false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503968m/12517.jpg 12517 2 2667622 1991 On Directing Film total:244|5:58|4:90|3:81|2:12|1:3| 244 920 303 24 12517 0140127224 9780140127225 244 24 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503968m/12517.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12517.On_Directing_Film 4 0 false Wed Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 14:35:12 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 14:49:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 12517 0140127224 9780140127225 244 24 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503968m/12517.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12517.On_Directing_Film 3 0 false Thu Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 22:21:45 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 19 16:30:56 -0700 2008 True and False, was a rather audacious protest against typical trends of theater "acting" wherein Mamet verbally reamed the kind of performers who create "characters" and strive to make "interesting" choices. Stanslavski is worthless to Mamet, as...more...]]> 12517 0140127224 9780140127225 244 24 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503968m/12517.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12517.On_Directing_Film 4 0 false Sat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 19:56:48 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 21:48:29 -0700 2009
His guiding principle is very simple, nearly absurdly sim...more...]]> 12517 0140127224 9780140127225 244 24 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503968m/12517.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12517.On_Directing_Film 3 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sun Dec 07 20:12:56 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 20:37:02 -0800 2008 12517 0140127224 9780140127225 244 24 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503968m/12517.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12517.On_Directing_Film 4 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 17:04:49 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 17:07:14 -0800 2009
Excellent compact primer on how to refine a story for film.]]> 12517 0140127224 9780140127225 244 24 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503968m/12517.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12517.On_Directing_Film 4 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 23:17:49 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 23:23:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 12517 0140127224 9780140127225 244 24 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503968m/12517.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12517.On_Directing_Film 3 0 false Fri Jun 06 07:06:50 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 09:46:04 -0700 2008 Glengarry Glen Ross. the first short essay was helpful and insightful; the second part -- which takes up most of this book -- is a transcript of a way-too-interactive class he guest-lectured at a film schoo...more...]]> 12517 0140127224 9780140127225 244 24 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503968m/12517.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12517.On_Directing_Film 3 0 false Sat Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 13:52:49 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 09:51:44 -0800 2009
I picked thi...more...]]> 12517 0140127224 9780140127225 244 24 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503968m/12517.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12517.On_Directing_Film 4 0 false Sun Jun 15 15:38:26 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 15:40:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 12517 0140127224 9780140127225 244 24 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503968m/12517.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12517.On_Directing_Film 5 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Thu Jun 21 14:12:33 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 22:16:01 -0800 2009 if you need sense memories to motivate you, to think of the worse thing you've ever eaten or the loss of your puppy at age 7. i dont need to know what you were thinking about when you decided to read this book. i dont have any interest in the impulses your b...more...]]> 12517 0140127224 9780140127225 244 24 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503968m/12517.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12517.On_Directing_Film 5 0 false Sat Aug 16 11:27:58 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 11:28:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 12517 0140127224 9780140127225 244 24 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503968m/12517.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12517.On_Directing_Film 3 0 false Tue Jul 01 10:51:53 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 10:57:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 12517 0140127224 9780140127225 244 24 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503968m/12517.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12517.On_Directing_Film 4 0 false Fri Sep 05 06:39:01 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 06:41:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 12517 0140127224 9780140127225 244 24 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503968m/12517.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12517.On_Directing_Film 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 09:51:54 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 09:53:41 -0800 2008 12517 0140127224 9780140127225 244 24 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503968m/12517.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12517.On_Directing_Film 4 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 08 10:30:35 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 10:33:42 -0800 2008 12517 0140127224 9780140127225 244 24 3.77 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166503968m/12517.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12517.On_Directing_Film 4 0 false Wed Dec 19 19:12:40 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 19 19:15:56 -0800 2007
I'd love to use this in an intro to creative writing workshop the next time I teach.
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