Thanks for that link, Barry.
The other day I was watching a documentary on the life of the British film
and stage comedian Alistair Sim. In it his widow recalled that it was only
during the Second World War that 'Alistair started acting human' (on the
stage, that is!) before then, she said, people wanted *acting*.
Now to see just how erm distinct H.D.'s acting is
On 15 June 2011 19:02, Barry Alpert <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I've witnessed this film on the two occasions it was screened in Washington
> DC, at the National Gallery of Art and the American Film Institute. I
> remember H.D.'s acting as particularly "over the top", but now that I
> discover the whole silent film available online in 8 separate parts (to
> which has been added an undergraduate freely improvised jazz orchestral
> soundtrack), you can decide for yourself starting at:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YOnSBjBG30
>
>
> Barry
>
>
> On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:44:07 +0100, David Bircumshaw <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >I didn't know about this:
> >
> >"A ground-breaking film for its treatment of race and sexuality,
> >Borderline(1930) was directed by Kenneth
> >Macpherson, editor of the influential intellectual film journal *Close
> >Up*(1927-33), the first British journal dedicated to film as a
> >modernist art form. Macpherson had previously made three short films, but
> >this was his first feature and by far his most ambitious effort.
> >
> >Borderline stars the poet H.D. (real name Hilda Doolittle) and
> Macpherson's
> >wife, writer Winifred Bryher, both on the editorial board of *Close Up*,
> as
> >well as the black American actor, singer and political activist Paul
> >Robesonand his wife, Eslanda
> >Robeson. The narrative is relatively simple, depicting an inter-racial
> love
> >triangle, but Borderline's attempts to portray the extreme psychological
> >states of its characters render it a quite complex film."
> >
> >
> >http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/443504/
> >
> >
> >
> >
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