David Mamet directing Alec Baldwin

An Ugly Trend in Filmmakers

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[1 May 2007]

by Glenn McDonald

Strapped for cash, aching to free their creative impulse from the grind of the same old story, over and over and over, our best modern film directors turn their talents toward the vastly untapped world of TV commercial-making.

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