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Sonny Boy de Al Pacino

Sonny Boy

Autor Al Pacino
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 oct 2025

Un tânăr rătăcește pe străzile dure din South Bronx, împărțit între loialitatea față de o bandă de prieteni și refugiul într-o casă marcată de dragostea unei mame cu tulburări psihice grave. Această biografie revelează tocmai anii de umbră dinaintea succesului fulminant, detalii complet necunoscute publicului care l-a asociat mereu cu aura de neatins a Hollywood-ului. Sonny Boy nu începe sub lumina reflectoarelor, ci în culisele prăfuite ale teatrului de avangardă din New York, unde Al Pacino a dus o existență boemă, acceptând slujbe obscure pentru a-și susține pasiunea. Apreciem modul în care această confesiune sinceră, publicată de Random House, demontează mitul celebrității instantanee. Înainte ca rolurile mari să redefiniască cinematografia mondială, actorul trăise deja mai multe vieți marcate de sărăcie lucie, pierderi și incertitudine. Remarcăm cum firul narativ urmărește salvarea sa prin artă, un parcurs ghidat inițial de o profesoară care i-a intuit geniul și l-a îndrumat spre High School of Performing Arts. Cartea oferă o perspectivă cinematică asupra luptei dintre viziunea artistică pură și mecanismele comerciale ale industriei de film. Abordarea jurnalistică evocă It Starts with One, dar perspectiva este cea a unui artist care nu mai are nimic de ascuns sau de demonstrat, vorbind deschis despre vulnerabilitate și eșec. De asemenea, parcursul de la periferie la recunoaștere internațională ne amintește de Boy From the Valleys, însă confesiunea lui Pacino păstrează un ton mult mai tăios, șlefuit de ritmul vibrant al New York-ului postbelic. Credem că volumul reușește să transmită exact acea intensitate brută care i-a adus admirația colegilor de breaslă.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781804946138
ISBN-10: 1804946133
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 128 x 196 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Random House
Colecția Penguin

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Recomandăm această autobiografie pasionaților de cinematografie și celor fascinați de poveștile autentice de viață. Cititorul câștigă acces în culisele unei minți strălucite, înțelegând prețul real al succesului dincolo de faimă. Este o oportunitate rară de a descoperi omul din spatele personajelor iconice, printr-o confesiune intimă și curajoasă care demonstrează cum pasiunea pură pentru artă poate deveni un colac de salvare în cele mai întunecate momente.

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From one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a creative life in full To the wider world, Al Pacino exploded onto the scene like a supernova. He landed his first leading role, in The Panic in Needle Park, in 1971, and by 1975, he had starred in four movies-The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, Serpico, and Dog Day Afternoon-that were not just successes but landmarks in the history of film. Those performances became legendary and changed his life forever. Not since Marlon Brando and James Dean in the late 1950s had an actor landed in the culture with such force. But Pacino was in his mid thirties by then, and had already lived several lives. A fixture of avant-garde theater in New York, he had led a bohemian existence, working odd jobs to support his craft. He was raised by a fiercely loving but mentally unwell mother and her parents after his father left them when he was young, but in a real sense he was raised by the streets of the South Bronx, and by the troop of buccaneering young friends he ran with, whose spirits never left him. After a teacher recognized his acting promise and pushed him toward New York's fabled High School of Performing Arts, the die was cast. In good times and bad, in poverty and in wealth and in poverty again, through pain and joy, acting was his lifeline, its community his tribe. Sonny Boy is the memoir of a man who has nothing left to fear and nothing left to hide. All the great roles, the essential collaborations, and the important relationships are given their full due, as is the vexed marriage between creativity and commerce at the highest levels. The book's golden thread, however, is the spirit of love and purpose. Love can fail you, and you can be defeated in your ambitions-the same lights that shine bright can also dim. But Al Pacino was lucky enough to fall deeply in love with a craft before he had the foggiest idea of any of its earthly rewards, and he never fell out of love. That has made all the difference. _________________________________________________________________________ Praise for Al Pacino- 'Al Pacino is magical' Martin Scorsese 'A legend' Francis Ford Coppola 'So unique and special' Robert De Niro 'A singular, special talent, whose work stands the test of time' Robin Williams 'A wicked sense of humour' Oliver Stone 'Charming, hilarious, a nonstop talker. There is an aspect of him that is like a lost orphan, like this kind of crazy idiot savant' Diane Keaton 'As Michael in The Godfather, Pacino was everything I wanted that character to be on screen. I couldn't believe it. It was, in my eyes, a perfect performance, a work of art' Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather 'Comedic, talented, and certifiably insane' Johnny Depp 'Al is money, the man in charge, making it happen. I got to act with Al Pacino and it was worth more to me than anything' Samuel L Jackson 'A marvellous actor and man' Sean Connery 'The depth of Al Pacino's artistry is only more overwhelmed by the generosity of his spirit and his warmth. Al Pacino is Van Gogh. Modigliani' Andy Garcia 'The greatest actor in the world' Jamie Foxx

Notă biografică

Actor and director Al Pacino is a unique and enduring figure in the world of American stage and film. He grew up in New York City's South Bronx, attended the School of Performing Art, and studied acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio with Charles Laughton and the Actors Studio with mentor Lee Strasberg.
He has been nominated for the Academy Award nine times, for movies including The Godfather, Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, The Godfather Part II, and The Irishman, and won the Oscar for Best Actor in 1992 for Scent of a Woman. He has been nominated for the Golden Globe Award nineteen times, and won four, and has been nominated for three Tonys and won two.
Pacino has been awarded the Kennedy Center Honor, the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award, the National Merit of Arts from President Obama, and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement in Motion Pictures.