Friday, June 23, 2006

More McCarey Madness, Or A Very, Very Short Clip

In my post about Leo McCarey I talked about his improvisational method of filmmaking and how " he would let actors do things in the finished film that would be outtakes from any other movie." I just thought I'd post a very brief example of that, a short bit from An Affair to Remember that's at least an ad-lib and possibly a mistake. Deborah Kerr claimed that it was a mistake, and McCarey left it in anyway.



3 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:49 PM

    A director like McCarey, who came up through the Hal Roach studio, would more than likely be a little more open to improvisation/deviation from the script than one without that type of comedy-related background, and the clip plays out in the way a conversation would actually go, if the person talking thought the other person did say something (a not-infrequent occurance in real life).

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  2. I'm only paraphrasing because I don't remember where I got this quote, but Jean Renoir commented that Leo McCarey understood people better than any other film director.

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  3. Anonymous3:40 AM

    I'm not sure if McCarey's Ruggles of Red Gap is considered underrated or not, but I certainly don't hear it being discussed too often. Easily one of my favorite comedies of all time.

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