From his perspective as playwright, screenwriter and director of his own films "House of Games" and "Things Change", David Mamet provides insights into how a film comes to be. He looks at every aspect from directing - from script to cutting room - to reveal the many tasks directors undertake in researching their prime objective: presenting a story that will be understood by the audience and has the power to be both surprising and inevitable at the same time. This book is based on a series of classes Mamet taught at Columbia University.
- ISBN10 0571165494
- ISBN13 9780571165490
- Publish Date 10 February 1992
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 23 July 1999
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 128
- Language English