PositiveWashington PostMy Place in the Sun is not a particularly tough or probing book: Stevens doesn’t settle scores, reward prurient curiosity or delve into any darker psychological dynamics that might have animated his relationship with his father, who died in 1975...But that might be altogether fitting for a filmmaker who knew that character is best revealed through action, not dialogue...Recalling when his father subtly gave his blessing for young George to leave L.A. for Washington, Stevens writes, \'It didn’t occur to me at the time, but he was teaching me how to be a father.\'
