View Finder

BB Danser, the patriarch of the eccentric and zealous Danser family, narrates his life story in View Finder . Set during Hollywood's Golden Age of greed, corruption, and scandal, his memoir is one of madness, passion, murder, and his desperate, lifelong effort to escape the confines of real and modern life. The son of the famous actress Elizabeth Stark, BB is caught in the middle of his parent's tumultuous relationship and his father's crushing megalomania and jealousies. Desperate to escape, he becomes obsessed with movie cameras and cinematic storytelling, becoming transfixed with the metaphorical question: Is it better to view or be viewed? A roller coaster story of hope and vision, BB searches for the truth about himself and his family in a world of industrialized fantasy making. Set in Hollywoods golden era characterized by greed and madness, BB Danser tells his life storyone of crime, vengeance, and departures from reality. From a young age, BB Danser is obsessed with movie cameras and cinematic storytelling, finding in them the means for building a world in which he can survive. BBs story begins with his violent household, the wild parties thrown by the Hollywood elite, and the disappearance of his motherthe famous actress, Elizabeth Stark. When BB breaks free from the violence, he finds himself on the run after finding his father lying dead before him. BBs life takes another turn when he finds himself caring for a newborn baby and a troubled young woman. Though he escapes the insanity of his former life, his own grasp on sanity begins to unravel, even as his visionary talents as a movie cameraman bring him acclaim. His life is marked by the doomed romance of his life, his brief and tragic military career, and later in life, the love of his children who are also haunted by his dangerous lapse of sanity. BBs life is a rollercoaster story of hope, of vision, and the search for missing pieces of his sanity in a world of industrialized fantasy making. Set In Hollywood's Golden Age Marked By Greed And Madness, Bb Danser's Story Is One Of Crime, Vengeance, And Departures From Reality. After His Actress Mother Disappears And His Father Dies, His Own Grasp On Sanity Unravels, Even As His Talents As A Cameraman Bring Him Acclaim. His Story Is One Of Hope, Vision, And The Search For Sanity.