Calling on his unique perspective as playwright, screenwriter, and director of h
is own critically acclaimed movies, House of Games and Things Change, David Mame
t illuminates how a film comes to be. He looks at every aspect of directing--fro
m script to cutting room--to show the many tasks directors undertake in reaching
their prime objective: presenting a story that will be understood by the audien
ce and has the power to be both surprising and inevitable at the same time.
Bas
ed on a series of classes Mamet taught at Columbia University's film school, On
Directing Film will be enjoyed not only by students but by anyone interested in
an overview of the craft of filmmaking.
