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100 1 $aMamet, David.
245 10 $aBambi vs. Godzilla :$bon the nature, purpose, and practice of the movie business /$cDavid Mamet.
246 3 $aBambi versus Godzilla
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPantheon Books,$cc2007.
300 $axii, 250 p. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes filmography: p. [207]-238.
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $aPlaywright and screenwriter Mamet gives us a subversive inside look at Hollywood from the perspective of a filmmaker who has always played the game his own way. Who really reads the scripts at the film studios? How is a screenplay like a personals ad? Whose opinion matters when revising a screenplay? Why are there so many producers listed in movie credits? And what do those producers do, anyway? Refreshingly unafraid to offend, Mamet provides hilarious, surprising, and bracingly forthright answers to these and other questions about virtually every aspect of filmmaking, from concept to script to screen. He covers topics ranging from "How Scripts Got So Bad" to the oxymoron of "Manners in Hollywood." He takes us step-by-step through some of his favorite movie stunts and directorial tricks, and demonstrates that it is craft and crew, not stars and producers, that make great films.--From publisher description.
505 00 $tIntroduction --$g[pt. 1].$tThe good people of Hollywood --$tHard work --$tProducers --$tVictims and villains --$tJews in show business --$tThe development process ; or, Learning to make nothing at all! --$g[pt. 2].$tThe repressive mechanism --$tA dark comedy --$tAn American tragedy --$tAn understanding and a misunderstanding of the repressive mechanism --$tCorruption --$g[pt. 3].$tThe screenplay --$tHow to write a screenplay --$tCharacter, plot, dialogue, camera angles, advice to the editor --$tHelpful hints on screenwriting --$tThe script --$tWomen, writing for --$tHow scripts got so bad --$tBegging letters --$t(Secret bonus chapter) : The three magic questions --$g[pt. 4].$tTechnique --$tStorytelling : some technical advice --$tLearning by doing --$tImprovisation --$tThe slate piece --$tThe wisdom of the ancients --$g[pt. 5].$tSome principles --$tThe audience ; or, Lessons from duck hunting --$tAesthetic distance --$tThe five-gag film --$tBringing a gun to a knife fight ; or, A short tour of the concept of suspension of disbelief.
505 00 $g[pt. 6].$tGenre --$tBang-bang --$tThe cop movie --$t"Film noir and he-men --$tShadow of a doubt --$tReligious films --$tThe sequel --$g[pt. 7].$tPassing judgment --$tReverence as opposed to love --$tGreat and rotten acting --$tGood in the room : auditions and the fallacy of testing critics --$tThe critic and the censor --$g[pt. 8].$tCrimes and misdemeanors --$tManners in Hollywood --$tTheft --$tTwo great American documents ; or, In the wake of the Oscars --$tConclusion : It ain't over till it's over --$tAppendix : Films referenced --$tIndex.
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776 08 $iOnline version:$aMamet, David.$tBambi vs. Godzilla.$b1st ed.$dNew York : Pantheon Books, c2007$w(OCoLC)608288163
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