The Spanish Prisoner By: Yannis Tzioumakis Publisher: Edinburgh University Press Print ISBN: 9780748633692, 0748633693 eText ISBN: 9780748633708, 0748633707 Copyright year: 2009 Format: PDF Available from $ 25.58 USD SKU: 9780748633708 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 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 FeaturesDistinguishes between independent and 'indie' cinema through an examination 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 SKU: 9780748633692 Ebooks here: https://ebookscoffee.sellpass.io/products/The-Spanish-Prisoner
