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"The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."

LUKE MATHENY WINS OSCAR FOR "GOD OF LOVE"

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"GOD OF LOVE" WINS OSCAR FOR BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

"God of Love" has won the Oscar for live action short film. Luke Matheny, who also directed, wrote and starred in the film, tells the story of a man who acquires some love-inducing darts.

"God of Love" was competing against "The Confession," "The Crush," "Na Wewe" and "Wish 143."

The 83rd Academy Awards are taking place at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood and are being televised live on ABC. We'll carry all the breaking news and reaction here on Awards Tracker.

-- Nardine Saad (SOURCE)

Photo: Luke Matheny at the Oscars. Credit: Valerie Macon/Getty Images.

LUKE MATHENY AND "GOD OF LOVE" WIN 2011 OSCAR FOR BEST SHORT FILM

Luke Matheny wins Oscar for "God of Love"!

NYU Grad Film Alum Luke Matheny won the 2011 Oscar for BEST SHORT FILM for GOD OF LOVE. GOD OF LOVE was Luke's thesis film. It was produced by Ryan Silbert and Gigi Dement, shot by Bobby Webster, edited by Levi Abrino and scored by Sasha Gordon. Congratulations Luke! and to all your collaborators at NYU!

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"The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."

BILL MURRY ON "THE PRESENT MOMENT" AND WHAT AN ACTOR BRINGS TO A SCRIPT

Thanks to John Ryan Johnston for this excerpt:

Q: You have a lot of lines in this one that get tons of laughs I doubt were on the page. It's all in the rhythm, the delivery. How do you pitch something like that? How do you make something out of nothing?

A: I have developed a kind of different style over the years. I hate trying to re-create a tone or a pitch. Saying, "I want to make it sound like I made it sound the last time"? That's insane, because the last time doesn't exist. It's only this time. And everything is going to be different this time. There's only now. And I don't think a director, as often as not, knows what is going to play funny anyway. As often as not, the right one is the one that they're surprised by, so I don't think that they have the right tone in their head. And I think that good actors always—or if you're being good, anyway—you're making it better than the script. That's your fucking job. It's like, Okay, the script says this? Well, watch this. Let's just roar a little bit. Let's see how high we can go.

But you asked how you get the comic pitch. Well, obviously a lot of it is rhythm. And as often as not, it's the surprising rhythm. In life and in movies, you can usually guess what someone is going to say—you can actually hear it—before they say it. But if you undercut that just a little, it can make you fall off your chair. It's small and simple like that. You're always trying to get your distractions out of the way and be as calm as you can be[breathes in and out slowly], and emotion will just drive the machine. It will go through the machine without being interrupted, and it comes out in a rhythm that's naturally funny. And that funny rhythm is either humorous or touching. It can be either one. But it's always a surprise. I really don't know what's going to come out of my mouth.

Source: http://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/201008/bill-murray-dan-fierman-gq-interview

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"The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."

HARLAN J. STRAUSS - THE CONDUCTOR

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BRANTLEY JONES IN: "THE SIEGE OF BLACKTHORN CASTLE"

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"The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."

ARCHETYPAL IMAGES: "SELF PORTRAIT WITH SEVEN FINGERS" BY MARC CHAGALL

Archetypal images:

Artist, Painter, Portrait, Self Portrait, Seven Fingers, Tower, Cross, Clouds, Brush, Heart, can you see more.

Source: http://aras.org/

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"The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."

MICHAEL CAINE - ACTING IN FILM

From MICHAEL CAINE - ACTING IN FILM

section THE ART OF SPONTANEITY

"And that's the greatest advice I can give to someone who wants to act in movies. Listen and react."

"Movies actors earn their living and learn their craft through listening and reacting."

"...in the movies the camera has to cut to Frank to get his reactions; otherwise what Rita says has no further meaning. I can't say it enough: one of the most important things an actor can do in a motion picture is to listen and react as freshly as if it were for the first time." pp. 68-72

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"The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."