On Directing Film

On Directing Film
On Directing Film  
Author(s) David Mamet
Country USA
Language English
Subject(s) Cinema
Publisher Penguin Books
Publication date 1991
ISBN ISBN 0-670-83033-X
OCLC Number 22178971
Dewey Decimal 791.43/0233 20
LC Classification PN1995.9.P7 M28 1991

On Directing Film is a non-fiction book by American playwright and filmmaker David Mamet (ISBN 0-670-83033-X) published in 1991.

Overview

The book is made up of six chapters, of which the second and fifth take the form of dialogue between Mamet and unnamed students, reflecting that the book was based on classes in film directing held by Mamet at Columbia University's film school. Mamet takes a strong oppositional view to mainstream American filmmaking, method acting, and general indulgence in art. He cites as his major influence Sergei Eisenstein and his montage theory, and makes numerous references to the work of Russian theatre man Stanislavsky.


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