Post by jo on Feb 1, 2019 21:41:32 GMT -5
Originally posted under Off-Topic, but maybe the discussion on acting aspects is also appropriate in this section
I had stumbled on this retrospective interview by Michael Parkinson - with Richard Burton!
Quite a picture of the man and the thespian! So many unexpected insights from him.
Richard was one of the best actors who ever came up on stage ( classical theatre, especially) and on film ( 7 Oscar nominations but no wins). But to hear him speak with such a down-to-earth manner and in amusing tones is fascinating.
PS: I was lucky to have been able to get a copy of his filmed HAMLET performance...
but I was elated, too, to hear his voice preserved in a remastered CD of CAMELOT ( the musical I had wanted to have seen the most if I had been given that opportunity!)
Jo
Richard cites that there was something he observed from Elizabeth ( he always called her with her full name) which he said marked her as a tremendous actress. It was her extraordinary "stillness" which spoke volumes as she acted -- not doing anything, not speaking anything -- but just making people be in the moment with her stillness or presence!
Hugh Jackman is a tremendous actor … and some of the most extraordinary acting I have seen from him … is when he is simply present, with a stillness that spoke volumes! I can recall an extraordinary moment that caught my attention in A STEADY RAIN. It was when he just stood to one side ( with Daniel Craig on center stage, with his monologue delivery) and the light also faintly shone on Hugh -- who was being very still as if he was not in that particular scene but was simply an observer. I don't know why - but it drew my particular attention because of how still he stood and looked upwards. I also remember during the final scene when they were reminiscing about their childhood and some memory must have struck his Denny character... which caused a solitary tear to go down Hugh's cheek! So still, but with those eyes welling - it was so striking to me.
In PRISONERS - my favorite acting scene was his most quiet moment, when he stared at the bloodied sock of his daughter ( so still!)...and then he started to tremble a little and his eyes welled!
Hugh is an excellent dramatic actor - sadly unappreciated by the awards community to-date! Hope that he gets his recognition soon -- maybe in his next movies ( Bad Education, maybe Reminiscence if that happens).
Jo
Quite a picture of the man and the thespian! So many unexpected insights from him.
Richard was one of the best actors who ever came up on stage ( classical theatre, especially) and on film ( 7 Oscar nominations but no wins). But to hear him speak with such a down-to-earth manner and in amusing tones is fascinating.
PS: I was lucky to have been able to get a copy of his filmed HAMLET performance...
but I was elated, too, to hear his voice preserved in a remastered CD of CAMELOT ( the musical I had wanted to have seen the most if I had been given that opportunity!)
Jo
Richard cites that there was something he observed from Elizabeth ( he always called her with her full name) which he said marked her as a tremendous actress. It was her extraordinary "stillness" which spoke volumes as she acted -- not doing anything, not speaking anything -- but just making people be in the moment with her stillness or presence!
Hugh Jackman is a tremendous actor … and some of the most extraordinary acting I have seen from him … is when he is simply present, with a stillness that spoke volumes! I can recall an extraordinary moment that caught my attention in A STEADY RAIN. It was when he just stood to one side ( with Daniel Craig on center stage, with his monologue delivery) and the light also faintly shone on Hugh -- who was being very still as if he was not in that particular scene but was simply an observer. I don't know why - but it drew my particular attention because of how still he stood and looked upwards. I also remember during the final scene when they were reminiscing about their childhood and some memory must have struck his Denny character... which caused a solitary tear to go down Hugh's cheek! So still, but with those eyes welling - it was so striking to me.
In PRISONERS - my favorite acting scene was his most quiet moment, when he stared at the bloodied sock of his daughter ( so still!)...and then he started to tremble a little and his eyes welled!
Hugh is an excellent dramatic actor - sadly unappreciated by the awards community to-date! Hope that he gets his recognition soon -- maybe in his next movies ( Bad Education, maybe Reminiscence if that happens).
Jo
