Drifting Clouds Cinema: “Claude Chabrol, Jean-Pierre Melville & Jean-Luc Godard”
Paris, 1962....
Read MoreThe Actor As Spiritual Warrior – Lee Marvin | The Great Acting Blog
"Lee Marvin - A Personal Portrait" is a documentary by director John Boorman, Marvin's friend and collaborator. It is about 40 minutes long and completely fascinating. If you haven't got time to watch it, I've made some notes below. It could be said that the...
Read MoreDrifting Clouds Cinema: “Films Where The Director Played The Lead Character”
Once again, I reached out to the Distracted community to make a new list. Once again, the suggestions were many, varied and often surprising (Depardieu as director?). I’ve tried to limit it to one film per filmmaker, except in those cases where demand has proved irresistable. The...
Read MoreDrifting Clouds Cinema Blog: “Godard In Fragments”
https://vimeo.com/154760619 "Regular Criterion Collection contributor :: kogonada explores the 1960s work of Jean-Luc Godard, highlighting the iconic director’s signature themes and devices. You can view some of his other works at kogonada.com. And for more on Godard, head here:criterion.com/explore/12-jean-luc-godard" Via Criterion Collection ...
Read MoreAnalysing A Script – Understanding The Literal Action Of The Character | The Great Acting Blog
[caption id="attachment_175659900" align="aligncenter" width="1036"] Peter Finch as Paul, Melina Mercouri as Maria & Romy Schneider as Claire in 10:30 PM Summer[/caption] "10:30 PM Summer" is a 1966 film which centres on Maria, an alchoholic, who goes on a Spanish road trip with her husband Paul, their...
Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “David Mamet Reads From Glengarry Glen Ross”
It's 1984 and Glengarry Glen Ross has opened in London, to rave reviews. Mamet, aged just 36, reflects on the play before reading some scenes from it. On the way he writes dialogue, Mamet says it's just luck, it's "just the way it comes out". Subscribe...
Read MoreDrifting Clouds Cinema: “Godard/Karina: Film en six tableaux”
https://vimeo.com/151842574 "A video essay about Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina, made for 20th Century Flicks' screening of Bande à part (1964) at Bristol's Cube Cinema on 14 January 2016." From Jonathan Bygraves....
Read MoreJim Jarmusch’s Golden Rules
Rule #1: There are no rules. There are as many ways to make a film as there are potential filmmakers. It’s an open form. Anyway, I would personally never presume to tell anyone else what to do or how to do anything. To me that’s...
Read MoreThe Joyful Collaborator – Cary Grant | The Great Acting Blog
Subscribe | @GreatActingBlog [caption id="attachment_175659777" align="aligncenter" width="540"] Cary Grant with Katharine Hepburn[/caption] "Everybody would like to be Cary Grant. So would I." - Cary Grant My earliest memory of Cary Grant is in Hitchcock's wonderful and underrated To Catch A Thief, where he played reformed jewel thief, John...
Read MoreDistracted Blog: “List of Detective Films”
I wanted to create a list of detective films as part of my "research" for Distracted, and asked friends on Twitter to make their suggestions. The list currently has 106 titles on it, with films deriving from all corners of the cinematic universe. The list...
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