With Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan released on Blu-ray and DVD last week, I finally got to re-watch the film that I had tried to will into being this years Best Picture Oscar winner. Full of impressive camerawork, cinematography, editing and direction – as well as exquisite performances – I was reintroduced to a film that particularly dazzled me with its beautiful framing and expressive shots. Whilst Black Swan didn’t win the Academy Award, it is certainly one of the most technically impressive films I’ve seen in a while.
However, there are many directors who have chosen to use their imagination to its full capabilities in their work and tackle shots that have gone on to define a film, if not an entire genre. When a film is resplendent with inventive techniques it can elevate it into a realm of its own, an honour afforded to very few productions. From pioneers such as Sergei Eisentein,...
However, there are many directors who have chosen to use their imagination to its full capabilities in their work and tackle shots that have gone on to define a film, if not an entire genre. When a film is resplendent with inventive techniques it can elevate it into a realm of its own, an honour afforded to very few productions. From pioneers such as Sergei Eisentein,...
- 5/25/2011
- by Stuart Cummins
- Obsessed with Film
Her new film is about a man with a secret son. So how did Emily Mortimer deal with acting in such familiar, familial territory?
Acting, according to Emily Mortimer, is a succession of platonic romances. A "weird flirtation thing" when Andy Garcia played a "sex-obsessed Italian detective" and she was a "nervous little French secretary" in The Pink Panther 2, led to her latest part in City Island. Here, Mortimer plays an aspiring actor who develops an intense friendship with a prison guard and repressed actor who is played, inevitably, by Garcia. "It's a very typical relationship that actors experience all the time," she says, words falling from her mouth in a skittish tumble. "You're put together in very intense circumstances with total strangers, very often from entirely different walks of life, apart from the fact you are both fucked-up actors. It hovers somewhere between romance and friendship. It's a platonic romance.
Acting, according to Emily Mortimer, is a succession of platonic romances. A "weird flirtation thing" when Andy Garcia played a "sex-obsessed Italian detective" and she was a "nervous little French secretary" in The Pink Panther 2, led to her latest part in City Island. Here, Mortimer plays an aspiring actor who develops an intense friendship with a prison guard and repressed actor who is played, inevitably, by Garcia. "It's a very typical relationship that actors experience all the time," she says, words falling from her mouth in a skittish tumble. "You're put together in very intense circumstances with total strangers, very often from entirely different walks of life, apart from the fact you are both fucked-up actors. It hovers somewhere between romance and friendship. It's a platonic romance.
- 7/8/2010
- by Patrick Barkham
- The Guardian - Film News
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