Celebrated for her indelible, Oscar-caliber performances in some of the most memorable films of the 1980s and 1990s, Debra Winger, in Undiscovered, her first book, demonstrates that her creative range extends from screen to page. Here is an intimate glimpse of an artist marvelously wide-ranging in her gifts. In fact, as this beguiling book reveals, Winger is that rare star who dared to resist the all-consuming industry that is Hollywood becoming her entire reason for being. "I love the work," she states, "and don't much ...
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Celebrated for her indelible, Oscar-caliber performances in some of the most memorable films of the 1980s and 1990s, Debra Winger, in Undiscovered, her first book, demonstrates that her creative range extends from screen to page. Here is an intimate glimpse of an artist marvelously wide-ranging in her gifts. In fact, as this beguiling book reveals, Winger is that rare star who dared to resist the all-consuming industry that is Hollywood becoming her entire reason for being. "I love the work," she states, "and don't much care for the business." Yet she cares deeply for the people who have inspired her. We meet them (most famously, James Bridges, Bernardo Bertolucci; most dearly, her mother, husband, and sons) here, as Winger passionately makes her case for forging a life beyond acting -- and shows how she has done just that. Winger's screen performances have long been celebrated for their breathtaking emotional range, a quality that shines through in these pages. "When I was little," she writes, "someone told me that when you age, you turn into the person you were all your life." In this intriguing mix of reminiscence, poetry, storytelling, and insightful observation, a portrait of a life well-lived is strikingly rendered.
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I love Debra Winger (and miss her in the movies) and saw her on a TV interviewed by a NY Theater critic, about her book, Undiscovered, which I then purchased. I read as much as I could one day riding home on the bus. The first thing I noticed is that the book is very over-designed and physically precious, which disappointed me since this is generally compensation for weakness in the text, which was borne out as I read along. Undiscovered is sweet, marginally "spiritual" but contrived and very self-conscious "writing." Winger is far more relaxed and forthcoming conversationally, than she is on the page. Anyway, I have a lot of reading and couldn't spend more time on "Undiscovered," so I left it in the lobby of my building for someone else to read and for all I know, they are charmed. I hope so.
