![]() In my paranoid mind I envision the casting director saying, “Yeah Buscemi’s okay, but what about Roth?” I sometimes give him shit about all the Brit actors who have invaded our turf, but the truth is, I respect his talent and dedication to his craft. If there’s one actor I sometimes feel a tinge of jealousy over, it’s Tim. Orange (in Reservoir Dogs) and proceeded to take the States by storm in a slew of risk-taking films. Throw in Stephen Frear’s The Hit, Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and Robert Altman’s Vincent and Theo and you have an impressive array of strong performances in a number of eclectic films made before he bloodied a warehouse floor as Mr. To truly appreciate the versatility of his enormous talents I strongly recommend seeking out, however hard it might be, Allen Clarke’s Made In Britain and Meantime by Mike Leigh. I was also excited to finally have access to his earliest films which were made on his home turf in England and are extremely difficult to obtain here. It’s something we used to do often when we worked together a few years ago, but living on opposite coasts we hardly ever get the chance. When I was asked to interview my friend and fellow “dog” Tim Roth, I was glad to have the opportunity to catch up with him over a few beers. Vikram Chandra’s Love and Longing in Bombayįernanda Eberstadt’s When the Sons of Heaven Meet the Daughters of Earth Nosotros Necesitamos Zapatos Para Zapatistas ![]()
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