Gaylord Brewer

Since winning the Pulitzer for his Glengarry Glen Ross, playwright David Mamet has written only one original, full-length play, Speed-the-Plow--yet he has written nearly ten original screenplays. His movement in this direction is both surprising and, ironically, inevitable. Studied here are Mamet's screenplays (such as The Postman Always Rings Twice and We're No Angels), the influence of film on his recent plays (The Shawl and Speed-the-Plow), his theory of directing refined from his writerly principles of montage storytelling, and the reciprocal impact of his films and plays are discussed. Particular emphasis is placed on the author-director relationship in House of Games and Things Change. A complete filmography includes his 1992 work on the film version of Glengarry Glen Ross and Hoffa.

Illusion/disillusion in a Wounded Land

David Mamet and Film

Colleen McKee

Ronald J. Pelias

Keith Russell

Laura Madeline Wiseman

Jack Hirschman

David Meltzer

Joe Benevento

Glenn Sheldon

Michael Castro

Simon Perchik

Tunji Ajibade

Alexander Balogh

María Balogh

Jason W. Dockery

Michael Anthony Dorlac

Adrian Hein

gaye gambell-petersen

Spencer Hurst

N. Jeff Lind

Richard Luftig

Jeff Penn May

Chris Mazauskas

Jessica Moses

W.E. Mueller

Michael Rothenberg

Tabitha Russo

Gina Tabasso

Untamed Ink

Poems

Exit Pursued by a Bear

Although he had been publishing poetry regularly in small underground and alternative presses since the 1950s, he remained a relatively obscure author until late in life. His first novel, Post Office, was published in 1971. Brewer incisively discusses the conflict that came with celebrity upon the 1987 release of the autobiographical feature film Barfly, as well as the relationship of creativity to Bukowski's later writings.

Charles Bukowski

Gaylord Brewer

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