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The Great Acting Blog: “Duologue”

25.09.2011 , The Great Acting Blog , 84 Comments

Still by Rouzbeh Rashidi By the time Dublin actor Cillian Roche arrived to do our scene, I had already completed my monologues for Rouzbeh Rashidi's new feature film, He, and was feeling nicely warmed up thank-you very much. And, as with the monol... Read More

Cinema Neon | A Magnificent Top 14 Film List

13.08.2020 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 0 Comments

Follow @Distractedfilm For more Cinema Neon, you can check-out the full list of nominations here.  This is my final selection of 14…       A MARTIN SCORSESE TRIPLE BILL                 AN ALFRED HITCHCOCK DOUBLE BILL    ... Read More

Distracted Is Now Complete

11.06.2018 , Distracted , 0 Comments

Distracted | @Distractedfilm preparing on set   Dear friends, I am delighted to inform you that Distracted is now complete. Distracted has been more complex than any other project we’ve undertaken. As such, it’s been a long and winding road, with wrong turns, dead ends... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “5 Best Performances In Films I Happened To See In 2011”

28.12.2011 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

Here are my 5 selections for this year. I based them on the fact that they piqued me in an unusual way, asked me to re-examine my own work, or I saw something in them that I loved, and wanted to define. I have excluded performances I have already ... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “The Performance In Your Head Doesn’t Count”

03.10.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

Will It Stop Raining In Summer is now complete It's always a surprise when I first see my own performance on screen, because I had the image in my mind of what I thought it was, and then, upon seeing the film, I see what the performance actually i... Read More

Iconic Bandages | Top 10 Film List

15.05.2016 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 18 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... Read More

Tickets Are Now On Sale For Distracted’s Premiere

15.03.2019 , Distracted , 1 Comment

Distracted + live Q&A, The Attic at Hackney Picturehouse Sunday 07 April 2019 5.30pm, tickets £8. Distracted (UK, 2018, 57 mins) A bored detective has no interest in solving the murder he has been assigned to, preferring to drink scotch and read novels. His new... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “Being Woody Allen”

03.08.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 73 Comments

“I love working as an actor with filmmakers that I admire, but what I realised on the Woody Allen set is that I definitely wanted to be in the movie, but, more than that, I wanted to be Woody Allen, which is a different impulse”... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “Do We Need Great Acting Anymore?”

28.06.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

A strict form ( i.e. – precise script, blocking, actions) tests the actors skill and dedication. To fit himself into that form successfully, the actor needs to have superb technique. If everything is loose and open, then the performance will only be crafted to the... Read More

How To Be An Optimist – A Review Of Seligman’s Learned Optimism

11.11.2019 , The Great Acting Blog , 26 Comments

  I confess I’ve never paid much attention to ‘optimism’.  It always seemed nebulous and watery to me, like ‘being positive’ – vague notions which lead to dangerous self-delusion. I’ve always preferred cold, hard, evidence-based analyses, concrete action and giving myself over to that which... Read More