'I once asked [Kubrick] why he so often did a lot of takes. He said it was because actors didn't know their lines. And he talked about Jack Nicholson: "Jack would come in during the blocking and he kind of fumbled through the lines. He'd be learning them while he was there..."
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"And then you'd start shooting and after take 3 or take 4 or take 5 you'd get the Jack Nicholson that everybody knows and most directors would be happy with. And then you'd go up to 10 or 15 and he'd be really awful and then he'd start to understand what the lines were..."
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: "...what the lines meant, and then he'd become unconscious about what he was saying. So by take 30 or take 40 the lines became something else."' ~Matthew Modine, on Kubrick, Nicholson, and acting.
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Jack did the right thing. He knew Kubrick was going to do lots of takes anyway so why bother learn the lines beforehand. Love the gif btw
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tal vez esta sea un argumento a favor de porque se hacían tantas tomas, pero si, lo de 127 es una locura.
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Jack Nicholson NO actúa; solo tiene cara de loco. Así son todos sus personajes.
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