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On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business
Pantheon
February 2007
On Sale: February 6, 2007
272 pages
ISBN: 0375422536
EAN: 9780375422539
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
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 filmmaker who has always played the game his own way. Who really reads the 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 filmmaking, from concept to script to screen. He covers topics ranging from “How Scripts Got So Bad” to
the oxymoron of “Manners in Hollywood.” He takes us
step-by-step through some of his favorite movie stunts and
directorial tricks, and demonstrates that it is craft and
crew, not stars and producers, that make great films. He
tells us who his favorite actors and what his favorite
movies are, who he thinks is the most perfect actor to grace
the screen, and who he thinks should never have appeared there. 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.
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