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Bambi vs Godzilla:On the Nature, Purpose and Practice of the Movie Business

Mamet blows his own trumpet

David Mamet
Simon & Schuster, pp. 250pp, ££11.99,
Toby Young
Wednesday, 8th August 2007

Bambi vs Godzilla:On the Nature, Purpose and Practice of the Movie Business
by David Mamet

It would be easy to be mean about this book — so here goes. It purports to be David Mamet’s practical guide to movie-making and one of the points he makes repeatedly is that films shouldn’t have any fat on them.

The film may, perhaps, be likened to a boxer. He is going to have to deal with all the bulk his opponent brings into the ring. Common sense should indicate he had better not bring one extra ounce of flab on him — that all the weight he brings into the ring had better be muscle.

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