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The Great Acting Blog: “The Audience’s Sweet Delight”

06.02.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 2 Comments

I have written previously about the important impact the work of Jim Jarmusch has had upon me – but this evening I will find myself at a previewing screening of his new picture, Only Lovers Left Alive, which is then followed by a live show... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “The Face Of Great Acting – Maria Falconetti In The Passion Of Joan Of Arc

29.06.2011 , The Great Acting Blog , 926 Comments

“Nothing in the world can be compared to the human face. There is no greater experience in a studio than to witness the expression of a sensitive face under the mysterious power of inspiration. To see it animated from inside, and turning into poet... Read More

The Impact Of Grace Kelly | The Great Acting Blog

02.09.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 46 Comments

An article appeared in The Independent recently, complaining that Grace Kelly doesn’t deserve to be hailed as a great movie star because of the brevity of her career: – “….her screen career lasted only six years and comprises fewer than a dozen movies. On that... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “Don’t Jabber, Man”.

23.03.2011 , The Great Acting Blog , 3 Comments

The clip is from the film version of Harold Pinter's The Caretaker, it's a play I've always longed to do. The work you do is a reflection of who you are, and they say we tend to employ people who are the same as us. Your personal culture selects t... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “Actors’ Craft, Not Directors’ Tricks”

17.09.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 5 Comments

A piece in the Guardian caught my eye recently when it brought into focus once again the actor-director relationship. The broad gist of it questioned whether some of the lengths directors go to in order to get performances from their actors    go too far,... Read More

Top 10 Soapy Cinema

09.09.2018 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 20 Comments

Distracted | @Distractedfilm Marlene Dietrich in Knight Without Armour (Jacques Feyder, 1937). Peter Sellers in The Party (Blake Edwards, 1968). Nominated by @tueettrin. Charlotte Rampling in Georgy Girl (Silvio Narizzano, 1966). Thanks @FilmMad. Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson in Missouri Breaks (Arthur Penn, 1976). Thanks... Read More

Actors Wearing Sunglasses Smoking | Top 10 List

06.06.2020 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 27 Comments

Subscribe | @Distractedfilm                                     RELATED LIST Top 10 Sunglasses And Cigars   RECENT TOP 10 LISTS Top 10 News-In-Film Top 10 Actors-In-Doorways Cinema-Art-In-Cinema Eyes-In-Cinema Actors-In-Libraries Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “Notes On The Stories We Tell”

24.09.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

While researching an educational product for filmmakers I’m working on, I stumbled upon this video interview with Tony Robbins. He talks about how the stories we tell ourselves about our lives impact what we do, and if we change our stories then we can change... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “Alec Baldwin’s Island”

27.10.2013 , The Great Acting Blog , 3 Comments

Alec Baldwin, we might remember, is the actor who, in the mid 1990s, could have been one of the biggest movie stars in the world, but passed on that particular opportunity in order to play Stanley Kowalski on Broadway. I was struck when in a... Read More

The Top 10 Spotted Cravats

28.12.2019 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 26 Comments

Distracted | @Distractedfilm                               LATEST LISTS Shadowy Cinema Top 10 Bravura Bow-Ties Cinema Ha Ha Ha Hands-In-Cinema Shady Filmmakers Read More