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The Great Acting Blog: “The Creative Process by Alfie Black”

06.02.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 11 Comments

Noirish Project was always going to be a different experience for me. This is my third film Collaboration with writer/director James Devereaux. For me, having the back story prepared for my role is always a necessity. It is this part of the creati... Read More

Oliver Reed In Paranoic – Enjoy Your Work | The Great Acting Blog

22.06.2011 , The Great Acting Blog , 78 Comments

“I've been drinking...and now I'm going to drink some more”. Oliver Reed, Paranoic. I recently watched Oliver Reed in an old Hammer Horror picture called Paranoic, except that it's not a horror film but a psychological thriller in the Hitchcockian... Read More

Kati Outinen On Aki Kaurismaki – Actors’ Creativity | The Great Acting Blog

12.12.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 2,701 Comments

Kati Outinen is probably best known for her work with Finnish filmmaker, Aki Kaurismaki, having appeared in many, many of his films, including Match Factory Girl, Take Care Of Your Scarf Tatiana, and most recently, Le Havre. For those unfamiliar w... Read More

Distracted: Post-Production Update

30.08.2017 , Distracted , 2 Comments

Distracted | @DistractedFilm  I am delighted to inform you we are very close now to a rough cut of the film. The next phase will be to refine the aesthetic and work on the sound design; adding effects plus we have some ADR to do... Read More

Catherine Deneuve In The Truth – Artistic Longevity | The Great Acting Blog

02.08.2020 , The Great Acting Blog , 25 Comments

  Jimmy Stewart once said that he would quit acting when he no longer liked himself on screen. I thought this was a pretty good rule to go by and so I adopted it for myself. I also thought that age would be the deciding... Read More

Actors In Overcoats | Top 20 Film List

17.06.2020 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 25 Comments

Subscribe | @Distractedfilm                                                         RECENT LISTS Director Actor Collaborations In Europe Actors Wearing Sunglasses Smoking Top 10 News-In-Film... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “The Creative Process by Alfie Black”

06.02.2013 , Uncategorized , 22 Comments

Noirish Project was always going to be a different experience for me. This is my third film Collaboration with writer/director James Devereaux. For me, having the back story prepared for my role is always a necessity. It is this part of the creative process I... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “First Response”

09.02.2011 , The Great Acting Blog , 14 Comments

Check out this promo clip from Closure Of Catharsis, a new feature film by Rouzbeh Rashidi. Generally, seeing myself on screen has little or no affect on me. Many actors say they hate seeing themselves act, and some pretend to be indifferent. Othe... Read More

Top 10 Cups-Of-Coffee-In-Cinema

28.10.2018 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 22 Comments

Distracted | @Distractedfilm Matti Pellonpaa and Malto Valtonen in Aki Kaurismaki’s Take Care Of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994). Nominated by @doinel74. Twins – Coffee And Cigarettes (Jim Jarmusch, 2003). This was my pick.   “Put. That coffee. Down. Coffee’s for closers only.”, Alec Baldwin tells... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “Simple Cinema Is The Actor’s Friend’

18.10.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

This week, I had the sheer joy of watching not one, but TWO Hong Song Soo pictures at the theatre. Nobody’s Daughter Haewon was the first of his films to ever receive a UK theatrical release. The double wammy happened because he made two films this year, and... Read More