Dirk’s Five – Hustlers, Grifters, Shills and Marks
Illusion and cinema go together like Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee. From the earliest moments in the history of cinema, film-makers have used the medium to perform trickery. This association […]
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CHRIS: House of Games (Mamet, US, 1987)
“It’s called the confidence game. Why? Because you give me your confidence? No, because I give you mine.” Mike David Mamet was already an established Broadway dramatist and Hollywood […]
The Dirk Malcolm Alternative 