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Sidney Lumet: On the Camera Work In Prince of the City
Excerpt from Sidney Lumet’s Making Movies: Sidney Lumet: Prince of the City. Andrzej Bartkowiak, photographer. Photographically, this was one of the most interesting pictures I’ve done. Going back to its theme (nothing is what it appears to be), I made … Continue reading
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Sidney Lumet: On the Camera Work in The Morning After
I really dig The Morning After. Bridges’ role in The Morning After is one of the reasons why I love him. Excerpt from Sidney Lumet’s Making Movies: Sidney Lumet: The Morning After. Andrzej Bartkowiak, photographer. Living in Los Angeles was … Continue reading
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Sidney Lumet: On the Camera Work in Network
Lumet does not make a splashy use of style. He likes the camera to be “invisible” and yet most definitely THERE. Excerpt from Sidney Lumet’s Making Movies: Sidney Lumet: Network. Owen Roizman, photographer. The movie was about corruption. So we … Continue reading
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Sidney Lumet: On Murder on the Orient Express
Movie stars vs. theatre stars. Excerpt from Sidney Lumet’s Making Movies: Sidney Lumet: A charming thing happened at the first reading of Murder on the Orient Express. Five stars of the English theatre were appearing in the West End at … Continue reading
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Tagged Ingrid Bergman, John Gielgud, Lauren Bacall, Richard Widmark, Sidney Lumet, Vanessa Redgrave
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Sidney Lumet: On Ingrid Bergman
Excerpt from Sidney Lumet’s Making Movies: Sidney Lumet: In Murder on the Orient Express, I wanted Ingrid Bergman to play the Russian Princess Dragomiroff. She wanted to play the retarded Swedish maid. I wanted Ingrid Bergman. I let her play … Continue reading
Sidney Lumet: On Katharine Hepburn and Going to Dailies
Here’s great story about Katharine Hepburn. Excerpt from Sidney Lumet’s Making Movies: Sidney Lumet: At the end of rehearsal [for Long Day’s Journey], just before shooting, I gathered the actors to tell them about my shooting system and habits and … Continue reading
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Sidney Lumet: On Katharine Hepburn
Excerpt from Sidney Lumet’s Making Movies: Sidney Lumet on working with Katharine Hepburn and stars in general: Because they are often the reason that a picture gets financed, actors tend to get spoiled. I hate those large trailers. I’ve seen … Continue reading
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Sidney Lumet: On Stars
Arthur Miller said, about Clark Gable, and other giant stars: Great actor-personalities, I have come to think, are like trained bears in that they attract us with their discipline while their powerful claws threaten us; a great star implies he … Continue reading
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Sidney Lumet: On William Holden in Network
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Sidney Lumet: On Gaining the Confidence Of Actors
Sidney Lumet: Howard Hawks was once asked to name the most important element in an actor’s performance. His answer was “confidence”. In a sense, that is really what’s been going on during rehearsal: the actors are gaining confidence in revealing … Continue reading
