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Read Instead…in Print
Cary Grant’s Suit: Nine Movies That Made Me the Wreck I Am Today has humour in it. Just like a good film (that is not a comedy) has humour in it (like Hitchcock’s). Just like life (amidst hardships, tragedy, rises and falls) has humour in it. Todd McEwen writes from a very personal point of view. Movies are truly woven into his life and it’s absolutely thrilling to read how he meanders through some of the movies that have marked him in one way or another. Read More
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In his book, The World Is Ever Changing, Nicolas Roeg writes one page about his personal life and upbringing, and the rest of the 236 pages about film and filmmaking. I love that. He tells the story of a true visual storyteller, one whose faith in the imagination nullifies all reasoning and who was always “willing to leap into the unknown – that way you’re investing in the future”. Read More
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“It’s only when rehearsals start, and the characters begin to be people, that I see what’s happening and what has to be made stronger. That’s when I begin to have my ideas.” Mike Nichols: A Life, by Mark Harris. Read instead…in print Read More
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Sarah Baxter’s Cinematic Places takes us to destinations that have set the scene for some great worldwide films. Each film story woven around a place yet revealing Read More
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“Movies are made of very simple ideas. The good actor will perform each small piece as completely and as simple as possible.” David Mamet, On Directing Film. Read instead…in print. Read More
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