House of Games (Criterion Collection, Blu-ray, 1987)

Description: The Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright and screenwriter David Mamet sat in the director’s chair for the first time for this sly, merciless thriller. Lindsay Crouse stars as a best-selling author and therapist who wants to help a client by making restitution for the money he owes to a gambler. After she meets the attractive cardsharp (Joe Mantegna), her own compulsions take hold as he lures her into his world of high-stakes deception. Packed with razor-edged dialogue delivered with even-keeled precision by a cast of Mamet regulars, House of Games is as psychologically acute as it is full of twists and turns, a rich character study told with the cold calculation of a career con artist targeting his next mark. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES High-definition digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Juan Ruiz Anchía, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Audio commentary from 2007 featuring director David Mamet and consultant and actor Ricky Jay Interviews with actors Lindsay Crouse and Joe Mantegna from 2007 David Mamet on “House of Games,” a short documentary shot on location during the film’s preparation and production Detail from a storyboard of a short con suggested by Jay Trailer English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing PLUS: An essay by critic Kent Jones and excerpts from Mamet’s introduction to the published screenplay Cover illustration by Eric Skillman, design by Jamie Keenan

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