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James Cromwell |
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The Artist |
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Interview by: Izumi Hasegawa |
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Nov 9, 2011 |
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Penelope Ann Miller and James Cromwell - The Artist
Four Seasons Hotel, Beverly Hills
Q1: So what were the challenges of doing a silent film?
PAM: Well, I think now-a-days we are so used to hearing our voices and relying on the inflections and conveying our emotions through the timber of our voice. I think the daunting task here is that we have to rely on our faces and our feelings and our expressions then again, not being over the top and trying to be authentic to the period. It's slightly more exaggerated because of how it's filmed and the mannerisms were different in that era. So it was a fine line and you didn't want to cross it. We had to rely on our director as well.
Q2: Have you ever dreamed you would get a chance to do a silent film in this modern age of movies?
JC: No.
PAM: I had the experience doing "Chaplin." I did the film Richard Attenborough with Robert Downey Jr. and I played Edna Purviance. We got to do a couple movies within a movie and scenes. I had done a s...
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