The dramatic thriller "Glengarry Glen Ross" ("The Americans")

The dramatic thriller "Glengarry Glen Ross" ("Americans") is an amazing ribbon, a jeweler's cinema, with magnificent drama, minimalism of scenery, a limited place of action and perfectly verified characters.

Reference

The film "Glengarry Glen Ross" is based on the play of the famous playwright David Mamet, who is rightly considered the successor to the work of the American novelist A. Miller.

A somewhat indefinite name of the picture is made up by the names of two households, in relation to which the speech will be discussed in a film, to a certain extent it is related to Miller's world-famous work "The Death of a Salesman." Thanks to the professionalism of the creative union of the production director James Fowley and screenwriter David Mamet, the story of the marketing ploys alien to the average man turned into a masterpiece.

The creators managed to interest the viewer with what was happening, forcing them to worry about extremely realistic characters. Especially gurgling sounds abusive speech and ruthless squabbles of so-called colleagues who spit on the age of the opponent, rank and professional ethics in the drama "Glengarry Glen Ross." The actors involved in the shooting process had the opportunity to demonstrate their dramatic talent to the fullest.

Structure

The narrative of the drama "Glengarry Glen Ross" ("Americans") can be divided into several equally artistic parts. Each episode separately represents a unique mini-play, with its prologue, intrigue, culmination. This structure of the narrative represents the viewer the opportunity to experience a variety of psychological situations, to witness the incessant clashes of personal beliefs and ideas of the central characters, to assess the severity of ambiguous plot twists, to feel the tense atmosphere.

"Glengarry Glen Ross" is built on continuous dialogues, full of questions that remain unanswered, countless repetitions of the same phrases and curses. Nevertheless, the narration can not be called tedious due to professional direction, masterful work of the operator Juan Ruiz Anchia with a constant change of camera angles and impeccable acting.

Plot. String

The absolutely serious drama "Glengarry Glen Ross" is quite comical and so attractive for the audience audience tie. At the beginning of the narrative, the viewer gets acquainted with the central characters - four different characters from the real estate agency (cast members: Alan Arkin, Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon and Ed Harris).

All the heroes are engaged in the purchase and sale of land, but the boss is dissatisfied with the circumstances of the current affairs, therefore, arranges a competition between the subordinates. According to the announced conditions for the week, all dealers must carry out as many transactions as possible. As a result, the results will be summed up and everyone will receive a reward on their merits: the winner is the Cadillac, who took the second place - a set of kitchen utensils, and the third and fourth will simply be dismissed.

Developments

After such a peculiar intriguing prologue in the drama "Glengarry Glen Ross" events develop with unpredictable speed. Each hero chooses his own tactics of behavior to get the result. The first with enviable zeal begins to "cajole" potential customers. The second, with a sour spirit, tries to press on the pity of his boss. The third and even better, trying to rob the fourth, podbivaya on crime.

As a result, the current situation takes a completely unpredictable turn, and the second half of the narrative, revealing the "abscesses" in the nature of each hero, reveals all of their nature, as individuals driven by circumstances into a corner and forced to play by imposed rules from the series "with wolves to live - according to Wolf howl. "

Actors' Ensemble

In the play of the classic play, the most brilliant hero was played by Dustin Hoffmann, and in the film drama, as James Fowley, Hubman's unspoken opponent, the unbeatable Al Pacino, shone with all the facets of his talent. For the embodiment of the highly enterprising businessman Ricky Roma Al Pacino on the screen, he was well-deservedly nominated for an Oscar, but he will receive the coveted award much later for his role in the movie "The Scent of a Woman."

His older colleague Jack Lemmon, who played the role of the old failure of Shelley Levin, forced to fight for his workplace, was awarded the prestigious film festival prize in Venice. The brilliant male actor's ensemble of the movie "Glengarry Glen Ross" many world critics called the best component of a successful project Foley, who received the name "Americans" in the domestic box office.

The film is difficult to recommend for viewing to a wide audience. Even the star cast of the ensemble is not a weighty argument. We can only sincerely advise giving the tape the only chance to become one of the most valuable and best copies of the home cinema collection of every layman.