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Let U$ entertain you.

Publication: America
Publication Date: 16-JUL-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Let U$ entertain you.(Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business)(Book review)

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...

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