state and main — david mamet

A film crew is tak­ing over a lit­tle peace­ful town, because it hap­pens to have an old mill. The old mill fea­tures in the most impor­tant scene of the film and is there­fore of great impor­tance. But after the direc­tor (Walt) gets the news the old mill has burnt down, the usual tur­moil turns into full blown panic. The script writer (Joe) has to write another end­ing to the movie, and, o yeah, just a lit­tle prob­lem, has to come up with a new name for the movie. If that is not enough already the main actress sud­denly doesn’t want to show her boo­bies to the pub­lic any­more and the main actor is doing what he is famous for with ‘younger women’.
It should be enough to drive a man crazy. Is Walt ever going to have his film? 

Bril­liant script with fast and sharp dia­logues. A great satire on the busi­ness of film making.


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