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In Reply to: Re: What do you think of David Mamet? posted by David Mester on September 16, 2002 at 00:21:19:
I agree with much of what you said, David.
I think the biggest downside to films of Mamet-the director is that he bends the stick too much, and sometimes it snaps into viewers faces, so to speak. There's no middle ground; it's either all black or...all black. That's why his films at times look overly surreal and many times over less believable in the otherwise believable settings. Cases in point - THE SPANISH PRISONER and HEIST[how many double-crosses can a 90 minute film have?:)]
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS is one wonderful film, you're right. I'm not even sure who's the best actor in it. Jack Lemmon, perhaps?
Mamet scripted the HANNIBAL and WE'RE NO ANGELS; I'm sure not something he'd like to be remembered for.
On the other hand, he also scripted THE VERDICT, one of the great films of Paul Newman, in large part due to Mamet's script.
Most people are not aware that he wrote the script to MALCOLM X.I wish he started using the services of William H. Macy and Joe Mantegna again.
Have you seen THE WATER ENGINE ?
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- Re: What do you think of David Mamet? - Dmitry 01:13:31 09/16/02 (2)
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