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The Great Acting Blog: “A Principled Actor”

26.07.2016 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Peter Sellers' performance in Hal Ashby's 1979 film, Being There, is quite brilliant. It's one of eye-watering precision and discipline, and, like all great performances, it feels inevitable; the role could not be played any other way nor by any other actor. It came as...

Drifting Clouds Cinema: ‘Top 10 Peculiar Pairings’

19.07.2016 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 38 Comments

Follow @distractedfilm This list came about because I was piqued by the pairing of Ingrid Thulin and Robert Mitchum in Sheldon Reynolds' Foreign Intrigue. We associate them with different cinematic cultures - Thulin with European arthouse, Mitchum with classical Hollywood. This differential creates a gap in...

Noirish Project – Humble And Innocent Cinema

03.07.2016 , Noirish Project , 0 Comments

https://vimeo.com/74585515 I want the audience to have a peaceful, poetic experience when watching Noirish Project. The film rejects the bombast of so much contemporary cinema, the bombast of content and style, the bombast that seeks to control what we think. I don't want the film to...

Movie Monocles | Top 10 List

03.07.2016 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 11 Comments

Monocles. They are other-worldly, eccentric, subversive. They imply a certain erudition as well as add mystery - people who wear monocles seem to know something we don't. Anyway, thanks again to everyone who made suggestions. [caption id="attachment_175660365" align="aligncenter" width="1278"] Fritz Lang. Nominated by @eliza2854, @Mara1937 and @lintlvieno.[/caption] [caption...

FILM LISTS: “10 Cafes-In-Cinema”

12.06.2016 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 17 Comments

The number of responses for this one was overwhelming, and I found it almost impossible to narrow it down to ten titles, and actually impossible to select only one image for each. Further, filmmakers like Jean-Luc Godard and Jim Jarmusch merit a list of their...

Noirish Project To Be Screened In Helsinki

08.06.2016 , Noirish Project , 0 Comments

[caption id="attachment_175660307" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] WHS Teatarri Union, Helsinki.[/caption] Delighted to announce details of our Helsinki screening. We will be working in collaboration with Helsinki based film collective, Euphoria Borealis. Noirish Project will provide the opening for their International Kino Kabaret. “International Kino Kabaret 2016 Presents: Noirish Project” – WHS...

“From Canvas To Celluloid: Edward Hopper On Film”

31.05.2016 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 0 Comments

https://vimeo.com/168252768 By Jose Sarmiento "A look at how the film SHIRLEY: VISIONS OF REALITY by Gustav Deutsch transforms the paintings of Edward Hopper into cinema. A video essay by José Sarmiento Hinojosa. More at fandor.com/keyframe."...

FILM LIST: ‘Top 10 Cinema Spectacles’

28.05.2016 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 18 Comments

Follow @distractedfilm Cinema Spectacles was suggested by Whizzmop68 and we had a tremendous response, with some wonderful titles having to be left out. Spectacles, in cinema it seems, are primarily a tool for the absurd...

Iconic Bandages | Top 10 Film List

15.05.2016 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 12 Comments

With titles suggested by Distracted friends, our latest high class list is here, Iconic Bandages. Notable omissions this time include The Skin I Live In and Ash Wednesday. Bandages in cinema it seems, signify some change to the individual's identity. They are mysterious: the viewer wants...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Career That Almost Never Was”

09.05.2016 , The Great Acting Blog , 12 Comments

[caption id="attachment_175660147" align="aligncenter" width="612"] Cybill Shepherd & Peter Bogdanovich on the set of The Last Picture Show.[/caption] By casting her in his 1971 masterpiece, The Last Picture Show, director Peter Bogdanovich opened up a 40 year career for Cybill Shepherd, a career which has included playing...

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