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The Great Acting Blog: “A Celebration Of The Theatrical Tendency”

09.03.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Spitting Image was a British TV show running through the 1980s and 1990s. It used puppets to create grotesque caricature of public figures, primarily politicians but also artists and celebrities. The humour essentially came from taking the unique essence of an individual (or at least,... Read More

Film Blogger, Nuts4R2, Reviews Mutual Admiration Society

31.03.2014 , Uncategorized , 0 Comments

Film blogger, Nuts4R2 has reviewed new hitman feature film, Mutual Admiration Society. “As can be expected with an actor of Devereaux’s calibre, the performance, mostly improvised, is something that is always watchable and interesting”. Read the full review here. Read More

Mutual Admiration Society (feature film, 2014), Update…

02.10.2014 , Uncategorized , 2 Comments

Mutual Admiration Society (2014) will be premiered in IndieCork Film Festival this month. “Surreal and mysterious, in equal parts absurd and intense, Mutual Admiration Society is part of the noted multi-film collaboration between actor James Devereaux and experimental filmmaker Rouzbeh Rashidi. Based entirely around a silent, tour-de-force... Read More

Wise Words From Orson Welles | The Great Acting Blog

16.08.2014 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Subscribe | @GreatActingBlog   Welles’ insights here are mainly centred on creativity and being an artist, along with a little bit of philosophy, ie; ways to think about our work.   Here are a few wise words by him….   “I passionately hate the idea... Read More

The Great Acting Blog: “Authenticity”

04.07.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 12 Comments

A few weeks ago I watched Milos Forman's debut, Audition. An early example of the Czech New Wave, shot in 16mm, the film is essentially a faux-documentary split in two parts; the first centres on the rehearsals of a group of amateur musicians prep... Read More

Pasolini Callas, 1971

11.05.2019 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 20 Comments

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The Great Acting Blog: “Never Compromise”

16.02.2011 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

Checkout the video, it's a 5 minute short film by Mike Leigh, "The Birth Of The Goalie Of The 2001 FA Cup Final". This week, I had a meeting which could've lead to some work, sadly however, when I arrived for the meeting, the director didn't know ... Read More

Top 10 Pipe-Smoking Filmmakers | Film List

31.07.2016 , Drifting Clouds Cinema Blog , 35 Comments

Follow @Distractedfilm Pipes. They imply erudition, contemplation, concentration and quiet authority. They are a touch eccentric. It’s no surprise then, that many of cinema’s greatest filmmakers smoked them. The list is in no particular order, and thanks to everyone who made suggestions.      ... Read More

“Mutual Admiration Society is the coolest, coldest, emptiest, flattest, most minimalist, most ruthless, most bizarre hitman man film ever made”

09.02.2014 , Uncategorized , 0 Comments

New blogpost up about the making of Mutual Admiration Society. Check it out here. Read More

Distracted: Production Update!

30.01.2017 , Distracted , 2 Comments

Follow @Distractedfilm An intense, humbling and transformative shoot takes the production to around 50% completed. Intense because you fight to meet the demands the film makes upon you, humbling because you realise how much you don’t know, and transformative because you pass through the challenge... Read More