NICOLE KIDMAN
Book ID/图书代码： 02000005B11717
English Summary/英文概要： From the brilliant film historian and critic David Thomson, a book that reinvents the star biography in a singularly illuminating portrait of Nicole Kidman—and what it means to be a top actress today. At once life story, love letter, and critical analysis, this is not merely a book about who Kidman is but about what she is—in our culture and in our minds, on- and offscreen.
Tall, Australian, one of the striking beauties of the world, Nicole Kidman is that rare modern phenomenon—an authentic movie star who is as happy and as creative throwing a seductive gaze from some magazine cover as she is being Virginia Woolf in The Hours. Here is the story of how this actress began her career, has grown through her roles, taken risks, made good choices and bad, and worried about money, aging, and image.
Here are the details of an actress’s life: her performances in To Die For, The Portrait of a Lady, Eyes Wide Shut, Moulin Rouge!, The Hours, and Birth, among other films; her high-visibility marriage to Tom Cruise; her intense working relationship with Stanley Kubrick and her collaborations with Anthony Minghella and Baz Luhrmann; her work with Jude Law, Anthony Hopkins, Renée Zellweger, and John Malkovich; her decisions concerning nudity, endorsements, and publicity.
And here are Thomson’s scintillating considerations of what celebrity means in the life of an actress like Kidman; of how the screen becomes both barrier and open sesame for her and for her audience; of what is required today of an actress of Kidman’s stature if she is to remain vital to the industry and to the audiences who made her a prime celebrity.
Impassioned, opinionated, dazzlingly original in its approach and ideas, Nicole Kidman is as alluring and as much fun as Nicole Kidman herself, and David Thomson’s most remarkable book yet.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： “来自电影历史学家和评论家大卫•汤姆森,这本书颠覆了妮可•基德曼明星形象,让我们了解在当今天一位顶级演员意味着什么。人生故事,情书,和批判性分析,这不仅仅是一本关于基德曼是谁，还展现了这位出生于澳洲的好莱坞巨星在我们当下文化和思潮中,所折射出银幕内外的真实一面。”“书中细述了一个女演员的生活细节:她在电影《不惜一切》，《贵妇肖像》，《大开眼界》，《红磨坊》和奥斯卡获奖影片《时时刻刻》，和《重生》等影片中的表演;她本人与汤姆•克鲁斯的高调婚姻; 她与名导斯坦利•库布里克之间剑拔弩张的工作关系，与安东尼明格拉和巴兹鲁曼的合作; 与裘德•洛, 安东尼•霍普金斯, 蕾妮•齐薇格,和约翰•马尔科维奇的互动飙戏; 她对于裸体,代言,宣传的决定。”书中汤姆森探讨了像基德曼这样名人生活对他们意味着什么; 如何银幕成为她成功之旅，同时也成为她和观众之间的沟通的障碍,而如果现今的尼克曼要在电影这一行业立于不败之地，必需要具备哪些条件。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：“Compulsively readable . . . an entertaining romp through [Nicole Kidman’s] life and career that’s also a smart commentary on celeb culture.”
--Christopher Kelly, The Star-Telegram
“Illuminating . . . part astute analysis of our relationship to the film image and our cultural fixation on celebrity and part insightful film
--Tara Ison, Los Angeles Times Book Review
“Thomson is probably the single most gifted film writer alive . . . an extraordinarily knowing meditation on movies as purveyors of dreams and desires”
--Jeff Simon, The Buffalo News
“Rewrites the celebrity biography into a savvy exploration of myth-making . . . Dangerously smart, Thomson never lectures. He throws little gems and thought-provoking insights in the midst of the liveliest conversation. A passionate storyteller, he peppers his analyses with sassy anecdotes . . . and biting remarks on politics, celebrity culture and their commodification of human dramas. Bold, provocative, irrepressibly funny . . . will delight those who enjoy a book that has guts and brains.”
--Cécile Alduy, San Francisco Chronicle
“Film critic David Thomson has a crush on Kidman and he doesn’t care who knows . . . a shrewd book about the nature of screen acting, fantasy and stardom.”
--Newsday
About the Author/作者介绍： 大卫•汤姆森，近期的“你看过没……？”的作者，是英国《卫报》，《独立报》，《纽约时报》，和《电影在线》等刊物的定期撰稿人。目前作者定居于旧金山。David Thomson has taught film studies at Dartmouth College and served on the selection committee for the New York Film Festival. The author also of Showman: The Life of David O. Selznick, he is a regular contributor to The New York Times, The Nation, Movieline, The New Republic, and Salon. He lives with his family in San Francisco.
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