"When asked to describe his enduring collaboration with Swinton over the years, Guadagnino pauses. “Tilda is a filmmaker, not just an actress. She has a great knowledge of the machine of the making of a movie and this is very profound, because it’s like working...
Read More"Acting is in many ways unique in it's difficulties because the artist has to use the treacherous, changeable and mysterious material of himself as his medium" - Peter Brook, The Act Of Possession...
Read MoreAre you afraid of what people will think? People will guess at what you're doing and they will guess wrongly, so you might as well do what you want anyway. Flip-side; you cannot know what other people are thinking, so don't worry about it. Do what you...
Read MoreIn reverse chronological order Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960) Ludwig (Luchino Visconti, 1973) Treasure Of The Bitch Islands (FJ Ossang, 1990) The Case Of The Morituri Divisions (FJ Ossang, 1985) Hellzapoppin's (HC Potter, 1941) Dharma Guns (FJ Ossang, 2010) Wild Guitar (Ray Dennis Steckler, 1962) Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers (Larry E Jackson, 1967) Marnie (Alfred Hitchcock, 1964) Landscape...
Read MoreDistracted | @Distractedfilm Catherine Deneuve in Belle De Jour (Luis Bunuel, 1967). Elsa Martinelli and Marcello Mastroianni in The Tenth Victim (Elio Petri, 1965). Nominated by @ShipDrummer. Gene Tierney in Leave Her To Heaven (John M. Stahl, 1945). Nominated by @Doellnerphoto. Jean Martin in The Battle Of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo,...
Read More"the only thing that is important is to work with directors of talent" - Michel Piccoli Michel Piccoli is one of the greatest actors of all time. His body of work is remarkable. It starts in 1949 and continues until today, and includes over 200 films. He has...
Read More[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="805"] Michel Piccoli with Manoel de Oliveira[/caption] Originally published in The Guardian in May 2002 By Peter Lennon It is probably unwise to suggest to one of France's leading film stars that actors are little more than marionettes. But Michel Piccoli, who has 170 films...
Read MoreDistracted | @Distractedfilm Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill Jr (Buster Keaton, Charles Reisner, 1928). Suggested by @Devonkiwi. Peter Bernuth in Martin Scorsese's short, The Big Shave (1967). Nominated by @Paulslr70. Edward G. Robinson in Key Largo (John Huston, 1948). This was my pick. George O'Brien in Sunrise: A Song Of Two Humans...
Read MoreDistracted | @Distractedfilm Antoine Boursellier and Brigitte Bardot in Jean-Luc Godard's Masculin Feminin (1966). Nominated by @MRYM_15. "Popcorn girl Lisa Rosen smoking and reading "Crash" by J. G. Ballard in Jim Jarmusch's 'Permanent Vacation'. (1980)". Thank-you @lunarscp. Terence Stamp in Teorema (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968). Thank-you @raingurrrl. Haydee Politoff in La Collectionneuse...
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