Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls
By Susan Seidelman
St. Martin's Press; hardcover; $30.00; available this Tuesday, June 18th
Susan Seidelman graduated from NYU Grad Film School, and she began her career in the 1980s when "Smithereens" became the first American Independent film to be accepted into the Cannes Film Festival. Her next movie, the inspiration for the title of this memoir, was "Desperately Seeking Susan," which starred Madonna and Rosanna Arquette, and was a critical and commercial success. She is also known for directing the first four episodes of "Sex and the City," which stand out for how different they were than the rest of the landmark series.