Tag: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Mike Nichols, I Admired You Before I Even Knew You
Robin Write November 19, 2017
About three years ago I wanted to write about the various, lasting directorial débuts in movie history, not just in my lifetime, but before I was even born….
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Genre Blast: The Play’s the Thing – From Stage to Screen
Steve Schweighofer August 10, 2017
When a powerful play is adapted to incorporate some of the technical features possible with film, the end result can be transporting. A savvy director and crew will mine the dramatic work for opportunities to maneuver the camera in such a way as to take the audience out of their seats and place them in the middle of the action (just as one would with any other film genre). The playwright’s words should not be treated as a wall that defines the boundaries of the film, but as a door that opens into another medium of expression.