On Directing Film
1991 non-fiction book by David Mamet
0-670-83033-XDewey Decimal
On Directing Film is a non-fiction book by American playwright and filmmaker David Mamet (ISBN 0-670-83033-X) published in 1991.
Overview
The book is made up of six chapters, of which the second and fifth take the form of dialogue between Mamet and unnamed students, reflecting that the book was based on classes in film directing held by Mamet at Columbia University's film school. Mamet takes a strong oppositional view to mainstream American filmmaking, method acting, and general indulgence in art. He cites as his major influence Sergei Eisenstein and his montage theory, and makes numerous references to the work of Russian theatre director and theorist Stanislavsky.
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David Mamet
- The Duck Variations
- Sexual Perversity in Chicago
- Squirrels
- American Buffalo
- Reunion
- The Water Engine
- A Life in the Theatre
- The Woods
- Lakeboat
- Edmond
- The Frog Prince
- Glengarry Glen Ross
- Vint
- The Shawl
- Speed-the-Plow
- Bobby Gould in Hell
- Oleanna
- The Cryptogram
- The Old Neighborhood
- Boston Marriage
- Faustus
- Romance
- November
- Race
- The Anarchist
- China Doll
- The Penitent
- A Life in the Theatre (1979)
- The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)
- The Verdict (1982)
- The Untouchables (1987)
- We're No Angels (1989)
- Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
- Hoffa (1992)
- The Water Engine (1992)
- A Life in the Theatre (1993)
- American Buffalo (1996)
- The Edge (1997)
- Wag the Dog (1997)
- Ronin (1998)
- Lansky (1999)
- Lakeboat (2000)
- Hannibal (2001)
- Edmond (2005)
and directed
- House of Games (1987)
- Things Change (1988)
- Homicide (1991)
- Oleanna (1994)
- The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
- The Winslow Boy (1999)
- State and Main (2000)
- Heist (2001)
- Spartan (2004)
- Redbelt (2008)
- Lost Masterpieces of Pornography (2010)
- Phil Spector (2013)
- On Directing Film (1991)
- Three Uses of the Knife (1998)
- True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor (1999)
- The Wicked Son (2006)
- The Unit (2006–2009)
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