Friday, July 30, 2010

complete cliché


My life is a cliche.

I know that word is thrown around a lot (HA, I just made a pun about a cliche, get it??) but this cliche I call my life is starting to get a little ridiculous, even by my method acting standards.

The cliche is as follows:

I'm the guy who will not put the accent marks on the e's of cliche.

I'm the guy who is a waiter at a restaurant.

I'm the guy who is an aspiring actor.

I'm the guy who is currently working on a screenplay that is finally being put together after a year's worth of compiling handwritten note cards.

I'm the guy who took this waiter job primarily because in my screenplay I have one scene that takes place at a restaurant and I wanted practical experience for a five page scene.

But perhaps that is preciously the thing that makes this whole situation so uncliche cliche?

Is your mind blown?

If not perhaps this will do it...

INCEPTION!

Was that cliche?

(Is this too many cliches?)

Alright, time to be the college kid I am and stay up for 3 more hours and go to work with no sleep.

Now that's cliche!

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

The Waiting Room

There he stood, in a lonely room
waiting there in an effervescent gloom

The seconds tick away
Till it's time for him to say
Those unspoken words that are long overdue

He was twenty-three, they were looking at he
waiting to see, just what would be...

Friday, July 23, 2010

The Man


Having watched many of Biography channel's episodes on famous actors this summer, one simple thing stuck out too me, "stuck" being the operative word.

Steven Spielberg said that the way Harrison Ford kept the classic fedora on as Indiana Jones during action sequences was... he stapled it to his head.

No need to say more about one's dedication to character and storytelling.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Are you watching closely?

After spending the last week watching Christopher Nolan movies, I have come to notice a few things.

In each of his films (excluding the Batmans) he will start with a scene that will directly influence the final scene of the film. I won't spoil it in case who ever is reading this hasn't seen each film but just be aware of it because it happens in Following, Memento, Insomnia, The Prestige, and Inception.

Knowing this helped me at the beginning of Inception because even though I started slightly confused (perhaps because I refused to watch any TV spots, or trailers, or read any press for the film after the first trailer I saw), it was a state of conscious confusion because I knew what would be coming next in the story elementally but not specifically (if that makes sense). I knew what I was seeing in the beginning was in fact (near) the ending.

Anyway, that's just a little Nolan signature that I thought I'd point out.

Off to INCEPTION...

and I WILL NOT HESITATE TO USE ALL CAPS WHEN I DISCUSS THIS FILM BECAUSE THE SCOPE OF THIS FILM CANNOT BE DESCRIBED IN lower case LETTERS.

FIRST OFF, THE FACT THAT CHRISTOPHER NOLAN FIT EVERYTHING HE DID IN THIS FILM IS TRULY REMARKABLE. THE IDEAS AND CONCEPTS HE CREATED COULD HAVE EASILY FILLED OUT A TRILOGY COMPLETELY BUT HE PUT EVERYTHING THAT WAS NEEDED INTO A SINGLE FILM AND MADE IT WORK.

Alright that's enough ALL CAPS, it was starting to get a little much.

So I will end it with this.

Memento was and overall probably still is my favorite Nolan film, (and in my top three ever) because I have never scene another film that makes you think that hard, and has it all make sense in the end in such a rewarding fashion; BUT Inception may be Nolan at his finest, blending thought provoking dramatic storytelling with pure unbridled action in its most imaginative form.

When you have that, there is nothing better.


AFTERWORD:

Nolan's scope as a filmmaker is growing at an exponential rate with each of his films, and next is The Dark Knight sequel; I have absolute faith in him and have scared excitement in where he will take us next.

Friday, July 9, 2010

silence is golden


Just finished watching Buster Keaton's The General.

I think my title to this post says it all.

Time to do some research.