"Find what you love and do it as well as you can" On Michael Caine's wonderful new book, Blowing The Bloody Doors Off And Other Lessons In Life. I listened to the audiobook which has the added bonus of being narrated by Michael Caine himself. His warm,...
Read More"the only thing that is important is to work with directors of talent" - Michel Piccoli Michel Piccoli is one of the greatest actors of all time. His body of work is remarkable. It starts in 1949 and continues until today, and includes over 200 films. He has...
Read More[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="805"] Michel Piccoli with Manoel de Oliveira[/caption] Originally published in The Guardian in May 2002 By Peter Lennon It is probably unwise to suggest to one of France's leading film stars that actors are little more than marionettes. But Michel Piccoli, who has 170 films...
Read More"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 the...
Read More"I was not intrigued with the accouterments of success and fame, the furs, jewels, expensive automobiles and mansions… I can assure you that these things were not on my mind when I sat spellbound in that Pozzuoli movie house. It was what these performers on...
Read More“Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.” "The Look" I first stumbled upon Lauren Bacall, like so many others, in The Big Sleep, and was bowled over by her striking looks and extraordinary elegance. Her screen persona was complex and fascinating, a mixture of moodiness and...
Read MoreWoody Allen knows a thing or two about building a body of work. Over 50 years he's made 48 feature films, playing leading roles in most of them too, and he's made them on his own terms, with complete artistic freedom. He shows what can...
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Mastroianni plays Dr. Bonaccorsi, a psychiatrist whose life is spent working with patients at a hospital in Tuscany - his dream is to eradicate mental illness entirely. He is also a prolific ladies man, and is engaged in affairs with at least three of the...
Read MoreWhat do you stand for? Or what do you want to stand for? And how do you come to stand for it? When people look at you or your work, what does it mean to them? What do they associate with it? When I look at...
Read MoreJannings plays Immanuel Rath, a strict, austere professor at the local prep school. Some of his pupils have been frequenting a sleazy cabaret, so he goes along hoping to catch them out. While there, he meets Lola (played by Marlene Dietrich), the headline act. Jannings...
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