DVD: state and main

DVD: state and main

DVD:

State and main

Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon

Lions Gate, 2002

Glengarry Glen Ross Reveals the Genius of David Mamet.
Long before there was Mad Men, there was Glengarry Glen Ross. Combining superb performances and brilliant dialogue, Glengarry Glen Ross is the 1992 film adaptation of David Mamet's 1984 Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning play. The film chronicles two days in the lives of ...

Spartan

Tia Texada, Derek Luke

Warner Home Video, 2004

I thought it was first rate
This is tightly written and edited down to the final shot. It is flab-free, and if your belief must be suspended here and there, the entertainment quotient makes it worth it. Val Kilmer kills as the super SS agent, searching for the daughter of, the president? We are ...

State and Main

Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy

New Line Home Video, 2001

Best Thing on Film Ever
This is one of the very few movies that both my wife and I love and have watched several times and never get sick of it. It is hard to believe that David Mamet has something this good inside of him - it has to do with people not crime and violence. If you like this ...

The Spanish Prisoner

Steve Martin, Ben Gazzara

Sony Pictures, 1998

trust no one
If you enjoy movies about bone-deep lies and deception, where you do not know until the very end what really happened (and even then you have some lingering doubts), then you will love this movie. The acting is top-notch and the writing terrific: every line of ...

Oleanna

William H. Macy, Debra Eisenstadt

MGM (Video & DVD), 2003

Well done.
It is not an easy thing to attack a trendy kind of facism which makes young people feel important. Even written descriptions of this film stop short of saying whether there is sexual harrassment or not. Brilliantly done.

State and Main [Region 2]

Michael Higgins, Michael Bradshaw

Best Thing on Film Ever
This is one of the very few movies that both my wife and I love and have watched several times and never get sick of it. It is hard to believe that David Mamet has something this good inside of him - it has to do with people not crime and violence. If you like this ...

Heist

Gene Hackman, Rebecca Pidgeon

Warner Home Video, 2002

Got it figured out?? Think again!!
This movie has so many twists that you really can't miss any of it, or you will be missing alot!!! I thoroughly enjoyed it all, and it really kept me guessing. Gene Hackman was very clever, and surprising at every turn. Although somewhat violent, if you ...

House of Games

Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna

MGM (Video & DVD), 2000

The Criterion Collection release is widescreen and has an excellent commentary by Mamet and Ricky Jay
SPOILERS AHEAD: Dr. Margaret Ford is such a good mark because she's such a bad girl. Dr. Ford is a con artist. She is a devious woman. She is aroused by the art of the con. She wants to be a thief herself. At the end of the film we learn--when she exacts her ...