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CATT LANDA

JAMES FRANCO

19 avril 1978

James Franco is an American actor, director, painter and writer.

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2014 | Oil on linen | 92 x 73 cm | Private collection

James Franco

"Child of God" refers to the drama film directed by James Franco, based on the homonymous novel by Cormac McCarthy (2013).

"Pineapple smoking a joint", he plays Saul Silver in Pineapple Express, a wacky American comedy directed in 2008 by David Gordon Green.

"DHW", Directing Herbert White is a collection of poems written by James Franco (2014).

"AA skull", refers to Actors Anonymous, and inspired by the cover of the novel written by James Franco (2013).

"Engraved heart of T&I", James Franco interprets the young Breton knight of the medieval Celtic legend in Tristan and Isolde, a free epic and romantic adaptation directed by Kevin Reynolds, and directed by Ridley Scott (2006).

"As i Lay Dying" is an American film directed by James Franco, released in 2013. It is an adaptation of the homonymous novel by William Faulkner, published in French under the title Tandis que j'agonise, in 1934.

"Poem on used paper", represents the last paragraph of part III of the poem Howl written by Allen Ginsberg
(1956) :

** I'm with you at Rockland
in my dreams you walk dripping from a sea voyage on
the highway across America crying at the door of my
cottage in the western night **
translated from

** I'm with you in Rockland
in my dreams you walk dripping from a sea-journey on
the highway accross America in tears to the door of my
cottage in the Western night **

James Franco plays Allen Ginsberg in Howl, a film written and directed in 2010 by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.

"RR" is the symbol of the family ranch painted on the plane piloted by fighter Blaine Rawlings, played by James Franco in Flyboys, an American war film by Tony Bill released in 2006, whose story takes place during the First War. world.

"Green spider web", James Franco plays the role of Harry Osborn, alias the new Green Goblin, best friend of the superhero Spider-Man in Spider-Man in 2002, Spider-Man 2 in 2004 and Spider-Man 3 in 2007, directed by Sam Raimi.

"Wise Wizard", he embodies Fabious in Your Highness (Your Majesty), a fantastic comedy by David Gordon Green released in 2011 in France, in which he must leave to recover his fiancée and save the kingdom, with his brother Thadeous (performed by Danny McBride) an arrogant and lazy prince. Prince Fabious seems to have an ironically unhealthy relationship with the creature Wize Wizard.

"Chimpanzee head", James Franco plays the role of scientist Will Rodman in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, directed by Rupert Wyatt (2011). It is a reboot of the cinematic saga La Planète des singes (1968-1973), adapted from the eponymous novel by Pierre Boulle.

"Palo Alto", he writes a homonymous novel published in October 2010. The film based on this novel was written and directed by Gia Coppola (2013).

"Freak", the first important role of his career is that of the charismatic and cool Daniel Desario, a rebel high school student from the group of Freaks, in an American series called Freaks and Geeks, broadcast between 1999 and 2000.

"Oz", James Franco plays the role of the magician Oscar Diggs in the film Oz the Great and Powerful (directed by Sam Raimi, 2013)

"James Dean" is his interpretation of James Dean in the homonymous biopic that makes him known to the general public, and that he manages to stand out from his usual roles. He was also awarded a Golden Globe Award in 2001.

"CXXVII" means 127 in Roman numeral. 127 heures is a dramatic biopic, produced and produced by Danny Boyle, based on the autobiography Stronger than a rock by Aron Ralston, starring James Franco in the main role.

"Of Mice and Men", James Franco plays Georges Milton in Brodway (2014) in a play adapted from the novel Des mice et des hommes by John Steinbeck.

"Alien", in 2012 he interpreted a rapper and gangster nicknamed Alien in the dramatic film Spring Breakers written and directed by Harmony Korine.

"The art of James Franco", he painted a gigantic mural in Los Angeles to promote This is the End, an apocalyptic comedy directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (2013).

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