That just reads like Mamet's typical preferred style of acting and directing to me, though. Especially from his women.
Oh my god. What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing!? Oh right, that would be me. Back to work.
Wash ,'Bushwhacked'
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Sean K - Sep 10, 2008 11:04:58 am PDT #8067 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
le nubian - Sep 10, 2008 11:12:40 am PDT #8068 of 10000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
do you think? I really liked House of Games and some of the other films (have not been brave enough to see Oleanna so I just wasn't thrilled here.
Sean K - Sep 10, 2008 11:21:47 am PDT #8069 of 10000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
do you think? I really liked House of Games and some of the other films (have not been brave enough to see Oleanna so I just wasn't thrilled here.
I love House of Games, and I'll concede easily that Lindsay Crouse kicks Rebecca Pidgeon's acting ass, but I thought Redbelt was fluid and animated compared to The Spanish Prisoner (which I also love).
Really, though? Mamet's best non-stage stuff for me is The Unit (though that's a very collaborative endeavor, I'm sure).
Laga - Sep 10, 2008 12:50:55 pm PDT #8070 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I think it may have replaced Glengarry Glen Ross as my favorite Mamet movie.
This almost makes me not want to watch it. I can see that GGR is a great film but I did not enjoy watching it at all. I was most glad I had seen it when I went to see a comic who made a joke about "Glengarry Glen Preschool" ABC! Always! Be! Coloring!
Jessica - Sep 10, 2008 3:10:44 pm PDT #8071 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Lindsay Crouse kicks Rebecca Pidgeon's acting ass
Has Rebecca Pidgeon done any acting outside of Mamet films?
quester - Sep 10, 2008 3:12:07 pm PDT #8072 of 10000
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
My favorite Mamet outside the theatre is The Verdict. Mamet writes silence better than anyone!
Connie Neil - Sep 10, 2008 4:33:59 pm PDT #8073 of 10000
brillig
The previews for "Eagle Eye" (the one with the woman's voice on all the phones) amuse me. As if technical systems would be that reliable.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 11, 2008 6:48:23 am PDT #8074 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yeah, it's kind of like the computer hoodoo from that internet killer movie with Diane Lane last year where the guy was able to take over her car remotely. "OMG! The call is coming from inside your glove compartment!"
I may be able to buy flawless worldwide realtime computer tracking if the setting involves the supercomputers from The Matrix, but in the real world AT&T can't figure out that I moved last November despite me calling to inform them multiple times.
Gris - Sep 11, 2008 10:48:00 am PDT #8075 of 10000
Hey. New board.
The Americans and the French create great cinema because they were the two countries that led the invention of cinema.
England has great theater because it's the country that invented modern theater.
Agreed. And America (specifically, New York) has great musical theater for much the same reason (though the British have contributed some success in that field too).
Laga - Sep 12, 2008 8:51:58 am PDT #8076 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.