Everywhere an Oink Oink

An Embittered, Dyspeptic, and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood

By: David Mamet

Narrated by: Jim Frangione

Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

Award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director David Mamet shares scandalous and laugh-out-loud tales from his four decades in Hollywood where he worked with some of the biggest names in movies.

David Mamet went to Hollywood on top—a super successful playwright summoned west in 1980 to write a vehicle for Jack Nicholson. He arrived just in time to meet the luminaries of old Hollywood and revel in the friendship of giants like Paul Newman, Mike Nichols, Bob Evans, and Sue Mengers. Over the next forty years, Mamet wrote dozens of scripts, was fired off dozens of movies, and directed eleven himself.

In Everywhere an Oink Oink, he revels of the taut and gag-filled professionalism of the film set. He depicts the ever-fickle studios and producers who piece by piece eat the artist alive. And he ponders the art of filmmaking and the genius of those who made our finest movies. With the bravado and flair of Mamet’s best theatrical work, this memoir describes a world gone by, some of our most beloved film stars with their hair down, and how it all got washed away by digital media and the woke brigade.

©2023 David Mamet (P)2023 Simon & Schuster Audio

Old Man Yelling At Clouds

Some entertaining anecdotes. Good writer, mad that times have changed and are different than when he was younger.

Loved it

Everything I love about the author in one place, can't wait to listen again

The humor and truth

It was very enjoyable. Kept me chuckling. I can highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys the movies.

Outstanding

Like sitting down and having a conversation with Mamet about film history, with lots of name dropping and gossip. The man is a legend and knows his stuff. Very funny and engaging.

Behind the Scenes

It was an interesting, behind the scenes look at some of Hollywood's history, from silent films to current day.

Mamet's Miscellany

A self-aggrandizing tour over a decades long career with interludes of trivia and bland insights on the Hollywood of today and yesteryear.

Intelligentsia

Has finally established a footing in the entertainment industry—decades after landing a man on the moon. Listening to intelligent and aware people is good for your soul. A speck of order in the massive chaos known as "the entertainment industry" is grounding. Thank You. A highly beneficial read.

To me, David’s ancestty

Yes, the story was disjointed. What held my interest was David’s many references to the Jews in Hollywood. It is no coincidence that many Jews, despite their numbers have outstanding talent in one field or another. Jews were forced into few professions, doctor, banker, lawyer. All of these required above average skills. The others could not survive. As a Jew myself, sharing David’s ancestry, i related. Not speaking of myself, but i say modestly, my brother was a world renowned space scientist.
If you are not Jewish, you may need to be of a certain age to relate to David’s stories.

The honesty

Bravo Mr Mamet. What a delight to hear what you make about what’s suffering in the movie business, and why.

Why yes, Hollywood is as bad as you thought.

Mr Mamet has a serious character flaw that is going to make some of his readers disappointed. Namely, he has integrity. Precisely , he has too much integrity to name names and slander people with salacious gossip, something he surely could do if he chose to with all of his decades in Hollywood.

Still his spot on betrayal of all the Corruptions and dishonesty that have to be endured for people to make a movie are well worth the Layman's time. His skewering of the fatuous political opinions of celebrities is worth the price of the book alone. He does make a comparison with what the Masters back in the day might reacted and how their art might have been ruined if they had producers over their shoulder micromanaging them. It does have to be mentioned that painters only had to come up with the funds for a brush and canvas and some paint. When you're asking people to put up millions if not tens of millions of dollars, you can rest assured that their constant badgering and interruption is a certainty.

I listened to the book while on a road trip and found myself at least a half a dozen times laughing so hard that my head fell backwards, and in these sometimes dark and depressingly humorless times, that's worth a few bucks.

I recommend it.