{"product_id":"9781770561816","title":"Practical Dreamers: Conversations with Movie Artists","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical dreamers.’ – Man Ray\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWelcome to the world of fringe movies. Here, artists have been busy putting queer shoulders to the wheels, or bending light to talk about First Nations rights (and making it funny, to boot), or demonstrating how a personality can be taken apart and put back together, all during a ten-minute movie which might take years to make.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePractical Dreamers\u003c\/em\u003e, twenty-seven artists dish about how they get it done and why it matters. The conversations are personal, up close and jargon free, smart without smarting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMike Hoolboom talks footage recycling with Alessa Cohene (\u003cem\u003eSupposed To\u003c\/em\u003e) and Jubal Brown (\u003cem\u003eLife Is Pornography\u003c\/em\u003e); investigates the documentaries of Donigan Cumming (\u003cem\u003eMy Dinner With Weegee\u003c\/em\u003e); looks at the Middle East with Jayce Salloum (\u003cem\u003eThis Is Not Beirut\u003c\/em\u003e); discusses identity with queer Asian avatars Richard Fung (\u003cem\u003eDirty Laundry\u003c\/em\u003e), Midi Onodera (\u003cem\u003eThe Displaced View\u003c\/em\u003e) and Ho Tam (\u003cem\u003eThe Yellow Pages\u003c\/em\u003e), and First Nations vets Kent Monkman (\u003cem\u003eBlood River\u003c\/em\u003e) and Shelley Niro (\u003cem\u003eHoney Moccasin\u003c\/em\u003e); and addresses the visions of Peter Mettler (\u003cem\u003eGambling, Gods and LSD\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172955898096,"sku":"9781770561816","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781770561816_p0.jpg?v=1763707097","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770561816","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}