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Drifting Clouds Cinema: “Films Where The Director Played The Lead Character”

16.02.2016 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 1 Comment

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...

Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog: “Godard In Fragments”

12.02.2016 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 2 Comments

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 ...

Analysing A Script – Understanding The Literal Action Of The Character | The Great Acting Blog

08.02.2016 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

[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...

The Great Acting Blog: “David Mamet Reads From Glengarry Glen Ross”

01.02.2016 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

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...

Drifting Clouds Cinema: “Godard/Karina: Film en six tableaux”

30.01.2016 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 0 Comments

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....

Jim Jarmusch’s Golden Rules

25.01.2016 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 19 Comments

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...

The Joyful Collaborator – Cary Grant | The Great Acting Blog

18.01.2016 , The Great Acting Blog , 25 Comments

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...

Distracted Blog: “List of Detective Films”

18.01.2016 , Uncategorized , 7 Comments

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...

Distracted Blog: “A Strange And Familiar Universe”

15.01.2016 , Distracted , 27 Comments

www.twitter.com/distractedfilm Distracted is the story of a man, a detective, who has no interest in solving the case to which he has been assigned, namely a murder. He has no interest in his work, he'd rather be someplace else. The film will use the conventions of...

Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog: ‘Mike Leigh’s Golden Rules’

01.01.2016 , Uncategorized , 10 Comments

1. Never compromise. 2. Only ever accept final cut. 3. Only sign when it’s guaranteed that nobody will interfere at any stage. 4. Rule #3 includes casting. The moment someone insists on a “name”, walk away from the project. 5. Only cast actors you really want. 6. The same applies...

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