On Directing Film - by David Mamet (Paperback)
Similar Products
Products of same category from the store
All
Product info
<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>From a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright comes invaluable insights and practical instructions on the art of film directing. Mamet looks at every aspect of directing--from script to cutting room--and draws from a wide variety of sources to make his points.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A masterclass on the art of directing from the Pulitzer Prize-winning (and Oscar and Tony-nominated) writer of <i>Glengarry Glen Ross</i>, <i>Speed the Plow</i>, <i> The Verdict</i>, and <i>Wag the Dog</i></b> <p/>Calling on his unique perspective as playwright, screenwriter, and director of his own critically acclaimed movies like <i>House of Games, State and Main, </i>and <i>Things Change</i>, David Mamet illuminates how a film comes to be. He looks at every aspect of directing--from script to cutting room--to show the many tasks directors undertake in reaching their prime objective: presenting a story that will be understood by the audience and has the power to be both surprising and inevitable at the same time. Based on a series of classes Mamet taught at Columbia University's film school, <i>On Directing Film</i> will be indispensible not only to students but to anyone interested in an overview of the craft of filmmaking. <p/>Passion, clarity, commitment, intelligence--just what one would expect from Mamet. --Sidney Lumet, Academy Award-nominated director of <i>12 Angry Men</i>, <i>Dog Day Afternoon</i>, <i>Network</i>, and <i>The Verdict</i><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Calling on this unique perspective as playwright, screenwriter, and director of his own critically acclaimed movies, House Of Games and Things Change, David Mamet illuminates how a film comes to be. He looks at every aspect of directing--from script to cutting room--to show the many tasks directors undertake in reaching their prime objective: presenting a story that will be understood by the audience and has the power to be both surprising and inevitable at the same time.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Passion, clarity, commitment, intelligence--just what one would expect from Mamet.--Sidney Lumet, Academy Award-nominated director of <i>12 Angry Men</i>, <i>Dog Day Afternoon</i>, <i>Network</i>, and <i>The Verdict</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>DAVID MAMET</b> is an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright as well as a director, novelist, poet, and essayist. He has written the screenplays for more than twenty films, including <i>The Verdict</i>, <i>The Untouchables</i> and <i>Wag the Dog</i>, and has twice been nominated for an Academy Award. His HBO film Phil Spector, starring Al Pacino and Helen Mirren, aired in 2013 and earned him two Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Writing and Outstanding Directing. He has written more than twenty plays, including <i>Oleanna, The Cryptogram, Speed-the-Plow, American Buffalo, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, </i>and the Pulitzer Prizewinning <i>Glengarry Glen Ross</i>. Born in Chicago in 1947, Mamet has taught at the Yale School of Drama, New York University, and Goddard College, and he lectures at the Atlantic Theater Company, of which he is a founding member.
Price History
Cheapest price in the interval: 15.79 on November 8, 2021
Most expensive price in the interval: 15.79 on December 20, 2021
Price Archive shows prices from various stores, lets you see history and find the cheapest. There is no actual sale on the website. For all support, inquiry and suggestion messagescommunication@pricearchive.us