Your Life is a Movie

ISBN 10: 097482299X / ISBN 13: 9780974822990

Published by Web del Sol Association, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Your Life is a Movie
• Publisher: Web del Sol Association
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 097482299X
• ISBN 13: 9780974822990
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

YOUR LIFE IS A MOVIE contains some of the most provocative thinking about media, film and culture you're likely to encounter anytime soon. Drawn from scholars, political pundits, filmmakers and film critics-ranging from the famous to the relatively obscure-this anthology of interviews and essays covers a wide range of topics and issues, and is a must-read for anyone concerned about the direction of film and media in modern culture. Thought-provoking and often controversial, this is the kind of book that can change your view of the world. YOUR LIFE IS A MOVIE is a compilation of essays and interviews from SolPix-the film and media webzine published by the WebDelSol (www.webdelsol.com) media complex. Contributors: Eric Alterman, Ray Carney, Patricia Ducey, Timothy Dugdale, Shelley Friedman, Todd Gitlin, T. B. Meek, Kayoko Mitsumatsu, Michael Neff, Rob Nilsson, Nicholas Rombes, Mike Shen and Don Thompson. Editors: Don Thompson and Nicholas Rombes

About the Author

Don Thompson is a producer/filmmaker, playwright and essayist. Thompson's film projects have won multiple awards at festivals such as Sundance, Movies that Matter, Cinema for Peace, New York Indie, and many others. His plays have been staged coast-to-coast and lauded by The New York Times, LA Times, Washington Post and others. Your Life Is A Movie (Del Sol Press, 2006), an anthology of film and media essays that Thompson co-edited with Filmmaker Magazine's Nicholas Rombes, features well-known writers such as Todd Gitlin, Eric Alterman, Ray Carney and Patricia Ducey. Thompson continues to develop and produce humanitarian-themed documentary and feature films through his production company nextPix (nextpix.com).