Seidelman shares anecdotes from her life in her new memoir 'Desperately Seeking Something.' She will be at the Brattle Theatre on Thursday, July 18, to sign copies and talk about the ups and downs in Hollywood before a 35mm screening of her 1984 film.
Susan Seidelman was seven weeks into directing her first studio picture when an electrician asked her to fetch him a bottle of water. In his defense, it was the dude’s first day on the job, and back in 1984 there weren’t a lot of movie directors who looked like Susan Seidelman. “I’m young, girlish and I don’t wear a reverse baseball cap or have a scruffy beard,” the filmmaker writes in “.
“Smithereens” was the first American independent film to screen in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. It’s an honor that almost didn’t happen, as Seidelman had tried to blow off a breakfast meeting with the fest’s programmer, offering the excuse, “I’m not a morning person.” Then she couldn’t afford the lab fees to obtain a 35mm print of the finished film.
Seidelman’s career hit a rough patch following the success of “Susan.” Like a lot of memoirs — especially ones written during the COVID-19 pandemic — “Desperately Seeking Something” is a largely conciliatory affair, which might be a bit of a disappointment for those looking for dish about the outsized personalities she’s worked with over the years.
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