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Available
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Publication
New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux [1970]
Description
On the theory that "cinema is truth 24 times a second" David Holzman sets out on a self-identity search, filming his life in diary form. The project gets out of control and overwhelms him; he alienates his friends, loses the woman he loves, and frightens himself.
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LibraryThing member sross008
A profound pseudo-autobiography chronicling a filmmaker's obsession with documentation of his reality, thus altering that reality. Wonderful Kurt Vonnegut/Diane Arbus overtones touching upon our explicit approval--nay encouragement--of the intrusion of media upon our lives. I saw the "documentary
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video" and read the screenplay numerous times, and the meaning of self-introspection still eludes me. Show Less