Johnny Depp - Softcover

Feeney, F. X.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3836508494 ISBN 13: 9783836508490

Publisher: Taschen America Llc, 2009

Synopsis

How do we even describe the alienated beauty of Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow, Donnie Brasco, Don Juan DeMarco, Captain Jack Sparrow and Sweeney Todd, apart from the prodigious gift of Johnny Depp? How do we even name these great characters in one sentence, except under the heading of his contrary, heat-seeking curiosity, and imagination? If he didnt exist, you would need at least six other actors to achieve what he has thus far in his career. Few are so angelically androgynous and masculine in the same breath. From teen hearth-throb to an accomplished actor who has worked with art house directors such as Emir Kusturica, Terry Gilliam, Roman Polanski, Jim Jarmusch, and John Waters, Depp has built himself wildly successful and unconventional career. Movie Icons is a series of photo books that feature the most famous personalities in the history of cinema. These 192-page books are visual biographies of the stars.

About this title

About the Author:

Paul Duncan has edited more than 40 film books for TASCHEN, and wrote Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick in the Film Series. F. X. Feeney is a screenwriter and critic based in Los Angeles. His film credits include The Big Brass Ring, based on a story by Orson Welles, and Frankenstein Unbound, directed by Roger Corman, whilst his reviews have appeared in L.A. Weekly and other publications. F. X. has also written TASCHEN's Michael Mann and Polanski.

Review:

"More bang for your buck! "... a fast-food, high-energy fix on the topic at hand." The New York Times Book Review"

About this edition

• Publisher: Taschen America Llc
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 3836508494
• ISBN 13: 9783836508490
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: Duncan Paul