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Im a student of film performance, I always know I can learn something.
And that compels me to take the risks risks that perhaps people would advise me not to do!
When a film festival hosts aMaster Classwith aspecial celebrity guest, it can go one of two ways.
than watching Mr. Cage coach young thesps on how to properlyscream about the bees, oreat a live cockroach?
Here are a few brief lessons gleaned from his one-hour IFFAM chat.
Itissomething you’re able to develop, through practice and experience.
I only did three months of studying.
Thats it, that was what I did, three months.
So this opened the door for me to take these risks.
One of the most important, and most collaborative, was hisWild at HeartdirectorDavid Lynch.
And I would say, Excuse me, David?
You want me to dowhatnow?
But its important to not just get trapped in that.
Andthat, folks, is a performance.
Go for that Super 8 feeling.So what drives Nicolas Cage?
I often talk about what I call the Super 8 feeling, he said.
And we were kids, in the backyard, and we would make movies.
And that to me is the best feeling in the process of filmmaking.
then youre going about it the wrong way.
Its the joy of the filmmaking process itself, thats what stimulates me.
