Diane Keaton: Artist and Icon (Paperback)

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In the past 30 years, Diane Keaton has been an actress, a director and a photographer. This work begins with her early years in California, but the primary focus is on her film career from the 1970s through the present. The author examines Keaton's image as star and public figure, drawing on information from interviews (including personal conversations with Keaton), feature pieces, press releases, books, photographs, posters, films, and reviews of films. Each chapter provides an overview of the significant events and influences in Keaton's life during a particular period, along with a thematic and stylistic analysis of that period's feature films, television movies, and photography. The film analyses include an examination of themes and technical elements such as cinematography, mise-en-scène, movement, editing, sound, acting, costumes, set, and narrative structures.

About the Author

Deborah C. Mitchell is an assistant professor at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania.

Product Details

• Paperback: 197 pages
• Publisher: McFarland & Company (July 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786410825
• ISBN-13: 978-0786410828
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,484,173 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Five stars!!, August 24, 2006

By	Lourdes G. Gibbons "movie buff" (hickory hills,IL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I read this book after watching Annie Hall recently, for the first time, and have watched a lot more of her old movies since then. This book gives a lot of information on Ms Keaton's persona and on her films which confirms most of my analysis of her based on her performances and from reading about her from different sources. Her film collaboration with Woody Allen are considered classic and all her other movies reflect how versatile an actress she is. I'm highly recommending all of her movies to my kids even though they were just born around the time when Annie Hall first came out. I know they will enjoy them.

1 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Author Mitchell makes Keaton look like a God, March 2, 2006

By	Megan-Westminster College (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews

I am not a big fan of Debroah Mitchell's book Diane Keaton: Artist and Icon. She is an actress not a God. I will say I am a fan of Keaton but this book went to far. Hollywood stars today are treated like their better than everyone else. Liberalism is portrayed all over this book. Too much leftist talk for me!