Author:Simon Callow
A companion volume to Being an Actor, Callow's classic text about the experience of acting in the theatre, Shooting the Actor reveals the truth about film acting. The book describes his film work, from Amadeus to Four Weddings and a Funeral, from Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls to Shakespeare in Love.
Its centrepiece is a hilarious and sometimes agonising account of the making of Manifesto, shot in the former Yugoslavia. When Callow first met the film's director Dušan Makavejev to discuss the movie, they both got on famously. Months later the two were barely speaking. Insightful and always entertaining, Shooting the Actor reveals more than any formal guide could about the process of film-making and the highly complex nature of being both actor and director.
A rare book: a genuinely frank and self-revealing account of an actor's nightmare made real. Comic and even touching
—— Sir Richard EyreThe tale is breathless... works up a gallop
—— ObserverFunny, readable and filled with proper gossip. Most importantly, it's a perceptive and tenacious look at what it was really like to be a girl among the blokes in that era
—— Alexandra Heminsley , The New Review, Independent on SundayWener charts the story of her rise from suburban schoolgirl to 1990s pin-up with Indie group Sleeper. Her tone is warm, funny and self-deprecating - and she's not afraid to prick a few egos along the way
—— Daily MirrorAn amusing insight into the banality of band life, and a cautionary tale about the cost of getting what you always wanted
—— The QuietusTeen love, bad haircuts, great music and laugh-out-loud memories
—— Fearne Cotton(This week Sam has been) laughing, crying and over-identifying with Louise Wener's hilarious memoir, Different For Girls
—— Sam Baker - Editor of Red MagazineThoroughly entertaining
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