so I'm sitting here watching Inside The Actors Studio
and I admire actors, I really do. I'd love to be one...and, after extremely limited but somewhat real experience in front of a camera, I do not underestimate what they do for a living.
But.
I'm watching Dustin Hoffman, who is certainly at the top of his craft.
And I appreciate his insights and gift.
But I just cannot bear to listen to people go on and on and on about the making of movies as if it is the work of unsurpassed genius.
He's just told the story of the last line of Kramer Vs. Kramer - of how it was MERYL who asked how she looked just before the elevator doors closed, and not her character, and one would think, from the magnitude of Hoffman's emotions and the way that he has told this story of the 'realness' of the bit, that the two of them HAD CURED CANCER.
And. In. Truth.
Folks, these are movies.
You don't want to be around me whilst watching an HBO special concerning the making of...
oh god, he's just referred to something as 'the cathedral of acting.'
But.
I'm watching Dustin Hoffman, who is certainly at the top of his craft.
And I appreciate his insights and gift.
But I just cannot bear to listen to people go on and on and on about the making of movies as if it is the work of unsurpassed genius.
He's just told the story of the last line of Kramer Vs. Kramer - of how it was MERYL who asked how she looked just before the elevator doors closed, and not her character, and one would think, from the magnitude of Hoffman's emotions and the way that he has told this story of the 'realness' of the bit, that the two of them HAD CURED CANCER.
And. In. Truth.
Folks, these are movies.
You don't want to be around me whilst watching an HBO special concerning the making of...
oh god, he's just referred to something as 'the cathedral of acting.'
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PS. I have am hugely fascinated by Vivien Leigh and he spoke so beautifully about her.
Here are some sure-fire academy award winners:
1. Feigning interest while the Boss talks about the same shit, different day.
2. Feigning listening while spouse discusses mind-numbing boring hobby, ad nauseum.
3. Expressing rapt attention while your toddler draws the exact same picture for the 10th time. That hour.
4. Feigning sexual satisfaction (or even interest) while writing holiday food prep and shopping lists in your head during the 3,297th sexual encounter with your spouse.