Publication: America
Publication Date: 16-JUL-07
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Author: Freeman, Franklin
Article Excerpt
Bambi vs. Godzilla
On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business
By David Mamet
Pantheon. 250p $22
ISBN 9780375422539
The two key words in the title of David Mamet's new book, Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business, are "movie" and "business." The screenwriter and director hates the business--or what passes for business but is really the struggle for power--aspect of making movies. So why does he stay in the business? Because--and this is the positive and enthusiastic part of the book--he loves movies. He loves the art of making movies.
That love is in full evidence in the book despite the many negatives of Hollywood. The book consists of short essays grouped under headings like, to...
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