Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business (Vintage)

Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business (Vintage)
by David Mamet

Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business (Vintage)
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Author: David Mamet
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-02-12
ISBN: 1400034442
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Vintage

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Book Review: David Mamet is old, old news
Summary: 2 Stars

Mamet's every argument justifies his native cynicism, which really begins to pall after - oh, you know, three pages. His style is limited, his Hollywood observations can be funny, but all in all, he's old and bored and it shows.

Summary of Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business (Vintage)

From the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and playwright: an exhilaratingly subversive inside look at Hollywood from a filmmaker who's always played by his own rules.

Who really reads the scripts at the film studios? How is a screenplay like a personals ad? Why are there so many producers listed in movie credits? And what on earth do those producers do anyway? Refreshingly unafraid to offend, Mamet provides hilarious, surprising, and refreshingly forthright answers to these and other questions about every aspect of filmmaking from concept to script to screen. A bracing, no-holds-barred examination of the strange contradictions of Tinseltown, Bambi vs. Godzilla dissects the movies with Mamet's signature style and wit.

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