Hackman is able to live in the moment which means there is nothing for him at that split second than what is occurring in the scene.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
And Hackman had really choked up when he was telling it. It was very moving.
It was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes.
Gene Hackman is one of the great American actors of all time.
Also, if you watch the film once, there are lots of things that you won't get because there are punch lines in the first act, the setup to which isn't until the second act.
But he did say that the character would be on the sidelines in movies One and Two, and move into the middle with number Three, but I didn't realize he would move in with quite such a bang.
It takes minutes to play, but 'Unmanned' sticks with you for long after the credits roll. As a part of a two-man team for an unarmed drone, you experience one day in the life of this man who's tired of staring through the camera of a drone flying around the Middle East and keeping his finger on the trigger.
He's so slow that he takes an hour and a half to watch 60 Minutes.
In 'Zombieland,' it was such a freewheeling plot it almost didn't matter what the characters were doing scene to scene as long as there was a consistent banter.
Some scenes comes together really quickly, and some scenes are disasters that take forever. But it sort of works itself out over time.
With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.