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Creativity And Daydreaming | The Great Acting Blog

14.10.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 18 Comments

“Give me two hours a day of activity, and I’ll take the other 22 in dreams.” – Luis Bunuel. If you, like me, were bored out of your skull when you were at school, especially during double geography on a Friday afternoon, then you probably... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “Why The Panic Set In, by Alfie Black”

02.07.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 13 Comments

Alfie Black is a London based actor. Throughout my career I have never really suffered any panic attacks whilst performing. That was of course until I filmed the pivotal interior scene from Phone Box Gun. Even though I originally met the writer/di... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “Robert De Niro Notes”

02.01.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 6 Comments

De Niro offers practical advice here, which means alot coming from an actor of his stature, and especially him I suppose, because so much theoretical voodoo has grown up around his work, in order to explain away his performances - the truth is, ac... Read More

Csikszentmihalyi’s Creativity | The Great Acting Blog

06.07.2019 , The Great Acting Blog , 13 Comments

I had intended to write-up a review of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ‘s Creativity – The Psychology Of Discovery And Invention, but it contains so many compelling ideas that I wanted to look at them further, along with their possible implications for acting. So I am planning... Read More

Director Actor Collaborations In Europe | Film List

11.06.2020 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 0 Comments

Far from a full list, We had a wonderful response, Part two coming soon. NEW LIST! I’m looking for THE TOP 10 DIRECTOR-ACTOR COLLABORATIONS…..IN EUROPE!! Here’s Jean-Pierre Leaud and Francois Truffaut…. pic.twitter.com/3n2JhoKJCP — Distracted Film (@distractedfilm) May 28, 2020   Director Actor Collaborations In Europe... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “Remarkable, Wonderful, Complex – Geraldine Chaplin In Alan Rudolph’s Remember My Name”

02.06.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 2 Comments

Geraldine Chaplin plays Emily, who is released from prison after 12 years, and starts a new life working the check-out at a supermarket. Soon however, she begins to stalk a construction worker (Anthony Perkins), and we gradually learn that she was married to him before she... Read More

Ray Milland And Composure

18.06.2019 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog, The Great Acting Blog , 22 Comments

Subscribe   The script for my new feature film was completed earlier this year. It’s a neo-absurdist mystery noir, a psychological twilight thriller, called Composure. Here’s how Ray Milland influenced it’s direction…    Ray Milland’s performance as the chronic alcoholic, Don Birnam,  in Billy Wilder’s... Read More

Top 10 Actors-Having-A-Shave | Film List

09.12.2018 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 25 Comments

Distracted | @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... Read More

Cut The Most Important Idea

18.03.2018 , Distracted , 2 Comments

Distracted | @Distractedfilm Our series of posts reflecting on Distracted continues… There were times when I could not shoot a scene in the way I had envisioned: a choice location suddenly became unavailable, or we couldn’t afford a certain prop, or we couldn’t find the right calibre... Read More

Noirish Project Goes To Dublin!

06.01.2015 , Noirish Project , 0 Comments

Delighted to announce details of the second screening in our European Screening Series, which will take place in Dublin. This time we’re going to be doing something slightly different by playing Noirish Project as part of a double bill with the arthouse hitman picture, Mutual... Read More