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• He also wrote "Ronin"... yeah... but... - Victor Khomenko 18:42:10 12/03/04 (0)
  In Reply to: How about 97's "The Edge?" He also wrote "Ronin." posted by tinear on December 3, 2004 at 17:39:34:

  I don't think Ronin's story is particularly worth much. It is downright trivial, common and unexiting. The direction and acting made that movie, not the story.

  You can keep his babe - she made a couple of decent songs, and she gave one or two good interviews, but man, as an "actress" she is shameful, deplorable... it was a torture to watch her.
  

  
  
  
  

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• Mamet the director vs. Mamet the screenwriter - Dmitry 18:39:36 12/03/04 (3)
  In Reply to: How about 97's "The Edge?" He also wrote "Ronin." posted by tinear on December 3, 2004 at 17:39:34:

  His directorship has become rather one-dimensional as if late, imo. Too bad. Luckily his writing talent hasn't tarnished.
  Imagine if he would've directed The Edge, Malcolm X or Glengarry Glen Ross. Oy vey!
  
  

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  • I think his success is because he writes intelligent - tinear 05:07:19 12/04/04 (2)
    In Reply to: Mamet the director vs. Mamet the screenwriter posted by Dmitry on December 3, 2004 at 18:39:36:

    dialogue and constructs fascinating conflicts.
    He directs film the exact same way he does theater and I don't think it works. His best films succeed in SPITE of his direction not because of it.
    
    

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    • I agree (sorta). - Harmonia 10:37:08 12/04/04 (0)
      In Reply to: I think his success is because he writes intelligent posted by tinear on December 4, 2004 at 05:07:19:

      As I said below, his style works better on stage, where it can build a sustained rhythm and intensity and create its own context, than on the screen. (I've seen 3 plays on stage.)

      But I do think that it *can* work in film - House of Games, Winslowe Boy (which isn't as stylized and benefits from a stellar cast), and to a lesser extent The Spanish Prisoner and Homocide. But its a dicy balancing act at best.

      The screenplays are clever and intelligent. Didn't Mamet also write the screenplay for The Untouchables?
      
      

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    • As schizophrenic as it sounds, I agree with what you said. - Dmitry 07:01:55 12/04/04 (0)
      In Reply to: I think his success is because he writes intelligent posted by tinear on December 4, 2004 at 05:07:19:

      Just finished watching Spartan. I think it's the first Mamet that is really bad film-making all-around.
      
      

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