TY - BOOK AU - Stone,Judy TI - Not quite a memoir: of films, books, the world SN - 9781879505919 (alk. paper) AV - PN 1998.3 S878n 2006 U1 - 791.43092 PY - 2006/// CY - Los Angeles PB - Silman-James Press KW - Stone, Judy, KW - Film critics KW - United States KW - Biography KW - CrĂ­ticos de cine KW - Estados Unidos KW - BiografĂ­as N1 - Includes index N2 - "Not Quite a Memoir is a unique collection of pieces about the many filmmakers and writers from around the globe--Europe, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East--who populate Judy Stone's world. In these articles, we clearly hear their voices as they talk art, politics, and culture. We get to see past the cinema screens and past the pages of books and hear lively conversations about personal freedoms, political change, nationalism, religion, women in society, gays in society, the influence of history, ideas about creating a better tomorrow, and much more. In this book, Stone talks with and writes about more than 120 creative people who range from the pioneer Inuit filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk to the great Polish poet/essayist Czeslaw Milosz; from the innovative Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami to the writer/provocateur Jean Genet; from the tantalizing Turkish storyteller Orhan Pamuk to the "underground" Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke. From Israeli Amos Gitai to Palestinian Elia Suleiman, filmmakers whose films are devilish irritants to their own "tribes." From popular actors Jeremy Irons and Sinead Cusack to actor/filmmaker Liev Schreiber ..."--Publisher's Website UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0612/2006012168.html ER -