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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 , 26 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

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

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

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

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