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Aug 14, 2023 · Far Flungers. Revisiting Sidney Lumet’s The Verdict. Gerardo Valero. August 14, 2023. 7 min read. Sidney Lumet ’s “ The Verdict ” is the best courtroom drama ever. It is also one of those rare features that doesn’t wear down with repeated viewings. That would seem odd for an entry that’s best remembered for the shock of its ...
- Mamet’s Theatrical Roots
- Mamet on Directing
- Mamet on Exposition
- Mamet on Con-Artist Tales
- Professor Mamet’s Reading Assignment
- Director’s Commentary with Sidney Lumet
“You gotta put your ass on the line and use the audience. Period. The reason that theatre evolved that way was because the progress of the theatre on the stage aped and recapitulated the mechanism of human understanding, which is: thesis, antithesis and synthesis. And one learns to lead the audience ahead by giving them just enough information to m...
“Your chances of making a living or making a better living are increased by writing something that you would want to write badly enough that you would actually go out and raise the money to direct it. You’re much better to do that because otherwise you’re just going to waste twenty years waiting for the good will of your inferiors. If you really, r...
“The trick is—never write exposition. That’s absolutely the trick. Never write it. The audience needs to understand what the story is, and if the hero understands what he or she is after then the audience will follow it. The ancient joke about exposition used to be in radio writing when they’d say, ‘Come and sit down in that blue chair.’ So, that t...
“In every generation the cunning rediscover that they can manipulate the trustful and they count this as the great, great wisdom of all time.”
“I suggest that everyone get Francis Ferguson’s edition of Aristotle’s Poetics. Read it once—it’ll make the point—and then retire to your typewriters. [Screenwriting’s] all about working on it and working on it until it comes out even. There’s really no magic to it. There really isn’t. They say that Bach could improvise a toccata and I’m sure he co...
128 minutes of BTS and insight from the legendary director, courtesy of Vashi Nedomansky. “On the commentary to the DVD for The Verdict, director Sidney Lumet relates how he and the cinematographer studied the paintings of Caravaggio as a visual reference and color scheme for filming The Verdict. It is evidenced in almost every frame of this dark, ...
Dec 14, 2012 · The most memorable verdict. Gerardo Valero. December 14, 2012. 4 min read. Courtroom dramas count for some of Hollywood’s best movies and, among their finest stands Sidney Lumet’s “ The Verdict.”. Even when comparing it to other greats such as his own “ 12 Angry Men ” or “ To Kill a Mockingbird “, “The Verdict” stands in my ...
- The Deer Hunter (1978) – Russian Roulette. A scene that is nearly flawless in its execution. Michael Cimino doesn’t try to do anything to fancy as he allows the actors to shine in this nightmare of a scene.
- Casablanca (1942) – Rick and Ilsa on the runaway. A film that has many great scenes in performance from the singing of the La Marseillaise to the first re-encounter between Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.
- 12 Angry Men (1957) – Juror #3 is convinced. Adapted by Sidney Lumet from Reginald Rose’s play, you know you’ll be getting theatrical performances. After Henry Fonda’s Juror #8 has convinced 10 jurors from guilty to non-guilty, the arrogant and self sured Juror #3 played by Lee J. Cobb changes his mind.
- M (1931) – Hans self defense. After watching a child murder prowl the streets of Berlin and being chased by the criminal underworld and the police, we get the most humane moment in this masterpiece.
Drama Director: Sidney Lumet Actors: Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 74% with 569 votes Runtime: 2:9 TMDB. That opening was one of the most depressing things I’ve seen in the movies. If you like David Mamet, check out Spanish Prisoner. TIL that David Mamet wrote The Verdict .
Jul 15, 2020 · The superb script from Kelly Masterson concerns a pair of whining, craven brothers played by Ethan Hawke and Philip Seymour Hoffman, who plot to rob their own parents’ jewelry store. Lumet deftly handles the movie’s complex chronology, full of flashbacks and flashforwards, playing up the black comedy without minimizing the betrayals.
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The Verdict is a 1982 American legal drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by David Mamet, adapted from Barry Reed's 1980 novel of the same name. The film stars Paul Newman as a down-on-his-luck alcoholic lawyer who accepts a medical malpractice case to improve his own situation, but discovers along the way that he is doing the right thing.
