Laura Dern dropped out of UCLA to film BLUE VELVET (1986) after the school refused to grant her a leave of absence.
After reading David Lynch’s script, a film professor warned her:
“First of all, if you make this choice, you are no longer welcome at UCLA. You’ll be out. But secondly, having read this script, that you would give up your college education for this is insane.”
Today, BLUE VELVET is required study in UCLA’s film program.
“You know what one of them is? Pisses me off.”
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Cus D’Amato didn’t just build a style; he built a cheat code for short-range destruction. Traditional boxing wants you to stay in your lane, but the peek-a-boo completely breaks the grid
"If you don't play it dead serious, you're not going to get the comedy out of it"
Stephen Root talks to Rolling Stone about his greatest roles, from Wyck on 'Widow's Bay' to Milton in 'Office Space' and more.
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John Frankenheimer on the kind of training & mindset that is required to become a great director:
"At the end of the day you have to be a great storyteller. And you have to be able to master the tools that you have to tell the story, which are, in order of importance, the script, the actors, and then the technical means. You should have studied drama, how it works, the three-act structure. I think that’s basic. You have to be able to communicate with actors. It’s very well for William Wyler to say, “I just want it better,” and do 30 or 40 takes, but there’s only one William Wyler. And you have to find a way to master the tools of your trade. There are so many people making movies today that know absolutely zero about the camera. To my mind, that’s personal su!c!de.
They say to the cameraman “Well, how should we photograph this scene?” And the cameraman photographs it the way he or she thinks is best. That’s wrong. The young director should have a collaborative relationship with the cameraman the way Wyler and Welles did with Gregg Toland. A director has to have tremendous input into where the camera is, what it sees and how the film will be edited. You have to have knowledge to do that. They may even learn some of it in film school, but there’s no substitute for going out and doing it."
("John Frankenheimer: Interviews, Essays & Profiles", Edited by Stephen B. Armstrong, 2013)
Clip from:
The Letter (1940)
Director: William Wyler
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ESPN sources: The Broncos and Sean Payton have reached agreement on a new five-year contract.
Payton has led the Broncos to the third-most wins in the NFL over the past two years, including an AFC Championship Game appearance last season.
Now, Broncos owner Greg Penner has both his HC and GM George Paton under contract through the 2030 season, with stability across his football operations.