Owen Pallett Scores ‘Fourteen Actors Acting’ Videos

In anticipation of next February’s Academy Awards, 14 of this year’s lauded actors getting buzz for a potential nomination were filmed in black-and-white performing around a 1-minute scene alone with an original score by Arcade Fire string arranger/solo artist Owen Pallett for the New York Times’ “Fourteen Actors Acting: A Video Gallery of Classic Screen Types.” Watch Javier Bardem’s dramatic dish-smashing scene above and enjoy all the Solve Sundsbo-directed clips — featuring Jesse Eisenberg, Tilda Swinton, Chloe Moretz, James Franco, Michael Douglas, and more — here.