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| Title | : | Robert Redford: The Biography |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.18 (692 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307475964 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 608 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-27 |
| Language | : | English |
Robert Redford is among the most widely admired Hollywood stars of his generation, renowned for his iconic roles as the Sundance Kid, Bob Woodward and Jay Gatsby, and celebrated for his fierce commitment to environmental causes, independent filmmaking, and his Sundance Film Festival. Yet only now, in this revelatory biography written in close collaboration with the extraordinary actor and director himself, do we see the complex man beneath the Hollywood façade.
An analysis of the way that history, personal or national, shapes us and we, in turn, shape it. Callan is clearly on his game when it comes to dissecting Redford’s film career.” —Newsday “An elegant, perceptive book, admiring, friendly, but neither hagiographic nor obsequious.” —The Guardian (UK) “Prodigiously researched. Callan’s book begins and ends exactly where it should: with that quadrant of Utah soil christened by its owner ‘Sundance.’” —The Washington Post“Meticulous. An entertaining, enriching reading experience.&r
He has worked for the BBC, Ireland’s Ardmore Studios, and PBS as a writer, producer, and director of television dramas and documentaries. Michael Feeney Callan won the Hennessy Literary Award for his short fiction and has published poetry and novels, as well as biographies of Anthony Hopkins, Richard Harris, Julie Christie, and Sean Connery. He lives in Dublin, Ireland.
Tough and Radical Golden Boy When I began reading this pre-publication biography of Robert Redford, I thought I would be learning about a laid-back guy from California who fell into acting via the gift of his good looks combined with perfect timing. Not so. His life totally surprised me. I know he is a conservationist with liberal political leanings, but I was not aware of the layers of this man's ambition and intellect.Brought up without money by a wonderful, supportive mother and a . Powerful Biography of Unique Detached Star Who Did It HIS WAY - FIVE STARS !!!! Richard of Connecticut I have found stars interesting my entire life. They are different from the rest of us, and we never really get to know them because we only see what is exposed to the rest of us. Their human element is never displayed except when they have issues with the law, or divorce, or just outrageously bad behavior. Robert Redford has managed to go an entire lifetime without having to sacrifice himself or his individuality to the fame system that is indigenous to an. T. I. Farmer said The Elusive Redford --- an American Mystery. My wife saw the book on the kitchen counter and summed up the Redford Problem. "Isn't that a book for women?" But the Redford life and film canon are more complex, and his Irish biographer, Michael Feeney Callan, has devoted ten years of his writing life to proving it. Here's the result: a bio of a conflicted, sometimes agonized man in the throes of a two-level career: swoon-worthy matinee idol and golden boy on one hand, deadly serious, reclusive cineaste
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