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Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art

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Availability:In StockContributor:Gene WilderPublish date:2006-03-07Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:St. Martins Press-3PLISBN-13:9780312337070ISBN-10:312337078UPC:9780312337070Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Entertainment & Performing Arts, Personal Memoirs, FilmBook Topic:ScreenwritingSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCNSM29S6M

Gene Wilder was one of the great comic actors who defined the 1970's and 1980's in movies. From his early work with Woody Allen to the rich group of movies he made with Mel Brooks to his partnership on screen with Richard Pryor, Wilder's performances are still discussed and celebrated today. Kiss Me Like A Stranger is an intimate glimpse of the man behind the image on the screen.

In this book, Wilder talks about everything from his experiences in psychoanalysis to why he got into acting (and later comedy-his first goal was to be a Shakespearean actor) to how a Midwestern childhood with a sick mother changed him. He writes about the creative process on stage and on screen, and divulges moments from life on the sets of the some of the most iconic movies of our time. He also opens up about his love affairs and marriages, including his marriage to comedian Gilda Radner. But the core of Kiss Me Like A Stranger is an actor's search for truth and a thoughtful analysis of why the choices he made-some of them so serendipitous they were practically accidental-changed the course of his life.
Language:EnglishPublisher:St. Martins Press-3PLISBN-13:9780312337070ISBN-10:312337078UPC:9780312337070Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Entertainment & Performing Arts, Personal Memoirs, FilmBook Topic:ScreenwritingSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCNSM29S6M
Gene Wilder (1933-2016) began acting when he was thirteen and writing for the screen since the early 1970s. After a small role in Bonnie and Clyde pulled him away from a career onstage, he was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for his role as Leo Bloom in The Producers, which led to Blazing Saddles and then to another Academy nomination, this time for writing Young Frankenstein. Wilder has appeared in twenty-five feature films and a number of stage productions. His first book, about his own life, was Kiss Me Like A Stranger, and was followed by the novels My French Whore, The Woman Who Wouldn't, What Is This Thing Called Love? and Something to Remember You By.
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL

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