Watch Me - Rilegato

Anjelica Huston

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ISBN 10: 1471133397 ISBN 13: 9781471133398

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster UK, 2014

Riassunto

Picking up where A Story Lately Toldleaves off, when Anjelica Huston is 22 years old, WatchMe chronicles her glamorous and eventful Hollywood years. She tells the story of falling in love with Jack Nicholson and her adventurous, turbulent, high-profile, spirited 17-year relationship with him and his intoxicating circle of friends. She writes about learning the art and craft of acting, about her Academy Award-winning portrayal of Maerose Prizzi in Prizzi's Honour, about her collaborations with many of the greatest directors in Hollywood, including Woody Allen, Wes Anderson, Richard Condon, Bob Rafelson, Francis Ford Coppola and Stephen Frears. She writes movingly and beautifully about the death of her father, the legendary director John Huston and her marriage to sculptor Robert Graham.

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Recensione:

'Huston brings a fly-on-the-wall, female perspective to a hedonistic, creatively charged period in Hollywood when films were changing and so was the status of women, actors and the nature of celebrity' Metro

'The movie star's tumultuous 17-year relationship with Hollywood hell-raiser Jack Nicholson takes a starring role in this memoir, which picks up from where last year s A Story Lately Told left off. As Oscar-winner Anjelica charts her journey to the top of the Tinseltown tree, she also writes movingly about the death of her beloved director father John' Hello!

'Huston shares her father's skill for spinning a yarn and isn't ever prey to self-pity. You can't blame her for the name dropping (after all, she is describing the world she lives in) and you can't help but admire her sheer zest. Whether describing her love for Ireland, her passion for horse-riding or her dedication to her acting career, she is perceptive, witty, enthusiastic and gossipy by turn' Independent

'Most entertaining' The Times

'Huston is a wonderfully vivid writer, brilliant at describing the look of things be it scenery, or décor, or people... she has had an extraordinary life and tells it with great brio' Sunday Times
'A breathless whirlwind of seediness, glamour, stitched-together silk scarves and magic mushrooms... Watch Me is full of glitz and glamour. But beneath the sequins and the Kelly-green silk jersey beats a real and honest heart'

'Anjelica Huston is quite a woman, and her new book seems to be quite an autobiography'

'Her writing style remains beguiling: reading her is like listening to a harp' Evening Standard

'Huston brings a fly-on-the-wall, female perspective to a hedonistic, creatively charged period in Hollywood when films were changing and so was the status of women, actors and the nature of celebrity' Metro

Huston writes very frankly... the book is breezy and anecdotal. You can't help but admire her sheer zest' --Belfast Telegraph

L'autore:

An award-winning actress and director, Anjelica Huston has received multiple Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA and Emmy nominations. She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting actress in Prizzi's Honour, making the Huston family - beginning with her grandfather, Walter, and father, John - the first to include three generations of Oscar winners.

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• Editore: Simon & Schuster UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1471133397
• ISBN 13: 9781471133398
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 400