tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056672385027660073.post1881403498610828724..comments2021-05-15T22:56:15.579-07:00Comments on STEPHEN T. McCARTHY REVIEWS...: BLACK AND WHITE AND COOLStephen T. McCarthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056672385027660073.post-2642401923829120672017-02-24T10:58:56.274-08:002017-02-24T10:58:56.274-08:00BIRGIT ~
Yes, he absolutely was a force. And as gr...BIRGIT ~<br />Yes, he absolutely was a force. And as great an actor as he was (the very best ever, IMO), I think he would have been an even greater director, because he had an astoundingly creative mind when it came to drama.<br /><br />It wasn't really until I had studied acting professionally for a number of years and had worked with screenplays and learned how they're constructed that I realized just how great James Dean was.<br /><br />I can watch his movies and point out countless little things he did, bits of business so organic to his characters that made them real -- things that simply were NOT in the screenplay. These were things that his own inventive mind conceived of in keeping with the character he was portraying.<br /><br />I'll give you just two examples right off the top of my mind:<br /><br />1: In 'EAST OF EDEN', the scene where he's nervously waiting for his father to return home and he's got the place decorated for the birthday party, he continually dips his finger nervously into that glass of wine and then sucks the wine off his finger. No friggin' way was that written into the script!<br /><br />2: In 'REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE', when he's brought into the police station, the cop searches him, and as he's being frisked he giggles as if he's ticklish. He abbalouly invented that bit of business himself. Definitely not written in the screenplay.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG<br />Check out my new blog @<br />(Link:] <b><a href="http://stephentmccarthyreviews.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Stephen T. McCarthy Reviews...</a></b>Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056672385027660073.post-54530812584959210702017-02-23T20:13:26.986-08:002017-02-23T20:13:26.986-08:00You are so lucky to have travelled a bit in his sh...You are so lucky to have travelled a bit in his shoes. I know we would have seen even more greatness from him. He would have had his ups and downs, who doesn't but he was a force. I love those steamer trunks and would love to have a peek insideBirgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056672385027660073.post-20211810656683325602017-02-21T07:50:33.828-08:002017-02-21T07:50:33.828-08:00FAE ~
Yes, I would say that the book is definitely...FAE ~<br />Yes, I would say that the book is definitely better.<br /><br />You could always ask Sexy Santa to give you a copy next Christmas.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogG Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056672385027660073.post-31453741432791344752017-02-21T07:47:11.464-08:002017-02-21T07:47:11.464-08:00Hi, AL ~
No doubt. At the time, I thought it would...Hi, AL ~<br />No doubt. At the time, I thought it would be neat meeting Martin Sheen, knowing that he too had been greatly influenced by Dean.<br /><br />But then years later I learned how un-American Sheen was and was glad I'd never met him and said anything complimentary.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogGStephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056672385027660073.post-59139111715045169532017-02-20T17:42:21.975-08:002017-02-20T17:42:21.975-08:00I would really like to see this book sometime. Mig...I would really like to see this book sometime. Might have to check out B & N. Even if I couldn't afford to buy it, I could sit there and browse. I enjoyed the movie made about the making of this book, quite a bit, so the book should be better, right?farawayeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17578277501054242356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056672385027660073.post-74195230733116770172017-02-20T17:26:37.597-08:002017-02-20T17:26:37.597-08:00Al Bondigas here. That's cool that you've...Al Bondigas here. That's cool that you've stayed in touch with all those people you met on that trip. The Martin you met was probably a much better person than the liberal hypocrite Martin Sheen. You were much better off being in his company.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com