Sunday, April 11, 2010
Alan Rickman Directs Strindberg’s ‘Creditors’ at BAM
NYTimes.com: "PREPARING to direct “Creditors,” Strindberg’s bruising evocation of betrayal, hurt and revenge, the actor and director Alan Rickman turned to advice he was given when he played a heartsick suitor in Ang Lee’s film version of “Sense and Sensibility” years ago."
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I absolutely love Alan Rickman and i would love to see his directorial skills. I really appreciated his comments concerning subtlety- as the biggest complaint i'd have for most hollywood actors is how overdone the acting is. This advice definitely works for Rickman, as his roles always seem to feature very thoughtful and contemplative characters that think and listen before acting. Subtlety brings a great dimensionality and mystery to character that makes them very real - hopefully Rickman's talent in this will translate to this show.
I am a huge fan of Alan Rickman. Every movie I have seen him in, I have found his performance to be greatly rehearsed and the decisions he makes for the character makes me respect him as an actor. I look forward to seeing these decisions take on his vision as a director. I think thathis experience as an actor will make him invaluable as a director.
Having seen Alan Rickamn's performance in Sense and Sensibility, I'm very interested in how Rickman applies his experiences working on that film to the characters' emotions and interactions in "Creditors". I think it's always fascinating to see how we can related different projects we've learned from and apply these things that we've learned in the past to completely different productions in the future. Rickman is an excellent actor, and I'm very interested in seeing something he is directing to see how his experiences influence his directing style.
It's always interesting to find out these big-name actors are also directors, writers, etc. as well, since we almost never hear of those endeavors. I'd love to see this play and what he does with it. It's a little funny that he says "stop acting with a capital A". I believe Matt Gray used those exact words in Richard tech Saturday night.
I agree with Mary. I don't know how the direction goes in most movies/regional theatres, but strictly from what I've seen, I think acting vs. Acting is something completely overlooked, and it's something my former drama teachers, both middle school and high school, would constantly preach, and I never quite understood what to do with that advice until halfway through high school when it really stuck. There were also a few articles my teacher would bring in for actors auditioning for college last fall, that said students getting admitted into performing arts colleges were acting in more subtle ways, and how less is more. I'm not sure what CMU's view on that is, but I think it's a very effective way of approaching acting. I'm disappointed that I won't be able to see this show, because I really love Alan Rickman, and it sounds like he's doing an amazing job.
I've heard about Strindberg here and again (mostly about The Father) and the more I read, the more fascinating his plays sound. From his quotes, Alan Rickman sounds like the perfect person to direct one of his pieces. This show is sure to be a fantastic, emotionally exhausting rollercoaster. I wish I were in New York to see it. All that aside, it's really interesting to hear how an actor takes on the role of director and how his experiences as an actor have helped him--not that Alan Rickman is your typical Hollywood actor at all. Still, I find his comment about subtlety fascinating. I've heard that subtlety is hard to convey in theater as opposed to film and TV, but it sounds like Rickman found a way to make it work for his actors.
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