All of us write plays in our heads all the time…before we’re going to visit our girl friend, before we’re going to talk to a boss—we rehearse.
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Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance.
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The problems of the world, AIDS, cancer, nuclear war, pollution, are, finally, no more solvable than the problems of a tree which has borne fruit: the apples are overripe and they are falling—what can be done?… What can be done about the problems which beset our life? Nothing can be done, and nothing needs to be done. Something is being done—the organism is preparing to rest.
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Birth: | 30th November, 1947 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Film Director, Playwright, Screenwriter, Writer |
David Alan Mamet was born in Chicago, Illinois. He is an American playwright, writer, screenwriter, and film director. As a playwright, Mamet has won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow. As a screenwriter, he has received Oscar nominations for The Verdict and Wag the Dog. He has also published a series of short plays, monologues and three novels, The Village, The Old Religion, and Wilson: A Consideration of the Sources. He has also written the screenplays for such films as The Verdict, directed by Sidney Lumet, The Postman Always Rings Twice, directed by Bob Rafelson. He is also director of the TV film Phil Spector. Three of Mamet's own films, House of Games, The Spanish Prisoner, and Heist, have involved the world of con artists. His latest feature-length film, a thriller titled Blackbird, is slated for release in 2015.
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