Words and Pictures: Nicholas Ray pt 1

"The celluloid strip is not made in the writer's studio"to be continued...http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2007/04/real-dialogue-versus-cartoon-writer.html

The Racket - Great Story, Dialogue, Acting, Direction

Here is a clip from one of my favorite movies, directed by John Cromwell and Nicholas Ray. "The Racket" along with other Robert Ryan movies was the inspiration for my web series "Weekend Pussy Hunt".This movie works on almost every level. It has a good story, great dialogue, brilliant direction and what I look for most of all in movies- wonderful interaction between rich personalities portrayed

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Nicholas Ray on the relative roles of words and pictures in film.

Good Direction VS Turning The Furnace On and Off

WATCH THIS SEQUENCE OF FOGHORN ESCAPING DOGI had thought that because this was such a frenetic sequence, there must be a lot of scene cuts in it. It turns out there are only 3.A lot of story information is conveyed in the short sequence, and McKimson uses all the animation and film tools available to him. He doesn't use the same tool to tell each story point. He varies them and coordinates them

McKimson's Direction Toolbox

WATCH THIS SEQUENCE OF FOGHORN ESCAPING DOGI always liked the way this sequence flowed, so I thought I'd see how it was directed by analyzing it. It turns out to be different than how I expected.I'll give you my thoughts later.