The Spanish prisoner /
Despite more than a passing nod to such crowdpleasing classics as Hitchcock's North by Northwest, playwright-turned-independent filmmaker David Mamet's The Spanish Prisoner is a particularly idiosyncratic film that betrays its origin outside the Hollywood mainstream. Featuring a convoluted...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
2009
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| Series: | American indies.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : "You don't know who anyone is"
- From independent to "indie" cinema
- David Mamet and "indie" cinema
- "Indie" film at work : producing and distributing The Spanish prisoner
- "That's what you just think you saw!" : narrative and film style in The Spanish prisoner
- Playing with cinema : the master of the con game film
- Conclusion
- Filmography : David Mamet in American cinema and television.
