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In BAMBI VS. GODZILLA, David Mamet, the award-winning playwright and screenwriter, gives us an exhilaratingly subversive inside look at Hollywood from the perspective of a film-maker who has always played the game his own way. Who really reads scripts at the film studios? How is a screenplay like a personals ad? Whose opinion matters when revising a screenplay? Why are there so many producers listed in movie credits? And what the hell do those producers do, anyway? Refreshingly unafraid to offend, Mamet provides hilarious, surprising and bracingly forthright answers to these and other questions about virtually every aspect of film-making, from concept to script to screen. Demigods and sacred cows of the movie business -- beware! But for the rest of us, Mamet speaking truth to Hollywood makes for searingly enjoyable reading, and will sit alongside classics like ADVENTURES IN THE SCREEN TRADE as essential primers on the movie business.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #278340 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

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Customer Reviews

Mamet - Insightful Genius
The other review for this book is a travesty . This is a singularly brilliant and imensely intelligent insight into the form and functioning of the 'movie business' . As a source book for the fundemental and intrinsicly invaluable advice required by script and screen writers it has no equal . For anyone with a serious and investigative interest in the subject it is wholly stimulating and hugely enjoyable . Its a book that makes you think about the films youve seen and the world which shaped them . It is funny , sarcastically and cynically , but also sad in its frank revelation of decaying standards and aspirations . It is one of my books of the year .

Rambling and very dull
From such a great writer as Mamet, this is a huge disappointment. If you were expecting fascinating insight, forget it. It's dull and it goes on and on. Avoid.