Michael Caine's "Acting in Film" - Actors Forum is the Community to Talk, Learn and Study Acting.

M1chae1 · 07-29-2005, 12:25 PM

Hi guys.

Michael Caine has a wonderful book and video entitled Michael Caine: Acting in Film. Both the book and video are awesome. I highly recommend them both.

Snippets about the book and video:

Academy Award winning actor Michael Caine, internationally acclaimed for his talented performances in movies for over twenty five years, shares his personal insights into the art and science of film acting.

“You must always steal”, writes Michael Caine, “but only from the best people. Steal any trick that looks worthwhile. If you see Vivien Leigh or Robert DeNiro or Meryl Streep do something stunningly effective, and you can analyze how he or she did it, then pinch it. Because, “ Caine

explains, “you can be sure that they stole it in the first place.” In Acting In Film, Caine gives the reader a once-in-a-lifetime chance to rob him blind. The man who’s hypnotized the camera lenses for a quarter of a century reveals the most closely guarded secrets on script preparation, working with the director, forming a character, voice, sound, and movement. Pearl by pearl he lays out the Caine wisdom on everything from set politics to set decorum, the film bureaucracy, and more.

Michael Caine offers his practical philosophy with straightforward clarity, wit and humor: “Don’t sit as if you have nothing to say. You should be bursting with things to say. You just choose at this particular place and time, not to say them.”

cooljeba · 08-16-2005, 08:05 PM

good review... Maybe should check it out...

..:: Peace ::.

sjazaerli · 08-16-2005, 08:06 PM

Ive actuly heard about this i heard it wasnt so great though