Posted on 24/02/07
Turn of the Hollywood screw
Bambi vs. Godzilla:On the Nature, Purpose, andPractice of the Movie BusinessBy David MametPantheon, 250 pages, $28'Moviemaking is an astonishingly simple process," David Mamet writes. "One needs a camera, film and an idea (optional). The business of the movies, similarly, is simple hucksterism: Find an attraction, present it as engagingly as possible, take the money and guess again." As an artist, there's nothing Mamet loves more than the art of the con.
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