Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Author Talk -- Newton, Massachusetts

Writer Gordon Arnold will be speaking about his latest book Conspiracy Theory in Film, Television, and Politics in an upcoming lecture at the Newton Free Library (Massachusetts) on Thursday, May 21, 2009. The lecture, to be held in the library's Druker Auditorium, will be followed by an open question and answer session with the author.

About Conspiracy Theory in Film, Television, and Politics (Praeger Publishers)
Considering productions as varied as Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Dr. No, The Manchurian Candidate, JFK, and The X-Files, Arnold's book discusses Hollywood's role in the evolution of conspiracy culture in America since the 1940s. (More information is available here.)

Gordon B. Arnold, Ph.D., is Professor of Liberal Arts at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, Massachusetts.





0 comments: