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BL
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1038434
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b792804
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| Main Entry
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Tzioumakis, Yannis.
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| Title & Author
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The Spanish prisoner /\ Yannis Tzioumakis.
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| Publication Statement
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Edinburgh :: Edinburgh University Press,, ©2009.
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| Series Statement
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American indies
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1 online resource (xi, 154 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0748633707
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: 0748671234
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: 1282136496
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: 6612136499
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: 9780748633708
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: 9780748671236
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: 9781282136496
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: 9786612136498
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0748633685
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0748633693
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9780748633685
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9780748633692
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-146) and index.
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Includes filmography (pages 126-127).
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| Contents
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Introduction : "You don't know who anyone is" -- From independent to "indie" cinema -- David Mamet and "indie" cinema -- "Indie" film at work : producing and distributing The Spanish prisoner -- "That's what you just think you saw!" : narrative and film style in The Spanish prisoner -- Playing with cinema : the master of the con game film -- Conclusion -- Filmography : David Mamet in American cinema and television.
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| Abstract
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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 withpersonal visual style, independent film production with niche distribution, and mainstream subject matter with unconventional filmic techniques. This book discusses The Spanish Prisoner as an example of contemporary American independent cinema while also using the film as a vehicle to explore several key ideas in film studies, especially in terms of aesthetics, narrative, style, spectatorship, genre and industry. Key Features Distinguishes between independent and 'indie' cinema through anexamination of the 'classics divisions, ' especially Sony Pictures Classics Assesses the position of David Mamet within American cinema Introduces the genre categories of the 'con artist' and the 'con game' film and discusses The Spanish Prisoner as a key example of the latter Examines the ways in which narrative, narration and visual style deviate from the mainstream/classical aesthetic Yannis Tzioumakis Lecturer in Media and Communication Studies at theUniversity of Liverpool.
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Mamet, David-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Mamet, David.
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Independent filmmakers-- United States.
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Independent films-- United States-- History and criticism.
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Independent filmmakers.
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Independent films.
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PERFORMING ARTS-- Film Video-- General.
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PERFORMING ARTS-- Film Video-- History Criticism.
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| Subject
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Spanish prisoner (Motion picture)
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Spanish prisoner (Motion picture)
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Spanish Prisoner.
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The Spanish Prisoner
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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791.43/72
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| LC Classification
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PN1997.S762T95 2009eb
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| NLM classification
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HU 4443rvk
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HU 4443.rvk
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