November 14th, 2007 · Comments Off
Matt Damon. Photo: Bourne Comes Home… to Astor Place, by jenifernyc1
Lee Siegel, The Method and Its Madness:
“In the past few years, however, the Method blew itself out. Perhaps magnified by all the other self-centric trends in the culture — emoting, expressing, outpouring selves everywhere — the Method’s intense focus on personality has created a backlash. You see it in all the nasty commentary on celebrated actors. You see it in clowns of Dostoevskian self-disgust such as Will Ferrell and Adam Sandler. But most of all, you see it in the displacement of the star by the character actor.”
Bovenstaande naar aanleiding van David Denby’s Fallen Idols.
Tags: acting,celebrity,cinema,idols,method acting
May 29th, 2006 · Comments Off
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“Remember outsourcing? Sending jobs to India and China is so 2003. The new pool of cheap labor: everyday people using their spare cycles to create content, solve problems, even do corporate R & D.”
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Portrait of Col Needham, founder and managing director of the Internet Movie Database
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“In January 1985, the secretary of the Communist party’s youth wing in Ukraine sent out a secret list to its local committees, naming 38 “ideologically harmful” foreign groups.”
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“Photographer Howard Schatz asks an array of character actors to do what they do the best. “
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“Formule 1 met maar 1 bocht heet Minneapolis 500 en dat is pas echt genieten.”
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“Ultra-rare Talking Heads, performing at CBGB’s in December of 1975 as a trio. This is before Jerry Harrison joined David Byrne, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth.” (plus 5 other songs)
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“7. The United Colors of Megacorp: Does outsourcing to India count as being diverse?”
Tags: acting,cinema,communism,crowd sourcing,design,economics,imdb,music,photography,talking heads,ussr,video,web
