Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind
Autor Gavin Edwardsen Limba Engleză Hardback – 22 oct 2013
Last Night at the Viper Roomexplores the young star’s life, including his childhood in Venezuela growing up under the aegis of the cultish Children of God. Putting him at the center of a new generation of leading men emerging in the early 1990s— including Johnny Depp, Keanu Reeves, Brad Pitt, Nicolas Cage, and Leonardo DiCaprio—Gavin Edwards traces the Academy Award nominee’s meteoric rise, couches him in an examination of the 1990s, and illuminates his lasting legacy on Hollywood and popular culture itself.
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ISBN-13: 9780062273154
ISBN-10: 0062273159
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: HARPERCOLLINS;
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ISBN-10: 0062273159
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: HARPERCOLLINS;
Colecția It Books
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Hollywood
was
built
on
beautiful
and
complicated
matinee
idols:
James
Dean
and
Marlon
Brando
are
classic
examples,
but
in
the
1990s,
the
actor
who
embodied
that
archetype
was
River
Phoenix.
As
the
brightly
colored
1980s
wound
down,
a
new
crew
of
leading
men
began
to
appear
on
movie
screens.
Hailed
for
their
acting
prowess
and
admired
for
choosing
meaty
roles,
actors
such
as
Johnny
Depp,
Nicolas
Cage,
Keanu
Reeves,
and
Brad
Pitt
were
soon
rocketing
toward
stardom
while
an
unknown
Leonardo
DiCaprio
prepared
to
make
his
acting
debut.
River
Phoenix,
however,
stood
in
front
of
the
pack.
Blessed
with
natural
talent
and
fueled
by
integrity,
Phoenix
was
admired
by
his
peers
and
adored
by
his
fans.
More
than
just
a
pinup
on
teenage
girls'
walls,
Phoenix
was
also
a
fervent
defender
of
the
environment
and
a
vocal
proponent
of
a
vegan
lifestyle—well
on
his
way
to
becoming
a
symbol
of
his
generation.
At
age
eighteen,
he
received
his
first
Oscar
nomination.
But
behind
his
beautiful
public
face,
there
was
a
young
man
who
had
been
raised
in
a
cult
by
nonconformist
parents,
who
was
burdened
with
supporting
his
family
from
a
young
age,
and
who
eventually
succumbed
to
addiction,
escaping
into
a
maelstrom
of
drink
and
drugs.
And then he was gone. After a dozen films, includingStand by MeandMy Own Private Idaho, and with a seemingly limitless future, River Phoenix died of a drug overdose. He was twenty-three years old.
InLast Night at the Viper Room, bestselling author and journalist Gavin Edwards toggles between the tragic events at the Viper Room in West Hollywood on Halloween 1993 and the story of an extraordinary life.Last Night at the Viper Roomis part biography, part cultural history of the 1990s, and part celebration of River Phoenix, a Hollywood icon gone too soon. Full of interviews from his fellow actors, directors, friends, and family,Last Night at the Viper Roomshows the role he played in creating the place of the actor in our modern culture and the impact his work still makes today.
And then he was gone. After a dozen films, includingStand by MeandMy Own Private Idaho, and with a seemingly limitless future, River Phoenix died of a drug overdose. He was twenty-three years old.
InLast Night at the Viper Room, bestselling author and journalist Gavin Edwards toggles between the tragic events at the Viper Room in West Hollywood on Halloween 1993 and the story of an extraordinary life.Last Night at the Viper Roomis part biography, part cultural history of the 1990s, and part celebration of River Phoenix, a Hollywood icon gone too soon. Full of interviews from his fellow actors, directors, friends, and family,Last Night at the Viper Roomshows the role he played in creating the place of the actor in our modern culture and the impact his work still makes today.
Recenzii
“Twenty
years
after
his
death,
River
Phoenix
remains
as
enigmatic
and
elusive
as
ever.
Last
Night
at
the
Viper
Room
tells
the
heart-shredding
story
of
how
this
haunted
actor
left
such
a
big
impression
in
such
a
brief
time.”
“What Edwards does do impeccably is reveal the life of an extraordinary young man, whose idealism and dedication to his family, despite crippling childhood conditions, set him apart from the rest of the rising star pack.”
“What Edwards does do impeccably is reveal the life of an extraordinary young man, whose idealism and dedication to his family, despite crippling childhood conditions, set him apart from the rest of the rising star pack.”