Brings together fourteen profiles of and conversations with Albert Brooks, in which he contemplates, expounds upon, and hilariously jokes about the connections between his show business upbringing, an ambivalence about the film industry, the nature of fame and success, and the meaning and purpose of comedy.
A timely choice for the always dependable Conversations with Filmmakers Series" - Christopher Schobert (www.thefilmstage.com, "Recommended New Books on Filmmaking")
Alexander Greenhough teaches in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stanford University. His work has appeared in such publications as Mediascape, Film Criticism, and Quarterly Review of Film and Video.