Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson turn a simple film into a remarkable one. Kate finding the need of Harvey to catch up with his lost relationship with his daughter convinced him to attend the reception of her wedding. And that scene when Harvey Shine gave that speech in the reception is the most touching. And then the romance that blossomed between Harvey and Kate were convincingly in harmony with whatever hang-ups they had in their sleeves: having their own disappointments with the turn-out of events. I am glad Dustin did this movie. I have already forgotten how remarkable Dustin as an actor until he did this movie. If you want to identify the younger Dustin when he was The Graduate, Tootsie and Mr Kramer with the old-as-now Dustin, watch him with his best formula in Last Chance Harvey.
STAGE DIRECTOR
I am fascinated when I get to watch shows like X-factor and the Voice where the professionals get to guide the talent. The way the relationship goes well between the talent and the mentor is when the talent gives complete trust with the mentor and just accepts that the mentor has a better view of how the talent can emanate the stuff effectively and well. It’s just like a director who has the best view on what’s going on outside the stage. I remember there was this hip guy who was part of the cast in the stage play. During the rehearsal the director directed him to exaggerate his movement. But the guy being cool but a newbie thought that the movement is awkward and not cool. And so he did not follow the director’s direction when the rest of the cast exaggerated their movements during the performance. During the performance it turned out that the audience viewed that the cool guy was awkward on stage and the rest of the cast were outstanding. What is deemed awkward in real life is normal
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