On Chesil Beach editor Nick Fenton discusses his role and how, no matter the style or genre, everything he does stems from the actors. Read the rest of our On Chesil Beach Special Issue here.
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Dominic Cooke: ‘Every step toward the bed is so charged’
On Chesil Beach director Dominic Cooke discusses using his experience as a theatre director while still relishing the tools that are unique to cinema. Read part 1 of the interview here. Read the rest of our On Chesil Beach Special Issue here.
[Read more…] about Dominic Cooke: ‘Every step toward the bed is so charged’Dominic Cooke talks On Chesil Beach: Part 1
For our special TIFF17 coverage of On Chesil Beach, we interview Dominic Cooke about the value of rehearsing actors for film and minimizing cuts. Read part 2 of this interview here. Read the rest of our On Chesil Beach Special Issue here.
[Read more…] about Dominic Cooke talks On Chesil Beach: Part 1Journey’s End is a thoughtful, modern screen adaptation
Saul Dibb’s adaptation of the acclaimed play Journey’s End sees the source material through a modern lens and makes use of the intimacy unique to the cinematic form.
[Read more…] about Journey’s End is a thoughtful, modern screen adaptationSally Potter’s The Party is a dynamic, witty ensemble film
The premise of The Party — seven characters trapped in a house, for 71 minutes, as secrets are revealed and lives potentially irreparably changed — sounds like a play, but Sally Potter tells the story in a uniquely cinematic way.
[Read more…] about Sally Potter’s The Party is a dynamic, witty ensemble filmDavies’ adaptation of The Deep Blue Sea is a memory film with an unreliable narrator
In Terence Davies’ screen adaptation of Rattigan’s The Deep Blue Sea, Davies plunges us into Hester’s memories, nudging us to accept her interpretation of events while providing the necessary evidence to doubt her perspective. This is the sixth and final feature in our Special Issue on Davies’ A Quiet Passion, which you can read in full here.
Listen to us discuss The Deep Blue Sea on the Seventh Row podcast.
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