**Spoiler Alert**
Best performance of 2011, easily. If you haven’t seen Take Shelter find it and watch it now!
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Back at it again
I’m back from Sundance 2012… I love that place and I’m gonna post about being there for the first time soon. Meanwhile, I’m back teaching again while I put a few last touches on my script… before I send it out!
As I was preparing for the semester (two undergrad editing courses and one grad ‘directing the actor’ course) I stumbled across this archive of actor audition reels.
I thought it was kind of cool and also a good resource for directors observing performance…
(side note: After teaching ‘acting for directors’ for a few years, I’ve found this is the hardest thing for inexperienced directors to do: to see what actors are actually doing in their performance versus what the director wants or hopes to see… this is a learned skill, observing performance.)
Now, I don’t necessarily believe auditions are final “performances” by any means but it’s nice to watch these actor’s “choices” as they came in to be seen for and land some iconic roles.
Hollywood’s Racism Against White People
Up late writing.
I have less than a week to go before my reading. Looking for stuff on the internets to distract from the butterflies.
This is funny. It’s subversive in a couple of ways, well done Ms. Skinner.
Oh, and I found this on Ta-Nahisi Coates’s blog – go read the comments – I love how some folk had no idea who Tyler Perry was…
-this is who he is in case you also don’t know-
Al Pacino Godfather Screentest
A Screentest for “The Godfather” performed by Samuel Fuller and Al Pacino.
—With friendly permission by Christa Fuller and Zoetrope. via Jesse Dylan
Midway
Here’s a short film from friend and collaborator Darius Clark Monroe. I appeared in this film as an actor and also edited the picture.
Film 1
This short experimental vid features a former acting student of mine, Iva Gocheva. It was directed by Martin De Thurah.
The American People Film
“In the heart of Alabama wiregrass country, a mother haunted by prescient visions of the future struggles to find hope and the strength to live again after the sudden death of one of her children just days before 9/11.”
American People Lookbook
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Posted – The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - 12/09/2011
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What I Remember – Sundance Labs 2011
Here’s my final post for the Sundance Institute Blog…
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Impossible Me
Here’s a blog post for the Sundance Institute Blog about my time at the Directors Labs…
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Sundance Directors Labs 2011 – Production Pics
These are some pictures from our three weeks of shooting scenes from the film at the Labs.
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My Instagrams – Life on the go
Articles I’m Reading
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– The Age of Innocence – NYTimes.com - 05/18/2012 - – Trayvon Martin Case Shadowed by Police Missteps – NYTimes.com - 05/17/2012
- – Bradford Young, Cinematographer for ‘Middle of Nowhere’ – NYTimes.com - 05/16/2012
- – The Coming Meltdown in College Education & Why The Economy Won’t Get Better Any Time Soon « blog maverick - 05/16/2012
- – The ESPN Man – NYTimes.com - 05/15/2012
What I’m Watching
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– 001- Enter the Void - 05/19/2012 - – 002- Jackie Brown - 05/19/2012
- – 003- The Graduate - 05/19/2012
- – 004- Somersault - 05/19/2012
- – 005- Swimming with Sharks - 05/19/2012
Music I’m Listening To
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– Let It Be Me by Ray LaMontagne - 05/04/2012 - – Have You Seen Her by The Chi-Lites - 04/30/2012
- – If You Don't Know Me By Now by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - 04/30/2012
- – The Stable Song by Gregory Alan Isakov - 04/30/2012
- – Eyes On Fire by Blue Foundation - 04/30/2012
From My Tumblr – Sad Vader
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– Photo - 05/19/2012 - – "It takes a very long time to become young." - 05/18/2012
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- – "Dust and Water" by Antony & The Johnsons - 05/18/2012
- – Photo - 05/18/2012
