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Top 10 Whacky Laboratories – The Wonderful Madness of Creativity
Follow @distractedfilm Whacky laboratories are a celebration not only of cinema itself, but also of the wonderful madness of creativity,ย a celebration expressed visually in an assortment of gadgets, potions and inventions. Willy Wonkaย And The Chocolate Factory (Mel Stuart, 1971). ย Nominated by @baznut. Jerry Lewis... Read MoreThe Actor As Spiritual Warrior – Lee Marvin | The Great Acting Blog
“Lee Marvin – A Personal Portrait” is a documentary by director John Boorman, Marvin’s friend and collaborator. It is about 40 minutes long and completely fascinating. If you haven’t got time to watch it, I’ve made some notes below. It could be said that... Read MoreThe Great Acting Blog: “Thomas Doret In The Kid With The Bike”
Doret plays Cyril, a 12 year old who has been dumped into foster care by his father, who, unbeknownst to the boy, doesn't give a damn about him, and just wants rid of him. Doret runs away from the foster home to his dad's apartment. When the caret... Read MoreHappy Happy Happy Cinema | Top 10 Film List
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Follow @DistractedFilm Many thanks, as always, to everyone who took the trouble to suggest titles. Notable exclusions included a volley of Hitchcock films, Elia Kazan’s A Streetcar Named Desire and Visconti’s Rocco And His Brothers. An actor carrying luggage within a frame possesses it’s own... Read MoreActing In Experimental Film
My extensive article written for Experimental Conversations, about the acting techniques used in my collaboration with filmmaker, Rouzbeh Rashidi. Read More
The Ennobling Quality Of Jeanne Moreau In Lift To The Scaffold
|Subscribe To The Great Acting Blog| Orson Welles described Jeanne Moreau as the greatest actor in the world. Quite a recommendation. Here I examine Moreau’s performance in Louis Malle’s Lift To The Scaffold, and try to articulate what makes her such an essential actor. By... Read More