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Steve Gillard's avatar

The Teachers and Teachings I pay most attention to these days teach that the “way” we grow, deepen, expand toward Love and overcoming Fear is to truly “go with the flow” instead of resisting it with all the Tricks that Ego comes up with to “protect” us. We need to truly “Feel It to Heal it.” It occurs to me that improvising in the moment, as a style of moviemaking, rather than prescriptive scripting, is actually a way of “going with the flow” artistically that reveals truth, and often beauty, in a way that scripting can’t. Hmmmm. Just a thought . . .

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Rick Schmidt's avatar

Of course you are 100% correct. I see this lately, without blinders, each time I decide to rewatch my own flow-movies. FEW understand that a movie can have more than just a couple “risky improv” scenes. I have 25+ features that were basically 100% IMPROV (U know this of course!). Shooting for cuts while a scene is unfolding (often still havd no idea where it’s going..here the non-actor will tke it…). Then creative diting, makes it A MOVIE.

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Stephen JulesOtisCareer Rubin's avatar

who wouldn't wanna watch a punk Xmas nuclear flick

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Rick Schmidt's avatar

Exactly!

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