David Mamet will take a look back on his career in film at the New School
Tishman Auditorium, the New School
66 West 12th St. between Fifth & Sixth Aves.
Wednesday, October 13, $12-$18, 7:00
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On October 12, David Mamet’s 1977 behind-the-scenes play, A LIFE IN THE THEATRE, makes its Broadway debut, starring Patrick Stewart and T. R. Knight, joining Mamet’s RACE (with Eddie Izzard, Dennis Haysbert, Afton C. Williamson, and Richard Thomas) on the Great White Way. The next day, Mamet will be at the New School for a rare public conversation, but he will not be talking about his life in the theatre. Instead, the discussion, moderated by Museum of the Moving Image curator David Schwartz, will focus on Mamet’s career as the screenwriter and/or director of such films as HOUSE OF GAMES (1987), THINGS CHANGE (1988), HOMICIDE (1991), GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (1992), THE SPANISH PRISONER (1997), THE WINSLOW BOY (1999), STATE AND MAIN (2000), HEIST (2001), SPARTAN (2004), and REDBELT (2008), most of which are built around unexpected twists and turns that stray from conventional mainstream Hollywood storytelling. Winner of a Tony, two Obies, and a Pulitzer Prize, Mamet has been nominated for Best Screenplay twice, for THE VERDICT (1982) and WAG THE DOG (1997). The special evening will also feature clips from throughout Mamet’s film career.