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...directing style can be equally unconventional. While his camera is rolling, Crowe often shouts out impromptu lines to his actors and plays music on the set to generate emotion, later deleting the extraneous noise from the sound track. (Joni Mitchell's River, for example, was a sure way to make Hudson cry during Almost Famous.) "He throws out a line, and you just go with it," says Cruise. "You find the character as you're going along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: As The Crowe* Flies | 9/18/2000 | See Source »

...script, Kellerman appreciated the opportunity to engage the actors in a dynamic process of verbal revision and growth. "If a line falls flat," Kellerman notes, "I can say, 'Let's cut it or try something else.'" On the other hand, if one of the performers delivers an impromptu funny punch, Kellerman can incorporate it right into the script. That kind of interactivity between director and performer can do wonders for the authenticity of drama, and in comedy it becomes even more essential in maintaining the high level of energy and mobility that the form demands. More importantly, it contributes...

Author: By Matthew B. Sussman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Three Men, One Woman, Five Plays | 5/12/2000 | See Source »

...also the Master of Lowell House, submitted a motion to reinstate black-bordered cards to the Faculty Council after her initial impromptu motion at the April 11 Faculty Meeting failed to gain the required four-fifths majority support...

Author: By Eugenia V. Levenson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Faculty Council Will Consider Delivering Death Notices Again | 4/27/2000 | See Source »

...strike does occur, the union has said that attendants probably would not walk off the job en masse. Rather, they would target selected routes with impromptu walkouts that could surprise management and passengers...

Author: By Christine M. Lin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Possible Airways Strike Affects Spring Breakers | 3/22/2000 | See Source »

From 8 p.m.--when the dinner crew clears out--until sunrise, groups of students gather to scrutinize problem sets and essay topics. Impromptu crowds form to chat about almost everything, from Ghungroo...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Winthrop Dining Hall: Sunken Treasure | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

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