LEADER 03995nam 22006852 450 001 9910778078903321 005 20151002020706.0 010 $a0-7486-7123-4 010 $a1-282-13649-6 010 $a9786612136498 010 $a0-7486-3370-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748633708 035 $a(CKB)1000000000765528 035 $a(EBL)448753 035 $a(OCoLC)430840318 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000249305 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11194270 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000249305 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10227264 035 $a(PQKB)11304092 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780748633708 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000092811 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC448753 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL448753 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10435331 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL213649 035 $a(DE-B1597)616913 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748633708 035 $a(OCoLC)1306538375 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000765528 100 $a20130327d2009|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Spanish prisoner /$fYannis Tzioumakis$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aEdinburgh :$cEdinburgh University Press,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 154 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aAmerican indies 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-7486-3368-5 311 $a0-7486-3369-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [140]-146) and index. 320 $aIncludes filmography (p. [126]-127). 327 $aIntroduction : "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. 330 $aDespite more than a passing nod to such crowdpleasing classics as Hitchcock's North by Northwest, playwright-turned-independent filmmaker David Mamet's The Spanish Prisoner is a particularly idiosyncratic film that betrays its origin outside the Hollywood mainstream. Featuring a convoluted narrative, an excessive, often anti-classical, visual style, and belonging to the generic category of the 'con game film' which often challenges the spectator's cognitive skills, The Spanish Prisoner is a film that bridges genre filmmaking with personal visual style, independent film production with niche distribution,and mainstream subject matter with unconventional filmic techniques. This book discusses The Spanish Prisoner as an example of contemporary American independent cinema while also using the film as a vehicle to explore several key ideas in film studies, especially in terms of aesthetics, narrative, style, spectatorship, genre and industry. Key Features oDistinguishes between independent and 'indie' cinema through anexamination of the 'classics divisions,' especially Sony Pictures Classics oAssesses the position of David Mamet within American cinema oIntroduces the genre categories of the 'con artist' and the 'con game' filmand discusses The Spanish Prisoner as a key example of the latter oExamines the ways in which narrative, narration and visual style deviate from the mainstream/classical aesthetic 410 0$aAmerican indies. 606 $aIndependent films$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism 606 $aIndependent filmmakers$zUnited States 615 0$aIndependent films$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aIndependent filmmakers 676 $a791.43/72 700 $aTzioumakis$b Yannis$0790989 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778078903321 996 $aThe Spanish prisoner$93827681 997 $aUNINA