I've been sort of a Mamet junkie for years, but as of late looks like actors are not really important in his grand scheme of things any longer, since they all deliver more or less the same lines in Heist, The Spanish Prisoner, Spartan. I think it all started with the House of Games and Homicide; short one-liners, like - give me this, I want that, give it to me now,etc etc. It doesn't matter if it's Val Kilmer of William H. Macy or Joe Mantegna or Gene Hackman; they're all one persona, looks like.I haven't seen the State and Main yet. Looks like it could be fun.
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Topic - Is it me or has Mamet been fucking up his recent films? - Dmitry 12:46:26 12/03/04 (12)
- not to be forgetting Glengarry Glen Ross & Things Change (nt) - geoffkait 11:43:16 12/04/04 (0)
- How about 97's "The Edge?" He also wrote "Ronin." - tinear 17:39:34 12/03/04 (5)
- He also wrote "Ronin"... yeah... but... - Victor Khomenko 18:42:10 12/03/04 (0)
- Mamet the director vs. Mamet the screenwriter - Dmitry 18:39:36 12/03/04 (3)
- I think his success is because he writes intelligent - tinear 05:07:19 12/04/04 (2)
- I agree (sorta). - Harmonia 10:37:08 12/04/04 (0)
- As schizophrenic as it sounds, I agree with what you said. - Dmitry 07:01:55 12/04/04 (0)
- The Winslowe Boy is better... - Harmonia 14:50:16 12/03/04 (1)
- Re: "Homicide" - rico 07:08:10 12/04/04 (0)
- Re: Is it me or has Mamet been fucking up his recent films? - patrickU 13:15:03 12/03/04 (2)
- Which one did you watch twice? - Victor Khomenko 15:53:39 12/03/04 (1)
- Re: Which one did you watch twice? - patrickU 05:24:23 12/04/04 (0)