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Title: Natalie Wood : A Life by GAVIN LAMBERT ISBN: 0-375-41074-0 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 06 January, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.67 (18 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A touching a revealing tribute
Comment: I eagerly awaited for this book to come out, just like its predecessor, Natasha. I found this book to be less gossipy, dramatic, and interesting than Natasha. Having said that, though, I believe this Natalie Wood biography is much more accurate of her life, considering the author personally knew the actress, and was able to have the cooperation of her family. I was disappointed that he was not able to interview Robert Redford, Lana Wood, or other family or cast members from Natalie's life. Perhaps because they had already been interviewed for Natasha, there was nothing new to be said. But the author was able to get important interviews from Robert Wagner and her children, and the most revealing quotes are from her husband, who truly seems to be dedicated to his family and Natalie's legacy.
The beginning chapters focused too much on Natalie's mother (just like Natasha), and it's still hard to judge whether "Mud" was "Mommie Dearest" or just plain odd. I was also disappointed that the author did not include clearer pictures of Natalie. She was so beautiful and prolific-why not include colored photos, or pictures from all the public events that she attended (which he talks about many times). My favorite chapter is the last one, in which he highlights her most defining film roles and discusses their importance. Altogether, this is an insightful, haunting, and beautiful portrait of the late great actress, who died just as her life seemed to be withering and growing professional and personally at the same time.
Rating: 5
Summary: Natalie Wood : A Life
Comment: Natalie Wood has been dead for over 20 years, and yet this is the second biography about her since 2001. In the acknowledgments, Lambert writes, "This book owes its primary existence to Robert Wagner." It is not surprising that Wagner, Wood's husband, would want to have his side told after the publication of Natasha (2001), in which Suzanne Finstad implied that Wagner's actions on the night Wood perished may have contributed to her death. Lambert, an established writer and longtime friend of Wood's, was given full access to her private papers, letters, daybooks, family, and friends. This gives an "insider" feel to the book, and some interesting questions emerge, such as why Wood once tried to kill herself and who her father really was. However, the basic facts of her life and career remain the same as those outlined in other books, and in this, Wagner's presence looms large. There are swipes at Natalie's sister, who wrote an unflattering book (Natalie, a Memoir by Her Sister, 1984), and at Warren Beatty, who had an affair with Natalie. Ultimately, this seems to be Wagner's way of having the last word on what has been written, but the mystery of Wood's death remains.
Rating: 1
Summary: Suspicious circumstances
Comment: I do not understand why certain critics who are acquaintances of Mr. Lambert's have described this as an affectionate book about actress Natalie Wood. It is not a sympathetic portrait of Miss Wood' in fact, Mr. Lambert blames her for the tragic events in her life when she's not alive to defend herself. He also goes out of his way to attack her mother and her sister in what seems to be a personal vendetta while at the same time falsely glorifying rv actor Robert Wagner, who he admits is a long time friend of his. There would be no need to remember Miss Wood in a book at this time had she not drowned under suspicious circumstances that Mr. Wagner obviously wishes to conceal. It is clear that Mr. Lambert's true loyalty is to Robert Wagner, not to Natalie Wood.
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Title: Natasha: The Biography of Natalie Wood by SUZANNE FINSTAD ISBN: 0609809571 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 09 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: A Royal Duty by Paul Burrell ISBN: 0399151729 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 25 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Ball of Fire : The Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball by STEFAN KANFER ISBN: 0375413154 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 19 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Farewell, Jackie: A Portrait of Her Final Days by Edward Klein ISBN: 0670033316 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 12 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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