Stand Alone: The Films Of Mickey Rourke Review
At the height of his fame during the 1980s and early 1990s, Mickey Rourke was one of Hollywood's most exciting, charismatic and talented screen idols. His starring role alongside Kim Basinger in the controversial boxoffice hit "91/2Weeks" established Rourke as arguably the foremost male sex-symbol of his generation and his performance in Alan Parker's atmospheric "Angel Heart" confirmed his reputation as an actor of significant ability and range. However, with his future seemingly assured, Rourke's hard drinking lifestyle, intense self-loathing and well publicised marital difficulties caused him to be labelled as an uncontrollable maverick and saw him reduced to appearing in a number of soft-core straight-to-video potboilers. After turning his back on the movie industry to pursue a brief but intense career as a professional boxer, Rourke returned to acting and began a decade-long struggle to regain his place among the Hollywood elite, which would culminate with his triumphant portrayal of Marv, a lovelorn sociopath, in the big-budget adaptation of Frank Miller's acclaimed "Sin City" graphic novels and his true comeback as Randy The Ram in the Oscar nominated 'The Wrestler'
This detailed book takes an in depth and critical look at each and every film that Mickey Rourke has ever made. The author, Saurav Dutt, has written extensively about Rourke for Total Film, Empire Online, Independent Film Magazine and Time Out and has been a fan of the actor for almost 20 years. Along with detailed critical analysis of his films (including rare ones barely available in the public domain), career and acting the book also includes interviews with cast and crew from some of his lesser known works: all culled from three years of intensive research. In addition there are transcripts from the full audio tapings of Rourke's appearances at a Q&A in London for 'The Wrestler' in 2009 and for his full uncut appearance on the Inside the Actors studio programme, both of which the author attended in person.
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