The personal blog of Robert Hardy:
Filmmaker, Musician, Writer
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you’ll look back and realize they were big things.
Kurt Vonnegut (via launicarosa)
(Source: larmoyante)
Lilith.: Hot Topic: Media, Rape and Sexual Consent
The year 2012 was one filled with immeasurable tragedy, from the mass shootings across the country, to the sheer annihilation of the populace of Syria (which continues to persist, unchecked by the G8), to most recently one of the most heinous acts of violence I’ve ever seen, one which has spurred…
The directing of a picture involves coming out of your individual loneliness and taking a controlling part in putting together a small world. A picture is made. You put a frame around it and move on. And one day you die. That is all there is to it. John Huston
Simply delectable.
The Master (2012) 25 Word Review
Paul Thomas Anderson has definitively proven that he is our generation’s “master” of filmmaking, and Phoenix and Hoffman give perhaps the greatest dual-performance ever.
10 out of 10
For the role of Plainview’s “son,” Paul Thomas Anderson looked at people in Los Angeles and New York City, but he realized that they needed someone from Texas who knew how to shoot shotguns and “live in that world.” The filmmakers asked around at a school and the principal recommended Dillon Freasier. They did not have him read any scenes and instead talked to him, realizing that he was the perfect person for the role. On the radio program “Fresh Air with Terry Gross,” Paul Thomas Anderson told Gross that when the production was trying to convince Dillon’s mother to allow Dillon to be in the movie, his mother wanted to figure out who Daniel Day-Lewis was, so she rented a copy of Gangs of New York. She panicked at the idea of her son spending time with the man she saw in that movie, so the There Will Be Blood casting department rushed to her a copy of The Age of Innocence, in which Day-Lewis plays a civilized and gentle man.
(Source: filmtrivia)
Capote (2005) 25 Word Review
Easily one of the greatest non-fiction character-studies ever rendered to the silver screen, Capote succeeds at every level. Hoffman absolutely slayed this role.
8.5 out of 10
The Godfather (1972) 25 Word Review
Coppola proved that subtly subversive art film could be commercially successful and Gordon Willis forever altered the cinematography landscape. Incredible accomplishments for an excellent film.
10 out of 10
You’ve got a good life, Curtis.
