Who is Gene Wilder, really?
Is he the lovable, brilliant, neurotic and hilarious comedic actor that you remember fondly from such films as Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory? Do yourself a genuine favor and kindly ponder Once Upon A Time to the life of Jerry Silberman, a young Jewish boy growing up in post WWII New York. Rather than focusing on the pretentious long-drawn life stories on which so many autobiographies / memoirs rely, Wilder focuses on the key events, places, and persons associated with his long and successful career. Painting such vivid portraits of contemporaries such as Mel Brooks and Woody Allen, Wilder sucks you in right from the beginning with his breezy, no-bullshit style of prose. He gives you the facts and spares no one any favors, especially himself. In Kiss Me Like A Stranger: My Search for Love and Art [St. Martins Press] Gene Wilder takes you through the turmoil of his three marriages, his addictions, his years associated with psychoanalysis, his failures, his life, his loss, and mor
