Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother: Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker

Time to Read
6 hrs 17 mins

Reading Time

6 hrs 17 mins

How long to read Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother: Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker?

The estimated word count of Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother: Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker is 94,085 words.

A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 6 hrs 17 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 10 hrs 28 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 3 hrs 30 mins.

Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother: Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker - 94,085 words
Reading Speed Time to Read
Slow 150 words/min 10 hrs 28 mins
Average 250 words/min 6 hrs 17 mins
Fast 450 words/min 3 hrs 30 mins
Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother: Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker by Barry Sonnenfeld
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Barry Sonnenfeld

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Film and television director Barry Sonnenfeld's outrageous and hilarious memoir traces his idiosyncratic upbringing in New York City, his breaking into film as a cinematographer with the Coen brothers, and his unexpected career as the director behind such huge film franchises as The Addams Family and Men in Black, and beloved work like Get Shorty, Pushing Daises, and A Series of Unfortunate Events.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.