Frodo: Please, what does it always mean, this... this "Aragorn"?
Elrond: That's his name. Aragorn, son of Arathorn.
Aragorn: I like "Strider."
Elrond: We named the *dog* "Strider".
A discussion of Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King. If you're a pervy hobbit fancier, this is the place for you.
(According to Martin Sheen, the drunk-as-hell scene was not an over-and-over type of situation so much as an actual drunk-as-hell scene that went further in improv than planned. He planned to punch at the mirror; he didn't plan to connect and cut himself; having cut himself, they all went with the ensuing psychodrama.)
(Sort of a quibble, though -- Sean's point about some directors liking realism more than the actors do still stands.)
I would have said, generally, that Jackson isn't that sort of director. Based on other comments actors have made, it sounded more like he was a bit of a technician, not caring where the tone of the voice came from so much as how it came out. (After all, he makes actors act against nothing all the time.) But, maybe he mixes up his tricks more than is obvious.
According to Martin Sheen, the drunk-as-hell scene was not an over-and-over type of situation so much as an actual drunk-as-hell scene that went further in improv than planned.
Yeah, that one wasn't so much that they kept going over and over, but that when the scene started going to a VERY intense emotional place, they all went all the way there.
But, maybe he mixes up his tricks more than is obvious.
This, I think. Yeah, I don't see Jackson as one of those directors either. Actually, I'd imagine he only did it for the "physically exhausted" aspect of it, rather than any emotional reality. If, in fact, it wasn't that he just didn't like any of the earlier takes.
Based on other comments actors have made, it sounded more like he was a bit of a technician, not caring where the tone of the voice came from so much as how it came out.
I think you're right--one of the commentaries pointed out that the scene where Sam rescues Frodo in the tower of Cirith Ungol was completely rethought in the editing room, so much so that the two actors were completely surprised when they saw the final cut, since it had a totally different meaning than the way that they filmed it.
a sequence in Dune where David Lynch drove Kyle McLaughlin to actual screaming tears.
I'm really curious about which scene this is. Is it the box o' fire&pain scene?
David Lynch drove Kyle McLaughlin to actual screaming tears
Did he show him dailies of his performance?
Heh!
Although I do have a soft spot for Dune, god bless Sting and his metallic blue Always-with-Wings.
I'm really curious about which scene this is. Is it the box o' fire&pain scene?
No, it was one of the scenes out in the Arakis wastes with the Freemen.
There's an article in Salon today about the release of a new edition of The Silmarillion. [link]
The British Film Institute is hosting another screening of the trilogy . . .sadly theatrical releases only.
