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Product Identifiers
PublisherGrand Central Publishing
ISBN-100316415626
ISBN-139780316415620
eBay Product ID (ePID)20050028877
Product Key Features
Book TitleBarry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother : Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker
Number of Pages368 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2021
TopicTopic / Celebrity & Popular Culture, Abuse / Child Abuse, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Dysfunctional Families, Film / Direction & Production
IllustratorYes
GenreFamily & Relationships, Performing Arts, Biography & Autobiography, Humor
AuthorBarry Sonnenfeld
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight10.1 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"An engaging storyteller.... In his memoir, Sonnenfeld is both hilarious and tragic.... Somehow the combination works: Sonnenfeld's breezy style engages us and makes us believe, as Will Smith has joked, that if Barry Sonnenfeld can be a director, anyone can."-- Jeremy Hobson, NPR's "Here and Now", "Sonnenfeld leavens his many struggles with a substantial dose of humor. He might have endured much, but Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother: Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker reveals Sonnenfeld to be a survivor. It's also a testament to how the rivers of fate can push you in unexpected directions....Sonnenfeld comes up with a wealth of entertaining stories....Revel in the ruminations of a man whose youthful traumas seared but didn't scar him."-- Book & Film Globe, "Sonnenfeld makes his debut as a memoirist with a brisk, funny recounting of his improbable rise to fame in the movie world...Zesty anecdotes about family, marriage, and fatherhood combine with Hollywood gossip to make for an entertaining romp."-- Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis**A New York Times Editor's Choice selection!** This outrageous and hilarious memoir follows a film and television director's life, from his idiosyncratic upbringing to his unexpected career as the director behind such huge film franchises as The Addams Family and Men in Black . Barry Sonnenfeld's philosophy is, "Regret the Past. Fear the Present. Dread the Future." Told in his unmistakable voice, Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother is a laugh-out-loud memoir about coming of age. Constantly threatened with suicide by his over-protective mother, disillusioned by the father he worshiped, and abused by a demonic relative, Sonnenfeld somehow went on to become one of Hollywood's most successful producers and directors. Written with poignant insight and real-life irony, the book follows Sonnenfeld from childhood as a French horn player through graduate film school at NYU, where he developed his talent for cinematography. His first job after graduating was shooting nine feature length pornos in nine days. From that humble entrée, he went on to form a friendship with the Coen Brothers, launching his career shooting their first three films. Though Sonnenfeld had no ambition to direct, Scott Rudin convinced him to be the director of The Addams Family . It was a successful career move. He went on to direct many more films and television shows. Will Smith once joked that he wanted to take Sonnenfeld to Philadelphia public schools and say, "If this guy could end up as a successful film director on big budget films, anyone can." This book is a fascinating and hilarious roadmap for anyone who thinks they can't succeed in life because of a rough beginning.
