Follow @DistractedFilm This list was inspired by Jim Jarmusch's Paterson. It's a film which offers a precise, personal vision of life, and of cinema itself. It's also a film grounded in personal truth, personified by Adam Driver's extraordinary central performance. His work seems to chime so...
Read MoreFollow @DistractedFilm One of the main joys of creating these lists is discovering new titles, and that has certainly been true this time, and especially true of The Honeymoon Killers - a film whose irony is so brutal it's actually quite beautiful. Criminal Cinema Couples naturally alludes...
Read MoreWe Are Now A Third Of The Way Through Production Ideas which had formerly existed only in your mind's eye are electrified when they come into contact with the reality of production, and transformed into something true, something resonant, and something beautiful. Another exhilarating shoot for Distracted...
Read MoreFollow @DistractedFilm Thanks again to all who took the time to suggest titles. Notable exclusions included Un Chien Andalou, Band Of Outsiders & Mon Oncle. Bicycles in cinema, it would seem, are joyous. They represent freedom and innocence, something good. Their destruction is something to be feared. In...
Read MoreFollow @DistractedFilm Baldness signifies a character eviscerated, or one who has given over to a spartan existance. It can be the mark of experience, and it can be the mark, of course, of evil. In no particular order. The Virgin Queen (Henry Koster, 1955) Suggested by @jhpcine Bravura from Bette...
Read MoreCinema bubblegum has probably our toughest list so far, and it's certainly lead to our most peculiar combination of films. One thing is sure though, bubblegum, in cinema, symbolises care-free youth, and rebelliousness. In no particular order Grease (Randal Kleiser, 1978) Nominated by @rnfrw, @thrillmurray_ @MrSnowgarden and @Movienut14. Olivia...
Read MoreWe did all of the location work - which basically means a bunch of actors running around the English countryside! I think we've done some strong work - I've put together rough cuts of some of the sequences, and it's shaping up to be the...
Read MoreFollow @distractedfilm Apologies for my slowness in posting this list, but I've been up to my eyebrows in pre-production for Distracted, and have spent the last few days trying to source a jacket for one of the characters, a difficult task because apparently the colour was...
Read More...Is one who turns walking into an art form. Here's Marcello Mastroianni in Mauro Bolognini's Il Bell Antonio... RELATED Performance And Mis En Scene - Marcello Mastroianni In Divorce Italian Style Acting Ambivalent - Marcello Mastroianni In Down The Ancient Stairs...
Read MoreAs rehearsals for my new feature film, Distracted, progress, here are the seven acting questions we've been asking of the script. After all, if the actor does not understand the script correctly, then he cannot act it correctly - this questioning is the process for...
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