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Title: Writing in Restaurants by David Mamet ISBN: 0-14-008981-0 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1987 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Good stuff here
Comment: There are some really great essays in this book, especially if you're a person who loves the theater. Much like "True and False", this book takes aim at problems plaguing America's theater. His best essays in here are for actors - they inspire and reclaim some of the art's dignity.
Also, if you're like me, you can appreciate his essay in here on pool halls. I've never seen anyone nail why they're such great places to visit like he does in this book.
This isn't his best work. But it's a pleasant read nonetheless. Worth the time.
Rating: 4
Summary: Inspiring one to be better
Comment: This book's strength was that it made me challenge my own beliefs. As a filmmaker and writer, I have developed a sense for writing crap that appeals to the lowest common denominator. Mamet made me re-evaluate what made me become a writer, and the importance of the theater. I find his writing very interesting from the standpoint that he is very much of the theater, and an elitist as a result, but he is very favorable when discussing Hollywood. I think everyone should read his section on the Oscars in this book. Overall, I was very pleased I read the book, and would have to ultimately recommend it to others.
Rating: 5
Summary: Eat and Write A Novel
Comment: David Mamets "Writing In Restaraunts" is a perfect execution of playwriting technique guidance and education. When Mamet, the pulitzer prize winning author, combines his know how of writing business and his suave writing style, you get "the goods". Do yourself a favor, and purchase this book.
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Title: Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama by DAVID MAMET ISBN: 037570423X Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 13 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor by David Mamet ISBN: 0679772642 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: On Directing Film by David Mamet ISBN: 0140127224 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Cabin: Reminiscence and Diversions by David Mamet ISBN: 0679747206 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 December, 1993 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Make-Believe Town: Essays and Remembrances by David Mamet ISBN: 0316550353 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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