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From the book Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: And Other Lessons in Life (2018), legendary actor Michael Caine shares a few tricks of his trade. For Part 1, click here. Acting is reacting When I’m learning my lines, I put…
Continue reading More About Film Acting from Master Michael Caine (Part 2)
Caine retiring? Recently a bit of news appeared that made me sad: Michael Caine, one of the best actors ever, was retiring. Of course, he has the right the withdraw from his profession and take it easy. Still, when I…
Continue reading More About Film Acting from Master Michael Caine (Part 1)
Joseph Cotten was one of those players who shaped movies the way they are now. You don’t know who Joseph Cotten is? Let’s fix that straight away. Joseph Cheshire Cotten (1905–1994) was an actor who started his film career with…
Filmmaker Edward Dmytryk published a series of books on the film trade when, in the last section of his life, he became a film teacher. We have already reviewed here his book ON FILM EDITING and here his work ON…
Continue reading ON SCREEN ACTING According to Edward Dmytryk (and Jean Porter)
Have you ever seen an actor or actress in a movie, you know instantly that you’ve seen him or her many times before, but can not remember a single time you did? Those “unknown” actors, who fill the spinal cord of many…
