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| billyweeds |
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whiskeypriest wrote: billy -
I expect a full report when you get home tomorrow.
Filming Inside Llewyn Davis turned out to be very exciting after a day of thinking it was going to be an anticlimax.
To be specific:
Nothing happened for hours and hours except sitting in a holding area waiting to be in the movie. Luckily a favorite bud of mine was also in attendance so there was someone to bond and chat with. But mostly it was sitting around thinking, "This is just like most extra work and not as fun as some."
But then at the very end of the day, not only did we all go on set (fifteen of us), but I was deliberately placed in camera range (and presumably in focus) right behind the star Oscar Isaac, and--while Joel worked with Oscar--I was given personal direction by none other than Ethan, who not only gave me specific notes but also a reasonable and extremely gratifyihg amount of praise for the way I fulfilled them.
So, yeah!
Now I just have to hope the scene doesn't wind up on the cutting room floor. If not, you'll see me (unshaven, in period merchant marine garb) reacting with slight surprise to Oscar Isaac dropping the F-bomb. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:26 am |
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| knox |
| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 1:07 pm |
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Extra work sounds a little like jury duty. Lots of sitting around in a holding area. Probably pays better than jury duty, and the chance of getting personal direction from Ethan Coen....priceless. Count me in on hoping 2013 arrives.
Have heard a ton of nice buzz about Gary Oldman's George Smiley, and the word "restrained" often in use. Given prior roles of Oldman that I've seen, that restrained approach might be pretty interesting. Plan to see it, and my lack of LeCarre fandom doesn't factor in. Movies are movies, books are books. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 1:10 pm |
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knox wrote: Extra work sounds a little like jury duty. Lots of sitting around in a holding area. Probably pays better than jury duty, and the chance of getting personal direction from Ethan Coen....priceless.
It's almost exactly like jury duty. We said that yesterday as we were sitting there. And sometimes the scene doesn't happen, which is the same as when they say "the parties have settled out of court."
Yesterday, it all became academic when Ethan gave me those notes. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 1:26 pm |
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Our film professor used to say that watching a film being made was incredibly boring. But watching the Coens might be fun.
Knox: Oldman's performance as Smiley is indeed restrained--almost painfully so. He's almost unrecognizable. (And I am a Le Carre fan--a fan of the British spy genre in general--though I've never read that particular book.) |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 2:16 pm |
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carrobin wrote: Our film professor used to say that watching a film being made was incredibly boring.
I think it depends on your freedom of movement around the set. |
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| jeremy |
| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:32 am |
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Syd wrote: jeremy wrote: I haven't seen The Artist or Beginners as yet, so I can't say too much about the choice's made by BAFTA. However, from the trailers and what I have read, neither film is calling out to me. They are films I will see rather than films I have to see.
I was pleased to see Rango, bizarrely ignored by The Academy, win the prize for best animation...
? Rango wasn't ignored by the Academy, unless you're talking about a different Academy than AMPAS.
My mistake, but it still won't win the Oscar. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:11 am |
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gromit wrote: carrobin wrote: Our film professor used to say that watching a film being made was incredibly boring.
I think it depends on your freedom of movement around the set. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:39 am |
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| The R2D2 man....he's still going. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:59 pm |
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"Comedy Central's "Colbert Report" is off the air and it's a mystery why."
I was surprised last night when they re-ran an old show.
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 5:01 pm |
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Ghulam wrote: "Comedy Central's "Colbert Report" is off the air and it's a mystery why."
I was surprised last night when they re-ran an old show.
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It was weird seeing a Colbert Report re-run following a new Daily Show. The latest word is that there's a "family emergency" and there'll be no show tonight either. But he's expected to be back Monday. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 5:32 pm |
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jeremy wrote: Syd wrote: jeremy wrote: I haven't seen The Artist or Beginners as yet, so I can't say too much about the choice's made by BAFTA. However, from the trailers and what I have read, neither film is calling out to me. They are films I will see rather than films I have to see.
I was pleased to see Rango, bizarrely ignored by The Academy, win the prize for best animation...
? Rango wasn't ignored by the Academy, unless you're talking about a different Academy than AMPAS.
My mistake, but it still won't win the Oscar.
It's the favorite. I don't see Kung Fu Panda 2 or Puss in Boots winning, but there are a couple of wild cards that I haven't seen. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 1:26 pm |
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| R.I.P. Gary Carter, the Hall of Fame catcher whom I revered more than any movie star in history. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 2:13 pm |
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Ghulam wrote: "Comedy Central's "Colbert Report" is off the air and it's a mystery why."
I was surprised last night when they re-ran an old show.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 2:26 pm |
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