A raw and candid dialogue about the life and craft of acting between longtime colleagues and friends Dabney Coleman, Peter Falk, Charles Grodin, Mark Rydell, Harry Dean Stanton and Sydney Pollack. Drago Sumonja's document takes us into the hearts, minds, and living rooms of some of America's greatest storytellers.
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a wonderful and underrated piece of filmmaking. i would watch a tv show with dabney coleman walking around and interviewing his friends
Mostly interesting documentary offering intercut interviews with Harry Dean Stanton, Dabney Coleman, Peter Falk, Charles Grodin, Sydney Pollack, and Mark Rydell talking about their careers and acting. It could stand to lose about 15-20 minutes. The actor/writer/directors range in ascending ego size (i.e. how irritating they are) from Stanton to Pollack. Not sure I'd ever get tired of hearing Stanton talk.
Wonderful documentary featuring Harry Dean Stanton, Dabney Coleman, Peter Faulk, and others discussing their life in acting.
I mean you get to watch Harry Dean Stanton talk about blowing his silver-platter chance at a detective show, Dabney Coleman weep over what Sydney Pollack means to him, and Charles Grodin insult the entire concept of acting school. What else do you want, exactly?
Interesting documentary that interviews character actors Harry Dean Stanton, Dabney Coleman, Sydney Pollack, Peter Falk, Charles Grodin, Harold Baldridge and Mark Rydell as they discuss all subjects around the world of acting.
CHAR-AC-TER from director Drago Sumonja is a very entertaining look at the profession of being a character actor. The documentary spends a lot of time with each person just asking about a variety of topics from how they got interested in acting, to what motivates them and so on.
If you're interesting in acting then I'd say that this documentary would be quite useful as there's a lot of good advice given about it but then again all of these guys are rather old school and I'm sure…
A very good documentary about acting. It's a minimalist documentary, made up of interviews. The high contrast of black and white aids the stripped-down quality of the documentary. For anyone who likes film and television from the 1970s and 1980s, this is a treat. Dabney Coleman interviews Peter Falk, Charles Grodin, Harry Dean Stanton, Sydney Pollack, and Mark Rydell. With all the actors having worked with Coleman at one time or another, there is a sense of connectivity between each of the interviews. There is also a natural banter that works well. The juxtaposition between what the other men are saying and what Charles Grodin says creates a subtle humour: he is overtly cynical about acting teachers and industry gurus.
These old fellas have the same enthusiasm for the craft of acting as my own grandfather had about the craft of keeping squirrels out of the birdfeeder (which is is to say: a lot)
Charles Grodin sure has a lot of confident bad opinions for someone whose most notable work is in the beethoven franchise.
loved listening to Peter Falk and Harry Dean Stanton.
