Author event with Barry Sonnenfeld – Nashville, TN

Parnassus Books, in partnership with Nashville Public Library Foundation, is pleased to present an evening with Barry Sonnenfeld, in conversation with Peter Kurland, as they discuss Barry’s new book, Best Possible Place, Worst Possible Time. This is a ticketed event and will take place in the auditorium of Nashville Public Library’s main branch (615 Church Street, Nashville, TN 37219).

Auditorium doors will open at 5:45 and the event will begin at 6:30.

Ticketing:

You must have a ticket to attend this event. Each ticket is $33.00 and includes one general admission seat and one signed copy of Best Possible Place, Worst Possible Time.

There will be a signing line directly following the event to get your book personalized.

Parking:

Parking is available in the Library/Church Street Parking Garage. The 1st 1.5 hours are free with validated parking (provided inside the library lobby at the circulation desk) Regular rates apply after the 1.5 hours.

About the book:

One-of-a-kind filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld tells stories only he can tell, from his blockbuster career with iconic actors, studio execs, and producers. His humor and insight provide an inside glimpse into how Hollywood really works, or how it doesn’t.

Best Possible Place, Worst Possible Time delivers a cavalcade of sometimes baffling, often enlightening, and always funny stories about Sonnenfeld’s many films and television shows. From battling with studio executives and producers to bad-script-solving on set to coaxing actors into finding the right light and talking faster, Sonnenfeld provides an entertaining master class in how to make commercial art in the face of constant human foible. Over four decades in Hollywood, the mega-franchises include The Addams Family and Men in Black; the critical favorites, Get Shorty and Pushing Daisies; the icons, Will Smith, John Travolta, and Michael Jackson; and the projects that got away, Forrest Gump, Ali, and anything starring Jim Carrey.

The true stories escalate from surreal to outrageous to unbelievable. And then there’s magic hour. But you’ll never see Hollywood the same way again.

About the author:

Barry Sonnenfeld is a filmmaker and writer who broke into the film industry as the cinematographer on the Coen Brothers’ first three films: Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, and Miller’s Crossing. He also was the director of photography on Throw Mamma from the Train, Big, When Harry Met Sally, and Misery. Sonnenfeld made his directorial debut with The Addams Family in 1991, and has gone on to direct a number of films including Addams Family Values, Get Shorty, and the first three Men in Blacks. His television credits include Pushing Daisies, for which he won an Emmy, Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, and most recently Apple TV+’s Schmigadoon! He is the author of Barry Sonnenfeld, Call Your Mother. He lives in Canada and New Jersey.

About Peter Kurland:

Peter Kurland has been in production sound for 40 years including all Coen Brothers films, from ‘Blood Simple’ to “Buster Scruggs” and their solo films “Tragedy of Macbeth” and “Driveway Dolls”. He mixed “Walk The Line” and many Barry Sonnenfeld films including the “Men in Black” and ‘Addams Family” movies. Peter is currently serving as president of the Cinema Audio Society and works for IATSE Local 492 when otherwise unemployed.