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Why Actors Quit | The Great Acting Blog

13.06.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 2 Comments

Orson Welles in Chimes At Midnight, inspiring. I ran into an old actor friend of mine recently, who, when I asked him how it was going, replied; “I'm not doing it anymore”, and that he had turned the temporary contract of his day job into...

The Great Acting Blog: “Will It Stop Raining In Summer”

29.05.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 0 Comments

Possible location for Will It Stop Raining In Summer Will It Stop Raining In Summer will be our next short film. It's a love triangle thriller, about Roger, who is having an affair with Beryl, but every-time they meet-up, Beryl's husband, Maurice,...

The Great Acting Blog: “Some Thoughts On Self-Producing”

09.05.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 1 Comment

I'm often an advocate on this blog, of actors being their own bosses, creating their own productions, the reasons for doing so are too numerous to mention here, but in the modern era I would say it's essential rather than an option. Having recentl...

The Great Acting Blog: “Stills From Phone Box Gun”

06.05.2012 , Uncategorized , 1 Comment

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The Great Acting Blog: “Make Choices You Enjoy – John Malkovich In Colour Me Kubrick”

18.04.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 60 Comments

Malkovich is one of those American actors who is regarded as a real actor, which is to say, he actually can act, he's an artist, he's in it because he wants to be a great actor, or make a great contribution, he's certainly an actor...

The Great Acting Blog: “Actor As Artist – Makiko Esumi In Hirokazu Koreeda’s Maborosi”

11.04.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 14 Comments

I was completely stunned this week when I saw an astonishing masterpiece by Japanese auteur, Hirokazu Koreeda, called Maborosi. The film centres on Yumiko and Tamio,a couple who seem to live in a quiet marital happiness, until tragedy strikes when...

The Great Acting Blog: “A Response To Otar Iosseliani’s Comments On Actors’ Aura”

04.04.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 48 Comments

“I cant stand intimate scenes in cinema...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Independent Actor”

28.03.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 23 Comments

Donald Wolfitt made a name for himself at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in 1936 as Hamlet, and he tried to persuade the management to bankroll him on a tour of the provinces. They declined the invitation, so he withdrew his savings and started ...

The Great Acting Blog: “The Shy Poetry Of Irene Jacob”

21.03.2012 , The Great Acting Blog , 64 Comments

I suppose Irene Jacob will always be inextricably linked with Krzysztof Kieslowski, and the two masterpieces she made with him: The Double Life Of Veronique (for which she won the best actress award at Cannes), and Three Colours: Red, which made h...

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 ...

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