The Great Acting Blog: “The Shy Poetry Of Irene Jacob”
What is unusual about Jacob on screen, is her shyness. She is never aggressive, or flamboyant, and hardly makes any attempt at intensity, even though her performances are vivid. There is a gentleness about Jacob, with a hint of melancholy. However, there is always joy in her performance, it is the energy source for all her work, and it may be re-shaped in all kinds of ways, such as sadness or confusion, depending on the needs of the moment in the scene. Jacob’s performances flow from her, which sometimes gives her an ecstatic quality. Her performances are unfettered, and unmolested by vanity. There is a sensitivity and delicacy about her which can at times be heartbreaking. Her acting has the absolute ring of truth to it. As with all great actors, it is her essential goodness we respond to. Further, we also sense that her performances are coming from a deep place, they are important to her. Although she is physically small, she has a magnitude of soul, as though there is so much more to be explored, as though we are only seeing a fraction of what she may express.
Jacob, by her own admission, came from a “shy” family, who rarely if ever expressed their feelings. As a result, through much of her childhood, she will have repressed much of what she felt, locking it away somewhere. Then she discovers cinema:
“They made me laugh and cry, and that was exactly what I was waiting for in a film: to awaken me to my feelings”.
Suddenly those repressed feelings are stirred, and the possibility of being an actor, offers the possibility of an escape from introversion, albeit temporarily and under imaginary circumstances (ie – for the duration of the performance), and the possibility of giving expression to that repressed material. Here’s Jacob again: –
“…the protection of a character….it’s the distance that creates the poetry”.
The protection of a character is an interesting point – there is no character, everything the actor expresses is of himself, not of anybody else. In Jacob’s case, an introvert, the objectivity of playing a character, creates a vehicle to transport the repressed material out into the world. However, she is such a captivating actor because there is a tension between her inclination for introversion and the demands of the scene (her performance). The poetry is the repressed material touched off by the actor’s response to the scene, and reconfigured as truthful fiction by the actor’s performance.
Jacob (as with all true actors), possesses a surfeit of thought and feeling brought about by shyness, and from this surfeit, Jacob creates her poetry.
* she was offered the lead role in Indecent Proposal but turned it down because she “didn’t feel comfortable with the film’s sensibility”.
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Utterly fascinating comments about Kieslowski working with Jacob, Alexandre. I can only imagine it, but I suppose they needed to have this kind of creative partnership, in order to produce films of such sensitivity. Yes, this kind of filmmaker – actor pairing is indeed rare. I haven’t seen A Separation yet, but after your comments, I’ll certainly check it out.And thank you so much for checking out my work and for your comments, it means alot. I recently finished filming for HE, the feature film by Rouzbeh Rashidi. We have an ongoing Actor-filmmaker collaboration, which we hope will continue for many years. Kieslowski and Jacob are certainly an inspiration.Once again, many thanks for your wonderful comment, Alexandre. And yes, please do keep in touch, I would be delighted. James.
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