Criterion: Method Actors

[Dub]

Do any of you subscribe to The Criterion Channel?

They’ve been running a series of films with “Method” actors. They began with an interesting discussion of method acting and actors.

So far we’ve watched:

• Humoresque
• A Place in the Sun
• On the Waterfront
• Bus Stop
• 12 Angry Men
• The Strange One
• The Goddess
• The Misfits

Yet to see in the series:

• Something Wild
• Splendor in the Grass
• The Haunting
• The Pawnbroker
• Cool Hand Luke
• The Graduate
• In the Heat of the Night
• Rachel, Rachel
• Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
• Five Easy Pieces
• Wanda
• Carnal Knowledge
• The French Connection
• Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
• Resurrection
• Reds

We’ve been taking them in the order presented but there’s no requirement to do that.

I thought this might appeal to some here.

[jdd2]

Jun 27, 2023 15:06:03 GMT -5 Dub said:

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Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One
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Rotten tomatoes: "It's 1968, and director William Greaves begins filming a movie scene in Central Park: an argument between a couple. At the same time, a documentary crew films the crew filming the movie. Meanwhile, a third crew films the filming of the two films. As Greaves plays the role of clueless artist, and on-set conditions deteriorate, his collaborators mutiny. The result is a head-spinning landmark of experimental film that playfully smears the line between fiction and reality, art and artifice."

IMDB: "Filmmaker William Greaves is shooting a series of screen tests in New York City's Central Park for the two leads of a feature length movie, with the working title of "Over the Cliff". Simultaneously, he has a documentary filmmaking crew filming the behind the scenes making of the movie. In addition to seeing these two sets of footage (the film and the film of the film), the viewer also sees footage of a third film crew filming the these two in relation to what is happening overall as they film in the park while real life goes on around them, which in Bill's mind is part of the realism of the movie. "Over the Cliff" itself has no plot and no full script but only a working concept of sexuality being the movie's theme and snippets of scripted dialogue. This unstructured approach is to give the movie a sense of realism. The actors imply as much, but many of the crew, discussing in Grieves-less bullpen sessions, believe Greaves is unfocused and inept at what he is doing, while a minority believe his experimental process will yield a special and great end product."

[Dub]

We watched The Misfits the other night then, while reading more about the film, discovered there was a documentary made. I looked around and couldn’t find it anywhere, then discovered it’s on YouTube. If you know this film and have any interest, check it out.

Marilyn Monroe And The Making Of The Misfits

[Marshall]

Jun 29, 2023 0:35:22 GMT -5 Dub said:

We watched The Misfits the other night then, while reading more about the film, discovered there was a documentary made. I looked around and couldn’t find it anywhere, then discovered it’s on YouTube. If you know this film and have any interest, check it out.

Marilyn Monroe And The Making Of The Misfits

Interesting