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There is no such thing as char...

There is no such thing as character other than the habitual action, as Mr. Aristotle told us two thousand years ago.

David Mamet 255 quotes

The great movie can be as free...

The great movie can be as free of being a record of the progress of the protagonist as is a dream.

David Mamet 255 quotes

Let the cut tell the story. Ot...

Let the cut tell the story. Otherwise you have not got dramatic action, you've got narration.

David Mamet 255 quotes

Make the audience wonder what'...

Make the audience wonder what's going on by putting them in the same position as the protagonist.

David Mamet 255 quotes

The terror and beauty of the d...

The terror and beauty of the dream come from the connection of previously unrelated mundanities of life.

David Mamet 255 quotes

The dream and the film are the...

The dream and the film are the juxtaposition of images in order to answer a question.

David Mamet 255 quotes

The audience requires not info...

The audience requires not information but drama.

David Mamet 255 quotes

Always do things the least int...

Always do things the least interesting way, the most blunt way, and you make a better movie. This is my experience.

David Mamet 255 quotes

The purpose of technique is to...

The purpose of technique is to free the unconscious. If you follow the rules ploddingly, they will allow your unconscious to be free.

David Mamet 255 quotes

The conscious mind is going to...

The conscious mind is going to suggest the obvious, the clichГ©, because these things have offered the security of having succeeded in the past.

David Mamet 255 quotes

The work of the director is th...

The work of the director is the work of constructing the shot list from the script.

David Mamet 255 quotes

The images in a dream are vast...

The images in a dream are vastly varied and magnificently interesting.

David Mamet 255 quotes

You can't rely on the acting t...

You can't rely on the acting to tell the story.

David Mamet 255 quotes

What we're trying to do is fin...

What we're trying to do is find two or more shots the juxtaposition of which will give us the idea.

David Mamet 255 quotes

I pray you indulge me for a sp...

I pray you indulge me for a space, for I am going to set out on a speech which may have some duration, but whose theme may be gleaned from its opening phrase: how dare you.

David Mamet 255 quotes

Hitchcock denigrated American ...

Hitchcock denigrated American films, saying they were all 'pictures of people talking' - as, indeed, most of them are.

David Mamet 255 quotes

A stage play is basically a fo...

A stage play is basically a form of uber-schizophrenia. You split yourself into two minds - one being the protagonist and the other being the antagonist. The playwright also splits himself into two other minds: the mind of the writer and the mind of the audience.

David Mamet 255 quotes

War is tragedy. The great war ...

War is tragedy. The great war stories are tragedies. It's the failure of diplomacy. 'War and Peace,' 'A Farewell to Arms,' 'For Whom the Bell Tolls.' Those are some of the greatest tragedies.

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We live in oppressive times. W...

We live in oppressive times. We have, as a nation, become our own thought police; but instead of calling the process by which we limit our expression of dissent and wonder 'censorship,' we call it 'concern for commercial viability.

David Mamet 255 quotes

I go out there. I'm out there ...

I go out there. I'm out there every day. [Pause] There is nothing out there.

David Mamet 255 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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