Saturday, June 13, 2020

Book review - "Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother: Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker" by Barry Sonnenfeld

Very well written. Some great moments. I actually didn't have that much fun reading it, though, I've got to be honest. Not quite sure why.

Interesting stuff, like his observations as to why DOPs generally make bad directors (they promote their old crew, so still think like a DOP - he used someone he'd never worked before). Funny story about working in porn but even that is a little off (he gets covered in sh*t). He clashed with Penny Marshall on Big. Scott Rudin is very colourful.

He falls into rich person's troubles at times - the plane crash story, he whines about being put on the cheapest private plane. Excellent insight into being a DOP.

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