The Saddest Music in the World (2003)

[Dave Monroe]

For years, I've been meaning to put into practice my
Anatomy of Melancholy approach to directing. And now I
finally get to! Having already copied out on index
cards various descriptions of depression gleaned from
Burton's ancient tomes, as well as some 40 synonyms
for sadness culled from a thesaurus, I now start each
day by dealing out all 52 cards, face down, on the
breakfast table full of actors who are to work that
day. Each performer has a different, sometimes fuzzy
idea of a word's meaning—for instance, lugubrious or
throboxyc, which is sadder? Actors love restrictions,
and why not restrict them in the only fair way
possible: with a lottery windfall of commands drawn
randomly from a reference book?

http://villagevoice.com/issues/0319/maddin.php

See ...

http://www.ifcfilms.com/?CAT0=3127&CAT1=5326&SHID=21403&AID=6067&CLR=red&BCLR=


	
		
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