Sunday, 19 September 2010
Thursday, 16 September 2010
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Shutter
I saw Shutter Island today and just thought I would pop this up as I was researching Scorsese and Dicaprio.
It's difficult to gauge a relationship by watching a final piece but it's easy to tell that the two go well together.
Dicaprio delivered an excellent performance however, as did Mark Ruffalo.
I'm going to look into the film, and the process of making it.
It's difficult to gauge a relationship by watching a final piece but it's easy to tell that the two go well together.
Dicaprio delivered an excellent performance however, as did Mark Ruffalo.
I'm going to look into the film, and the process of making it.
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
What to do...
It's been a few weeks now since I've done any solid research, and what's more I almost feel like I'm losing track of what my final question should be and how to approach the final research.
I want to do something about the dynamics of the relationship between an actor and a director but I'm feeling like now this is too broad.
Maybe I could do something about a specific director/actor relationship. Going back to my intial research about Klaus Kinski and Werner Herzog, I feel like I could write quite a lot about them. They worked together often and there's a lot of sources which I could reference. There's also Scorsese and De Niro and Dicaprio. I could also look at more partnerships which I haven't noticed so far.
I want to do something about the dynamics of the relationship between an actor and a director but I'm feeling like now this is too broad.
Maybe I could do something about a specific director/actor relationship. Going back to my intial research about Klaus Kinski and Werner Herzog, I feel like I could write quite a lot about them. They worked together often and there's a lot of sources which I could reference. There's also Scorsese and De Niro and Dicaprio. I could also look at more partnerships which I haven't noticed so far.
Thursday, 25 February 2010
Recent Developments in Research and Development
I've been quite busy with script lately but I have been looking into this frequently.
Christian Bale's rant on the set of Terminator Salvation, the audio of which is quite famous now, got me thinking though. Just the fact that Bale was going off it, and the director was just allowing him to do so, made me think about the dynamics of some actor/director relationships. Made me think that often there's a power struggle between a famous lead acotr, and a director. Maybe it effects the outcome of a film. Stay tuned.
Christian Bale's rant on the set of Terminator Salvation, the audio of which is quite famous now, got me thinking though. Just the fact that Bale was going off it, and the director was just allowing him to do so, made me think about the dynamics of some actor/director relationships. Made me think that often there's a power struggle between a famous lead acotr, and a director. Maybe it effects the outcome of a film. Stay tuned.
Sunday, 7 February 2010
A post.
After doing all the James Dean research it got me thinking about other specific actors who have had quite hectic relationships with directors. Nothing long term, just the one off movie where actors proved to be difficult to work with.
Examples:
Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola
At the minute this is the only film that immediately springs to mind, not just because of Sheen's alcohol use on set, but obviously Brando's part in this film. His acting was genius in the final piece, but he arrived on set incredibly overweight, and he'd failed to read Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad's novel, upon which the movie was based, despite insistent requests from Coppola.
I'll add more to this as time goes by.
Examples:
Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola
At the minute this is the only film that immediately springs to mind, not just because of Sheen's alcohol use on set, but obviously Brando's part in this film. His acting was genius in the final piece, but he arrived on set incredibly overweight, and he'd failed to read Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad's novel, upon which the movie was based, despite insistent requests from Coppola.
I'll add more to this as time goes by.
Sunday, 17 January 2010
James Dean - Part Three, with the Rock and Elizabeth Taylor
Dean's third and final film was Giant, done by veteran Hollywood director, George Stevens. Stevens was an Oscar winner with A Place in the Sun, and Dean was still a relative newcomer, with only one film released (East of Eden) at this point in his career and another on the way (Rebel Without a Cause). Dean perhaps had no right to be as arrogant or as difficult to work with as he proved to be in this film.
Stevens also worked with Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson in this film. It was a difficult production from the outset, with shooting delayed due to Elizabeth Taylor's pregnancy, and Dean was late arriving on set after scheduling conflicts with Rebel...
The film is known for being a grand epic, and it's also somewhat known for the difficulties the actors presented. In particular Dean. He would often keep the entire cast waiting as he was annoyed at himself being kept waiting by Stevens for some scenes. Stevens found it enitrely 'unprofessional and bad manners'. Stevens was also a somewhat old school director who favoured thoroughness to script rather than improvisation. A direct clash to Dean's preferred style. Stevens apparently got on well with Rock Hudson, a more by the book actor, and this caused jealousy and real anger between Dean and Hudson off the set.
Off set, the real life rivalry between the two male leads came out in a way of vying for Elizabeth Taylor's attention. In some ways this was a direct correlation to the film's script. In the film, Hudson's character is married to Taylor's, yet there is an underlying attraction that exists between Taylor's and Dean's characters.
So Stevens, like Kazan and Ray before him, channelled this brilliantly into the film's scenes.
Dean and Hudson's fight scene.
Stevens also worked with Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson in this film. It was a difficult production from the outset, with shooting delayed due to Elizabeth Taylor's pregnancy, and Dean was late arriving on set after scheduling conflicts with Rebel...
The film is known for being a grand epic, and it's also somewhat known for the difficulties the actors presented. In particular Dean. He would often keep the entire cast waiting as he was annoyed at himself being kept waiting by Stevens for some scenes. Stevens found it enitrely 'unprofessional and bad manners'. Stevens was also a somewhat old school director who favoured thoroughness to script rather than improvisation. A direct clash to Dean's preferred style. Stevens apparently got on well with Rock Hudson, a more by the book actor, and this caused jealousy and real anger between Dean and Hudson off the set.
Off set, the real life rivalry between the two male leads came out in a way of vying for Elizabeth Taylor's attention. In some ways this was a direct correlation to the film's script. In the film, Hudson's character is married to Taylor's, yet there is an underlying attraction that exists between Taylor's and Dean's characters.
So Stevens, like Kazan and Ray before him, channelled this brilliantly into the film's scenes.
Dean and Hudson's fight scene.
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