Improvised life memoir alan arkin biography
Improvised life memoir alan arkin biography
Biography: An Improvised Life: A Memoir by Alan Arkin!
An Improvised Life: A Memoir
I was very satisfied with the extra dimension provided by listening to the author read his book.
Arkin sets out his thesis very early by means of this excellent anecdote: “Some years ago I did a film with Madeline Kahn.
A lot of it was shot on location, and one day we found ourselves at a particularly beautiful spot overlooking a panoramic view of the Hudson Valley.
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During a lull in the shooting, while the cameras were setting up, we went out onto an extensive lawn and sat there for a while, lost in the scenery. While we were musing and chatting, I found myself thinking about Madeline’s many gifts.
She was a fine actress, an excellent pianist; she had an exquisite operatic voice with impeccable technique and she was also a brilliant comedian. I asked her which of her talents she considered to be her primary focus.