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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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Tzioumakis, Yannis
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2009.
Collection:American indies.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.