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Maggie Gyllenhaal: inspired by Ryan Gosling Maggie Gyllenhaal on Ryan Gosling in ‘Half Nelson’ —   "I thought that was an incredible performance. I was inspired by Ryan. When I was watching the movie, it made me want to act. It made me want to work." [LATimes / The Envelope Jan 10 2007 theenvelope.latimes.com] ~ ~ ~ more Golden Globe nominees to study on DVD Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow Rachel Weisz – The Constant Gardener Russell Crowe – Cinderella Man Matt Dillon - Crash Johnny Depp – Charlie And The Chocolate Factory Hugh Laurie – House Kiefer Sutherland – 24 ~ ~ ~ Searching for Debra Winger Rosanna Arquette informally interviews many actresses about being a woman in the entertainment industry: Alfre Woodard, Robin Wright Penn, Alley Sheedy, Martha Plimpton, Samantha Mathis, Debra Winger, Emmanual Beart, Patricia Arquette, Jane Fonda, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vanessa Redgrave, and others. Jane Fonda : But the one thing I miss is when it does work.. when you step into the light and you hit your first mark and all of the channels are open and it happens and it's like a plane taking off... ~ ~ ~ Martha Plimpton : Humor. Intelligence. Talent. Imagination. Bravery. Skill. When you eliminate all those things, what have you got? Ally Sheedy : F*ckability. / Martha Plimpton: That's it. Laura Dern: We need to keep our hearts open when there's so much fear. We feel it in relationships, we feel it politically, globallly. We feel it in our work. I just pray we have the great good fortune, as people and as artists in this country, to freely express ourselves, and be in our joy. We are so blessed. ~ ~ ~   Uta Hagen's Acting Class   video set ".. the viewer will learn that in Uta Hagen's classes, acting is doing. Not thinking or feeling, but in action. Clear and practical, her teaching is behavior based. 'It's in the doing that we believe.'  The videos, 90 Minutes each, provide illuminating examples of her teaching points selected from two hundred hours of recorded classes over a two year period.  All ten of her famous 'Object Exercises' are performed and critiqued. We watch as the actors/students present their scene and Uta gives her comments. As the student re-works the scene, we actually see her guide the student to be better." [publisher summary] ~ ~ ~

       

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Acting 101 - How to be a Working Actor

AFI's 100 Years, 100 Movies: American Film Institute (CBS Television Special)

A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies

The Business of Acting - How To Become A Professional Actor In Hollywood

The Complete James Dean Collection  (East of Eden / Giant / Rebel Without a Cause)

Cradle Will Rock   'The art and theater world of 1930's New York City... As labor strikes break out throughout the country, New York City is alive with a burgeoning cultural revolution... Nelson Rockefeller (John Cusack) commissions Mexican artist Diego Rivera (Ruben Blades) to paint the lobby of Rockefeller Center, while Italian propagandist Margherita Sarfatti (Susan Sarandon) sells Da Vincis to millionaires to fund the Mussolini war effort. A paranoid ventriloquist (Bill Murray) tries to rid his vaudeville troupe of communists, and a 22-year-old Orson Welles (Angus MacFadyen) directs his Federal Theater group in an infamous stage production of "The Cradle Will Rock," closed down on the eve of its opening by U.S. soldiers. Based on true events, "Cradle Will Rock" relives an exciting and dangerous time in American history, when individual courage prevailed over censorship, and artists risked their livelihood by continuing to perform and paint according to conscience." [Amazon.com summary]

How to Get Started: Modeling, Commercials & Acting

Illuminata  "Mostly set in a teeming warren of private and performance spaces within a turn-of-the-century theater, the film follows the fluctuating fortunes of playwright Tuccio (John Turturro), his lover-muse-leading lady (Katherine Borowitz, Turturro's offscreen wife), and their colorful company: Rufus Sewell and Georgina Cates, youthful, less wise projections of playwright and muse; Ben Gazzara as a grizzled old thespian forgetful of the line between reality and performance; Bill Irwin as the naive bit player who catches the hungry eye of Christopher Walken's deliciously over-the-top, acid-tongued critic; Susan Sarandon as a calculatingly seductive diva fighting her age..." from review by Kathleen Murphy

The Making of "Jurassic Park" - James Earl Jones

Mickey Rooney on Acting

Oliver Stone Collection

Starting Your Film Acting Career

Starting Your Film Acting Career V.2

Uta Hagen's Acting Class video set
"The revered actress holds forth on all the salient points of her approach to character, probing the text, testing technique, and challenging her students to act and think; act and reflect; act and choose. Above all, the viewer will learn that in Uta Hagen's classes, acting is doing. Not thinking or feeling, but in action."

Visions of Light - The Art of Cinematography - Conrad L. Hall

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Louise Brooks: Looking For Lulu
[Amazon.com:] "Narrated by Shirley Macline, this critically acclaimed documentary combines rare film footage and photographs with interviews with Brooks' friends, relatives and colleagues such as Francis Lederer, Brook's co-star from Pandora's Box, and actors Roddy McDowall and Dana Delany. Particularly fascinating is a rare, previously unseen interview with Louise Brooks, filmed in 1976. Louise Brooks: Looking for Lulu is a riveting look at one woman who refused to be controlled by anyone...and the price she paid for it."

A&E Biography - Nicolas Cage

Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch

Intimate Portrait - Bette Midler

A&E Biography - Susan Sarandon

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