Nipponese Nightmares Japanese New Wave cinema hits L.A. like a tsunami. Whether he was putting the squeeze on Ben Gazzara in John Cassavetes' Killing of a Chinese Bookie , shooting a racehorse with a high-powered rifle in Stanley Kubrick's The Killing , or being executed by a French firing squad in Kubrick's Paths of Glory , veteran character actor Timothy Carey always knew how to steal a scene. That's pretty uncommon.
Most actors line up in a particular formation.
They look at what other actors do and emulate them. My dad didn't do that. He was creating all the time, playing what he thought was best for the part. Carey will be present this Saturday at the Egyptian Theatre for the opening night of the American Cinematheque's tribute to his father. But the message is kind of timeless.