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The Spanish Prisoner
Yannis Tzioumakis
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Description for The Spanish Prisoner
Paperback. A study of David Mamet's most successful independent film, The Spanish Prisoner (Sony Pictures Classics, 1997) Series: American Indies. Num Pages: 168 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Despite more than a passing nod to such crowdpleasing classics as Hitchcock's North by Northwest, playwright-turned-independent filmmaker David Mamet's The Spanish Prisoner is a particularly idiosyncratic film that betrays its origin outside the Hollywood mainstream. Featuring a convoluted narrative, an excessive, often anti- classical, visual style, and belonging to the generic category of the 'con game film' which often challenges the spectator's cognitive skills, The Spanish Prisoner is a film that bridges genre filmmaking with personal visual style, independent film production with niche distribution, and mainstream subject matter with unconventional filmic techniques. This book discusses The Spanish Prisoner as an ... Read more
Despite more than a passing nod to such crowdpleasing classics as Hitchcock's North by Northwest, playwright-turned-independent filmmaker David Mamet's The Spanish Prisoner is a particularly idiosyncratic film that betrays its origin outside the Hollywood mainstream. Featuring a convoluted narrative, an excessive, often anti- classical, visual style, and belonging to the generic category of the 'con game film' which often challenges the spectator's cognitive skills, The Spanish Prisoner is a film that bridges genre filmmaking with personal visual style, independent film production with niche distribution, and mainstream subject matter with unconventional filmic techniques. This book discusses The Spanish Prisoner as an ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
American Indies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748633692
SKU
V9780748633692
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About Yannis Tzioumakis
Yannis Tzioumakis is Lecturer in Media and Communication Studies at the University of Liverpool. His research specialises in American independent cinema and the business of media entertainment. His books include American Independent Cinema: An Introduction (EUP, 2006), The Spanish Prisoner (EUP, 2009), and Greek Cinema: Texts, Histories Identities (Intellect, 2011). He is also the co-editor of "American Indies" (EUP), a ... Read more
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