And Ellis made a point of saying the most shocking scene is at the beginning!

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I tend to agree. If Guest has Shearer cameo-ing, he can probably get along with anybody.

And they're the oldest friends of all.

Apparently Shearer's voice is in it as an announcer. But no McKean, no Levy, no O'Hara.

Definitely not McKean. McKean was also on Gilbert Gottfried where they brought it up and he seemed bemused by the whole Harry thing. Can't remember if he's speaking to Guest or not.

Right. I wouldn't be surprised if he is just trying to prove a point here. Seems like something he would do. I applaud him for that. It may not be worth it for Guest and McKean.

Well, he would only be taking back the money from other people who also probably make enough money already.

It's pretty clear any time you see Johnson and Weld together that Weld should have been at the top of the ticket.

I think his hatred of touring is in part why he left Vampire Weekend, right?

Not saying it works for every movie. This was Mamet's take; if a movie doesn't do this, the director wasn't doing his job. I don't agree with that as it's overly restrictive and doesn't leave room for experimentation and new techniques, but I do find it interesting. Being a writer, and at the time he was still a…

Not just a 12-year-old—his own daughter. A disturbing story all the way around. Perhaps most disturbing is everyone seems far more concerned about the rapist than the victim. http://www.cbsnews.com/news…

What, no mention of the Coen scripted Gambit remake with Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz, currently sitting at 17% on Rotten Tomatoes?!
(They also recently wrote an adaptation of Ross Macdonald's Black Money, which I hope gets made and by them)

I love how Chris says "hoax." Like he just heard the word 5 minutes ago and can't quite remember how to pronounce it.

Right. It's rarely a good idea to put a movie star in a role that requires them to disappear, because they're bringing the baggage of their celebrity and every iconic role they've played with them. It's better if they can use that in the role in some way. I always felt that Paul Newman did an extraordinarily good job…

Yeah, his films feel cold for this reason but it also serves the plot because you really don't know where any character is coming from. They're all mysterious.

The stories from the set make it sound like he DID take himself quite seriously, despite playing a silly character.

On Directing Film is a great read. Very short (I think it's basically a long lecture he used to give) and you probably won't agree with all of it (I'm not sure if Mamet still does), but it's pretty fascinating, if controversial, take on directing film but in particular on acting.
My favorite bit in there that I still…

Having spent a lot of time in Grisham's neck of the woods, I can say with some certainty that he had to at least tolerate conservatives, or else he would have gone crazy.

I think he also got called out by Sandra Lee and apologized for what he'd said about her too. Ironically, I think he always liked Paula Deen (and Alton Brown).