TY  - GEN
T1  - The Spanish prisoner
T2  - American indies.
A1  - Tzioumakis, Yannis
LA  - English
PP  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
YR  - 2009
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn430840318
AB  - 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.
OP  - 154
CN  - PN1997.S762 T95 2009eb
SN  - 9780748633708
SN  - 0748633707
SN  - 9780748671236
SN  - 0748671234
SN  - 1282136496
SN  - 9781282136496
SN  - 9786612136498
SN  - 6612136499
SN  - 9780748633692
SN  - 0748633693
SN  - 9780748633685
SN  - 0748633685
KW  - Spanish prisoner (Motion picture)
KW  - Mamet, David : Criticism and interpretation.
KW  - Mamet, David
KW  - The Spanish Prisoner
KW  - Spanish Prisoner.
KW  - Independent films : United States : History and criticism.
KW  - Independent filmmakers : United States.
KW  - Films indépendants : États-Unis : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Cinéastes indépendants : États-Unis.
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS : Film & Video : History & Criticism.
KW  - PERFORMING ARTS : Film & Video : General.
KW  - Independent filmmakers
KW  - Independent films
KW  - United States
KW  - Spanish prisoner : Motion picture
KW  - Swindlers and swindling in motion pictures
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ER  -