My Reel Story

From The Critics

Perry . . . has written an entertaining, enlightening, and highly readable account of his life and the films that have been an integral part of it.

Library Journal

Perry, a professor of film studies at Middlebury College and former director of the film department at the Museum of Modern Art, has written an entertaining, enlightening, and highly readable account of his life and the films that have been an integral part of it. The book is based on visits Perry made to New Orleans, where he grew up, and his attempts to analyze the relationships among his life, his home, and the movies. Visits to particular sites in New Orleans, such as the French Quarter, a streetcar, and the banks of the Mississippi River, serve as starting points for discussions about films and their parallels to his life. For example, Perry compares his father's straightforward and uncomplicated moral code to the cowboy films of Gene Autry. Although this is a great book, it may be too special for small public libraries. Still, it will be useful to film buffs and academic and public libraries with collections in film studies.--Mark Bay, Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ. Lib., Indianapolis Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.