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In Reply to: Sweet Lord, she's just plain awful! posted by TAFKA Steve on January 06, 2004 at 12:37:40:
I'm not the best person to evaluate Ms. Pidgeon. I just do not get David Mamet. The precise thing I dislike about his movies is his direction; aside from that, all is in place for a decent film. But that weird, stylized woodenness just seems arch and winking--in a word, dull--to me, like the most Hollywoodized version available of cool intellectualism. There's something very cynical and unsatisfying about anything I've seen of his. It seems purposefully flat and vapid. I'm sure that there are folks who get off on that sort of thing and could set me straight on how it's all this masterful exercise in irony, but I don't care. I know art, I know good art, and I do not like David Mamet. I love Godard, so I don't need to be briefed on cinematic metafiction; I positively dislike David Mamet. Ergo, I'm no fan of his main squeeze. So, long story short, I heartily agree--particularly about the awkward asymmetry of her being paired with Hoffman, probably the best actor of his generation.
_____________________________"What is this, a freak-out?"
- Violet Beauregard
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if you have seen "Homicide" and "House of Games", two Mamet films I particularly admire.
I saw House of Games. I didn't think the ending was particularly neat--at least not as neat as you're led to anticipate--and once again I just didn't care for the direction. I want to like David Mamet, and I'm never averse to watching his movies (for some reason), but he really grates. I found The Spanish Prisoner to be endlessly annoying. I just don't get his direction. Maybe I was somewhat absolutist in my post above; I'd be curious to hear what you find appealing about his direction, in particular. Because, like I said, besides that I think his movies have all the parts necessary to be really fine.
_____________________________"What is this, a freak-out?"
- Violet Beauregard
I guess I am more of a fan of his writing, dialog, and plot than his direction. Plus he uses many of the same actors over and over (Montegna, William H. Macy) and I enjoy seeing how they are cast and work together in different films.But do give "Homicide" a try. It is so purely evil that it ranks right up there with "Chinatown". And the dialog is almost poetic.
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