All posts tagged "non-professional actor"
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Mixed Media: Award-Winning Touch Me Not Explores Notions of Intimacy Through a Variety of Boundary-Pushing Methods
Part documentary, part narrative feature, part research project, part autofiction, Romanian writer/director Adina Pintilie’s Touch Me Not rests comfortably on the boundary between genres and tones that...
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There are No Non-Actors: Garrett Bradley Casts Below Dreams From Real Life
Many independent films, by choice or necessity, are populated by non-professional actors. For some moviemakers, the prospect of working with “amateurs” might be daunting, but...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Taylor Russell on Waves and Why She’s OK With Being an Adult Who Plays High School Students
In director Trey Edward Shults’ Waves, Taylor Russell plays the younger sister of Kelvin Harrison Jr., even though she’s five days older than him in real life. In fact,...
Inside the Issue: Directing
Rob Zombie: Things I’ve Learned as a Moviemaker
Rob Zombie still can’t let go of some of his past off-screen nightmares. “After I finished Halloween II, I was so beat up by the process that I hated...
Inside the Issue: How To
Edward Norton Walks Us Through Every Part of Making Motherless Brooklyn
Edward Norton is the best possible person to explain each stage of the moviemaking process for his new drama Motherless Brooklyn—he’s the film’s writer, director and lead actor. For...