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Jack Nicholson: Anatomy of an Actor

Author : Beverly Walker
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0714866687

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Jack Nicholson: Anatomy of an Actor by Beverly Walker Pdf

Throughout his career, Jack Nicholson has portrayed unique and challenging roles in classic movies such as Easy Rider (1969), Chinatown (1974), The Shining (1980), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), Terms of Endearment (1983), The Witches of Eastwick (1987) and The Departed (2006). Nicholson's twelve Oscar nominations make him the most nominated male actor in history. Jack Nicholson: Anatomy of an Actor is a new addition to Cahiers du cinema, a fascinating series from the world-renowned cinema magazine. The book focuses on ten key performances, exploring the unparalleled career of Jack Nicholson through narrative and analytical text accompanied by 300 images, including film stills and set photographs, as well as film sequences, script notes, and more. This thoughtful and lively examination of Nicholson's craft will appeal to film professionals and casual movie fans alike.

Jack Nicholson

Author : Beverly Walker (Journalist)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1310742213

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Jack Nicholson by Beverly Walker (Journalist) Pdf

Throughout his career, Jack Nicholson has portrayed unique and challenging roles in classic movies such as Easy Rider (1969), Chinatown (1974), The Shining (1980), The Postman Always Ring Twice (1981), Terms of Endearment (1983), The Witches of Eastwick (1987) and The Departed (2006). Nicholson's twelve Oscar nominations make him the most nominated male Oscar winner. Jack Nicholson: Anatomy of an Actor is new title in the fascinating series from world-renowned cinema magazine Cahiers du cinema. The book focuses on ten key performances, combining both a narrative and analytical text with 300 images - from film stills to set photographs, film sequences, script notes and more - to explore the unparalleled career of Jack Nicholson. This thoughtful and lively examination of Nicholson's craft will appeal to professional audiences and movie fans alike.

Tom Cruise: Anatomy of an Actor

Author : Amy Nicholson
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0714868019

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Tom Cruise: Anatomy of an Actor by Amy Nicholson Pdf

The Anatomy of an Actor series takes ten roles by a single actor, each studied in a dedicated chapter, and identifies the key elements that made the performances exceptional - carefully examining the actor's craft for both a professional audience and movie fans alike. Tom Cruise (born 1962), first cast by Francis Ford Coppola in The Outsiders (1983), gained international notoriety in the mid-1980s thanks to Tony Scott's Top Gun (1986). One of the most sought-after actors in Hollywood, Cruise has oriented his career to blockbusters, starring in Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds (2005) and the Mission: Impossible series (1996, 2000, 2006, 2011) An accessible text combines both a narrative and analytical dimension and is illustrated by 300 film stills, set photographs and film sequences.

Al Pacino

Author : Karina Longworth
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0714866644

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Al Pacino by Karina Longworth Pdf

The first illustrated series to analyse the craft of exceptional actors

Quintessential Jack

Author : Scott Edwards
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476630861

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Quintessential Jack by Scott Edwards Pdf

After several years of small roles and experimental screenwriting during his early career, Jack Nicholson got his big break in 1969 with Easy Rider. The next year Five Easy Pieces made him a star. Since then the 12-time Academy Award nominee has won Best Actor twice (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and As Good as It Gets). This critical study examines each of Nicholson’s film roles, as well as his screenwriting and directorial efforts. Fascinating personal insights are provided through interviews with stars such as Mews Small, James Hong, Millie Perkins, Michael Margotta, Shirley Knight, Joe Turkel, Ed Nelson, Hazel Court, the Monkees, several Apollo astronauts, Hell’s Angel Sonny Barger, Peter Fonda, Bruce Dern, and many more.

The Essential Jack Nicholson

Author : James L. Neibaur
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781442269897

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The Essential Jack Nicholson by James L. Neibaur Pdf

For ten years Jack Nicholson toiled in low-budget films and guest spots in such television shows as Dr. Kildare and The Andy Griffith Show before his breakout performance in Easy Rider. Despite “retiring” in 2010, Nicholson remains one of the most revered actors of the last half century. Nominated for twelve Academy Awards—the most of any male actor—Nicholson has received three Oscars and countless other honors. The Essential Jack Nicholson looks at the key films in the career of one of Hollywood’s biggest stars. After a brief profile of the actor, James L. Neibaur highlights each of Nicholson’s most important works, explaining why his performances are essential viewing. In addition to Easy Rider, the films discussed include Five Easy Pieces, The Last Detail, Chinatown, One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The Shining, Reds, Terms of Endearment, Prizzi’s Honor, Ironweed, Batman, A Few Good Men, As Good as It Gets, About Schmidt, and The Departed. Neibaur also provides details about each film’s production, critical reaction, commercial reception, major nominations, and awards. A filmography of all of Nicholson’s movie roles (and select television performances) is also included. The Essential Jack Nicholson is a valuable source of information for fans of this iconic star and his films.

Jack's Life: A Biography of Jack Nicholson (Updated and Expanded)

Author : Patrick McGilligan
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780393350975

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Jack's Life: A Biography of Jack Nicholson (Updated and Expanded) by Patrick McGilligan Pdf

“Jack’s Life feels true. . . . Fascinating.”—Entertainment Weekly Jack Nicholson has lived large on and off the screen. Patrick McGilligan, one of America’s outstanding film biographers, has plumbed research and interviews to expand his definitive biography since its publication twenty years ago. Jack’s Life captures the essence of this most private and public of stars with a vivid depiction of Nicholson’s tangled Dickensian upbringing, his hungry years as actor and writer, his nearaccidental breakthrough in Easy Rider, and his prolificacy and artistry ever since, with roles in Chinatown, Five Easy Pieces, The Shining, A Few Good Men, As Good As It Gets, and The Departed, to name a beloved handful of his sixty-plus films. McGilligan captures the life and legacy of this unabashed and complex personality

Becoming Jack Nicholson

Author : Shaun R. Karli
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-02
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780810885998

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Becoming Jack Nicholson by Shaun R. Karli Pdf

One of the most celebrated figures in the world of cinema, Jack Nicholson has appeared in more than fifty films, stamping each with his larger-than-life presence. Because Nicholson brought a set of traits and attitudes with him to his roles that the actor and filmmakers variously inflected, audiences associated certain characteristics with his screen identity. At times his rebelliousness was celebrated as an act of self-expression against an oppressive system (Five Easy Pieces, The Passenger, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), and at others it was revealed as an absurd masculine fantasy (The Last Detail, Chinatown, and The Shining). In each, the actor embodies an inherent tension between a desire to make authentic choices and a pressure to conform to societal expectations of manly behavior. In Becoming Jack Nicholson: The Masculine Persona from Easy Rider to The Shining, Shaun Karli looks at the actor’s on-screen presence in eight key films between 1969 and 1980. Karli explores how in each of these films, the actor and the filmmakers played upon audience expectations of “Jack Nicholson” to challenge prevailing attitudes about masculinity and power. Focusing on the actor's image in a string of counterculture films that spanned the 1970s, Karli argues that audiences created a composite "understanding" of the Nicholson persona in these movies. Examining both the actor and the on-screen version of the Nicholson character, this book offers a fascinating look at one of the major screen figures of the past forty years. Becoming Jack Nicholson will appeal to scholars of cinema, but also to those interested in gender studies, American studies, and sociology.

Jack Nicholson: the Biography

Author : John Parker
Publisher : John Blake
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04
Category : Motion picture actors and actresses
ISBN : 1786062666

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Jack Nicholson: the Biography by John Parker Pdf

INDIVIDUAL ACTORS & PERFORMERS. This comprehensive biography explores Nicholson's life with the help and co-operation of many of his Hollywood associates. Born in 1937 in New Jersey, he was raised, unbeknownst to him, by his grandparents, who had agreed to raise their teenage daughter's child. It was just the beginning of his journey from humble beginnings to award-winning success and multiple high-profile relationships with Hollywood's most glamorous women. The most nominated male actor in Academy Award history and a true bon viveur, Nicholson has lived the most extraordinary of lives. John Parker delves into the life of this fascinating man, discovering that far more lies beneath the surface than one might think. The real Jack Nicholson and his legacy is examined in enthralling detail in this must-read for any film lover.

Jack Nicholson

Author : Don Shiach
Publisher : B. T. Batsford Limited
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0713484306

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Jack Nicholson by Don Shiach Pdf

Hollywood loves Jack Nicholson. He has been nominated for more Oscars than any other living actor, and more recently walked away with Best Actor for his role in As Good As It Gets. This guide covers all Nicholson's movies and includes a selection of quotes by and about him.

Acting Male

Author : Dennis Bingham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015031776050

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Acting Male by Dennis Bingham Pdf

Drawing parallels between acting and star-making and such concepts of gender identity as masquerade and role playing, Dennis Bingham points out tensions between the mask of masculinity and the 'naturalness' designed to obscure it.

Meryl Streep: Anatomy of an Actor

Author : Karina Longworth
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-06
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0714866695

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Meryl Streep: Anatomy of an Actor by Karina Longworth Pdf

One of the most talented actresses of her generation, Meryl Streep provides a high benchmark by which others are measured. In films such as The Deer Hunter (1978), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Mamma Mia (2008), and The Iron Lady (2010), Streep has astounded audiences with her ability to fully inhabit characters. She has received 17 Academy Award nominations and 27 Golden Globe nominations – more nominations than any other actor in the history of either award. Meryl Streep: Anatomy of an Actor is a new addition to Cahiers du Cinema, a fascinating series from the world–renowned cinema magazine. The book focuses on ten key performances, exploring the unparalleled career of Meryl Streep through narrative and analytical text accompanied by 300 images, including film stills and set photographs, as well as film sequences, script notes, and more. This thoughtful and lively examination of Streep’s craft will appeal to film professionals and casual movie fans alike.

Robert De Niro: Anatomy of an Actor

Author : Glenn Kenny
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-28
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0714868027

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Robert De Niro: Anatomy of an Actor by Glenn Kenny Pdf

"The finest book on De Niro yet." – The Film Stage Best known for gangster films, Robert De Niro (b.1943) has led a rich and varied career that encompasses crime movies, musicals, comedies, period pieces and action flicks. His breakout role in Martin Scorcese?s Mean Streets (1973) sparked a decades-long collaboration with the director that included Taxi Driver in 1976 and The King of Comedy in 1983. Oscar winner for Best Actor in Raging Bull (1980), he was awarded the prestigious role of jury president at Cannes in 2011. Anatomy of an Actor titles are comprehensive studies on the craft of the world’s greatest actors, through the analysis of ten of their most iconic roles. The authors examine why and how these famous actors have become some of the most respected and influential in the film world. Each title is divided into ten chapters, each one dedicated to a specific role, and is fully documented with film stills, set photographs, and film sequences. This innovative and beautiful series on actors is accessible to enthusiastic moviegoers as well as serious cinephiles, fans and those who want to become actors.

The Big Goodbye

Author : Sam Wasson
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781250301833

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The Big Goodbye by Sam Wasson Pdf

From the New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and Fosse comes the revelatory account of the making of a modern American masterpiece Chinatown is the Holy Grail of 1970s cinema. Its twist ending is the most notorious in American film and its closing line of dialogue the most haunting. Here for the first time is the incredible true story of its making. In Sam Wasson's telling, it becomes the defining story of the most colorful characters in the most colorful period of Hollywood history. Here is Jack Nicholson at the height of his powers, as compelling a movie star as there has ever been, embarking on his great, doomed love affair with Anjelica Huston. Here is director Roman Polanski, both predator and prey, haunted by the savage death of his wife, returning to Los Angeles, the scene of the crime, where the seeds of his own self-destruction are quickly planted. Here is the fevered dealmaking of "The Kid" Robert Evans, the most consummate of producers. Here too is Robert Towne's fabled script, widely considered the greatest original screenplay ever written. Wasson for the first time peels off layers of myth to provide the true account of its creation. Looming over the story of this classic movie is the imminent eclipse of the '70s filmmaker-friendly studios as they gave way to the corporate Hollywood we know today. In telling that larger story, The Big Goodbye will take its place alongside classics like Easy Riders, Raging Bulls and The Devil's Candy as one of the great movie-world books ever written. Praise for Sam Wasson: "Wasson is a canny chronicler of old Hollywood and its outsize personalities...More than that, he understands that style matters, and, like his subjects, he has a flair for it." - The New Yorker "Sam Wasson is a fabulous social historian because he finds meaning in situations and stories that would otherwise be forgotten if he didn't sleuth them out, lovingly." - Hilton Als

Jack's Life

Author : Patrick McGilligan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Motion picture actors and actresses
ISBN : 0006384331

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Jack's Life by Patrick McGilligan Pdf

Jack Nicholson started life in Jersey, a confused Catholic boy of uncertain parentage. After years working as a dogsbody at MGM came Jack's overnight break in Easy Rider which revealed him as an electrifying and entirely new screen presence. This biography tells the stories behind his great screen roles in films like Chinatown, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Shining, Terms of Endearment and A Few Good Men which have made Nicholson into one of Hollywood's most enduringly popular, toughest and highest paid actors.