Ballet Dancer's Pantomime Performance of A Fight Between Two Kids

How amazing is this performance -- great physicality, timing and illusion. Love it!

A Study of Comedy: Aki Kaurismäki - Hopeful Cynicism

This is an in depth video essay by Lewis Criswell focusing on the 'Hopeful Cynicism', comedy and psychology in the works of director Aki Kaurismaki. Excellent reference!

Reference of The Day: Buster Keaton - The Face

Check out this trailer for 'notfilm'. A documentary about the making of  'Film'. It features Buster Keaton and a screenplay by literary genius Samuel Beckett.





'NOTFILM is a feature-length documentary-essay on the production of Samuel Beckett's FILM, utilizing long lost outtakes, never before heard audio recordings of the production meetings, and other rare archival elements.
Featuring: Kevin Brownlow, James Karen, Buster Keaton, James Knowlson, Leonard Maltin, Mark Nixon, Barney Rosset, Jeannette Seaver, Jean Schneider, Haskell Wexler, Billie Whitelaw, and the voices of Samuel Beckett, Boris Kaufman, and Alan Schneider.
SAMUEL BECKETT'S FILM has recently restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, with funding from the Film Foundation and the National Film Preservation Foundation.' more here via Huff. Post

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing