Dark and unsettling, but essential viewing – even if you will only watch it once.
Archive for August, 2011
August 23, 2011
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[Watch] The Chess Players.
By Ash in FilmA Satyajit Ray film in Hindi narrated by Amitabh Bachchan starring Saeed Jaffrey, Sanjeev Kumar and Richard Attenborough. The Chess Players focuses on the British takeover of the city of Oudh while two resident noblemen obsess over chess, and neglect their wives.
Most interesting for me is how easily the Nawab (a poet, artist, and musician giften enough to be admired by a British officer) succumbed to the threat of British force. The distant, almost unfeeling nature of the film – so intrinsic to Ray’s output – is more tangible here, and its effects prove just as divisively destructive as his early work.
August 22, 2011
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Self Made – Screening Dates.
By Ash in Acting, Art, Film
FULL DATES ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE.
There will be a live post-screening Q&A with director Gillian Wearing and method acting coach Sam Rumbelow chaired by Cornerhouse Programme & Engagement Director Sarah Perks beamed from Manchester to all other cinemas screening the film on September 3rd.
August 22, 2011
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Memories.
By Ash in RandomWhen something as simple as a piece of paper can trigger a powerful emotional response, there will always be things we can never let go of.
August 17, 2011
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Continuing the process.
By Ash in Acting, Art, Random, Unsigned
This month’s class has already been one of the best I’ve attended. An openness and unity within the group that has previously been absent has magically appeared. Whether that’s because regular class members are gaining a greater understanding of what ‘method’ is, or whether that’s down to more recent, tangible events is up for debate, but there is something more emotional and more challenging in the ether.
On the run up to the UK release of Self Made, I’ve been contacting acting agents in the hope that someone will come and see the film and consider putting me on their books. Sadly, the answer is primarily ‘No’, or – worse still – no acknowledgement at all. I understand that this is all part of industry and being an actor, yet it is also terribly demoralising. So whereas on the one hand, there are the joys of work in the studio – actually finding a place to put that practice to work has become the greatest challenge. It’s not as though I was ever ignorant enough to think this moment wouldn’t come, but it doesn’t change the feelings of rejection.
August 17, 2011
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[Download] Wugazi – 13 Chambers.
By Ash in Musical MurmuringsWugazi • 13 Chambers by WUGAZI
I’ve not had a chance to listen to it, and probably won’t for a while, so download the whole album here and see what you think. Are the best hip-hop records of 2011 all set to have been made freely available? Possibly.