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Get Tickets For Distracted’s Premiere

06.03.2019 , , 0 Comments

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The Top 10 Cups-Of-Tea-In-Cinema

31.01.2019 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 0 Comments

Distracted | @Distractedfilm   The Double Life Of Veronique (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1991). Related; ‘The Shy Poetry Of Irene Jacob‘. Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean in Giant (George Stevens, 1956).  Nominated by @HansHerklots & @GloriaBB2. Maggie Cheung in In The Mood For Love (Kar-Wai Wong, 2000).... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “David Mamet Directs”

02.07.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 15 Comments

  I stumbled upon this old, 1980 Creative Arts Television production about David Mamet rehearsing two of his plays, Dark Pony and Reunion, at The Circle Repertory Theatre in New York City. It’s like drama school in 30 minutes, not to mention fascinating in it’s... Read More

Ray Milland In The Lost Weekend – A Defence Of A Great Performance | The Great Acting Blog

08.04.2018 , The Great Acting Blog , 38 Comments

In Billy Wilder’s The Lost Weekend, Ray Milland delivers one of the great Hollywood performances. He plays Don Birham, a writer so plagued by self-doubt that he addicts himself to alcohol in order to cope. The action takes place over four days: Milland is supposed... Read More

Top 10 Movie Theatres

18.06.2018 , Uncategorized , 1 Comment

Distracted | @Distractedfilm The Castro Theatre, San Francsco. The Orpheum Theatre, Downtown Los Angeles. Thanks to @SkotArmstrong for the next three. Touring Broadway’s Last Great Movie Palace: the Los Angeles . In a town with some of the most beautiful movie palaces, the most popular... Read More

Reflections On Distracted: “The Meeting Point – An Artistic Experience”

29.04.2018 , Distracted , 0 Comments

Distracted | @Distractedfilm     “it’s only the execution that counts” – Jean Renoir on filmmaking. Cinema happens when the intention of the filmmaker meets reality, and it happens only then. That vision that the director sees in their mind’s eye? It’s not a vision.... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “The Short Film Before The Feature Film”

30.01.2013 , Noirish Project, The Great Acting Blog , 28 Comments

Prelude is now complete, and I am delighted to be sharing the film with you here. Some of you will already know that this is the short film we made when work on our feature film,Noirish Project, was snowed off. Noirish Project is a noir about Bill... Read More

Top 10 People-On-The-Phone-In-Cinema Part II

07.01.2017 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 23 Comments

Follow @DistractedFilm Back, by popular demand, it’s People-On-The-Phone-In-Cinema Part II. The original 10 can be found here. Jeanne Moreau in Ascenseur Pour L’Echafaud (Louis Malle, 1958) Nominated by @AshesOfTheSoul and @maisrienisboss. Cary Grant and Rosalin Russell in His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940) Suggested by... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “A Beautiful Object”

14.03.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 2 Comments

“I get impatient when I hear dialogue that's just too natural. I write what people would really say and then I artificialize just enough so it becomes a beautiful object”. - Hal Hartley For anyone not familiar with Hartley's work, the dialogue is ... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “Challenge vs Skill”

25.08.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 23 Comments

  Fascinating chart showing how our skill levels and the difficulty of the challenge before us affects our emotional state. If you’re suffering from anxiety about your work, then maybe you need to up your skill levels. Or if you’ve become bored, perhaps it’s time... Read More