Muse of Fire

Documentary Feature

Director: Lawrence Bridges:

RT: 73:00mins

Friday September 28 2:00PM

Website: http://www.museoffire.net

Synopsis:

The National Endowment for the Arts created Operation Homecoming to help U.S. troops and their families write about their wartime experiences. The program sent distinguished authors to conduct writing workshops at military installations across the country and overseas.

Selected from more than 12,000 pages submitted to the NEA, nearly one hundred memoirs, stories, poems, and letters are published in Operation Homecoming: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front in the Words of U.S. Troops and Their Families, edited by Andrew Carroll.

Lawrence Bridges documentary MUSE OF FIRE includes remarkable readings and interviews with U.S. troops and their families, as well as insightful commentary from acclaimed authors and actors.
     

Principle Cast:

Andrew Carroll
Supporting Actor

Brian Humphreys
Supporting Actor

Dana Gioia
Supporting Actor

Gregory S. Cleghorne
Supporting Actor

John McCary
Supporting Actor

Kevin Costner
Supporting Actor

Marilyn Nelson
Supporting Actor

Mark Bowden
Supporting Actor

Melissa Herman
Supporting Actor

Mike Lang
Supporting Actor

Richard Bausch
Supporting Actor

Richard Wilbur
Supporting Actor

Ryan Kelly
Supporting Actor

Sandi Austin
Supporting Actor

Filmmaker Bio:

Lawrence Bridges was named "Best Advertising Auteur" by Connoisseur magazine in 1989, inspiring the magazine to write, "Whenever you see an ad that verges on art, chances are that Bridges had a hand in it -- either as director, editor or graphic designer." Bridges, first as editor then as director, created nothing less than a revolution in advertising for hand-held, grainy, textured "anti-commercials," complete with quick cuts, jumps, whip pans, stills and run outs. In 1984, the grainy, hand-held "Walk on the Wild Side" Honda Motorcycle spot starring Lou Reed, that Bridges edited, led to a flurry of commercial imitations by countless directors and editors. In 1988, Bridges went from cutting room to the director's chair, and two of the commercials he would direct that year -- Very Fine Juices "Fill Up" and Gravy Train's "Woof Woof" -- were cited by Advertising Age as among the top 10 spots of the year. His feature film "12," spawned LA's first Guerilla Drive-In. Bridges also co-founded Riddle Productions in January of 2006 and produced an Internet TV game show entitled "Stranger Adventures". This innovative "advertainment" platform has already garnered three Emmy nominations for production and directing. In 1982 Bridges founded the renowned editing and digital design company, Red Car Inc. and is currently its President and CEO. Bridges currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife Elizabeth and daughter Melanie.