” Yes, Straight James asks the question: “Let’s get substantial: are you f*****g gay or what?”
Luke B. Goebel's Fourteen Stories, None of Them Are Yours is the winner of the FC2 Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize.