Hi All:
 
More things to share this November!

Actor News

Not only is the multi-faceted Anna Migliarisi an experienced actor working on her craft in class, but her book about the history of Italian-Canadian playwrighting has just been released.
 
The launch is tonight. Hope to see you there!

Inspirations

Sharon Chatten has a very interesting conversation with Vince D’Onofrio. Listen for his techniques on learning lines. Worth a try!

Recommendations

Blink Twice
This is one of my favourites this year – you don’t know what the twist is until it happens.  Excellent first-time script & direction by Zoë Kravitz; she got her actors to wonderfully unusual places throughout the story.

Sing Sing
This film is a beautiful testament to the creative spirit under harsh conditions.  Unlike any prison film you’ve seen.  Sublime – almost improvisational directing and shooting that explores real moments of truth by the ensemble (experienced pro actors, Colman Domingo and Paul Raci with some actors who were actual convicts who went through the prison theatre program that’s at the core of the story. For actors, there’s so much to watch and reflect on regarding the whole process. So inspiring!

Lee
Brave performances by Kate Winslet and Andy Samberg in a rather disjointed biopic that falls apart at the end of the story.

Disclaimer

Except for Cate Blanchett’s riveting monologue in the last episode (full of behavior & sensory), a very disappointing series!  Directed by the multi-award-winner Alfonso Cuarón, it’s heavy-handed, illogical, and so predictable!! I can’t figure out how it turned out so badly with so many great actors involved!

Here’s the next section of my ABCs of acting inspirational thoughts

9 | Always Be Centering Part 1

All the work we put in on our craft will result in us being fully centered, instinctively disciplined, relaxed, open and aligned actors. The incredible cellist, Yoyo Ma, was recognized as a genius when he was five. He was a master by the time he was ten.  In one interview about performance preparation he says that before he begins to play he exhales everything and then on the next breath – the first note he plays – everything is there.  Like all great artists who have worked – and continue to work – on all aspects of their craft, he has found that this simple moment brings him there.