Cultural Writing. Film. HOLLYWOOD UTOPIA examines the individual lives of the Theosophists (proto-New Agers), the directors and actors who believed that silent movies were a Universal Langauge which had the potential to save mankind, and the bohemian circles and Pygmalion figures that made up a community that believed it was creating a new world. Justine Brown's rich and exotic prose makes us feel like we're right there with the likes of Nazimova and Valentino, Lillian Gish, Mary Pickford, D.W. Griffith, and Sergei Eisenstein. In her homage to a few of the lesser gods, we come to know more about the creative forces of early Hollywood.
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...an entirely surprising book... A story that shimmers with bright unreality, like a mirage fueled by a heated road. -- The Stranger
...fascinating oddity: a look at the Theosophists... who believed that silent film was a new form of language... -- The Globe and Mail, February 25, 2003
...will interest some people by being so smart in places and others by having quite jaunty narrative... quite entertaining. -- The New Brunswick Reader, February 15, 2003
...fascinating oddity: a look at the Theosophists... who believed that silent film was a new form of language... -- The Globe and Mail, February 25, 2003
...will interest some people by being so smart in places and others by having quite jaunty narrative... quite entertaining. -- The New Brunswick Reader, February 15, 2003
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Justine Brown was born in Vancouver in 1965 and grew up in a variety of places, including London, Ibiza, New York City and a Kuper Island, BC commune. While writing Hollywood Utopia, she spent a summer working as a barmaid in London, England. She holds a PhD in English Literature from the University of Toronto and currently teaches English literature and language at Langara College in Vancouver.
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