Palance, Steiger, and Winters were doing some monumental Method scenery chewing here. All the movie needed was James Dean to roll around on the floor in a fetal position crying. The pre-method actors were more realistic.
shareSo says the Liscar.....cat? lol
sharePalance, Steiger, and Winters were doing some monumental Method scenery chewing here. All the movie needed was James Dean to roll around on the floor in a fetal position crying. The pre-method actors were more realistic.
The only thing I'd say about Jean Hagen is that I DID want to beat her to a pulp - therefore her actng can't have been that bad? ;-)
shareLOL Thank you, thank you all, very much. I haven't laughed as hard in the last three years. You also managed to highlight the best and worst aspects of "The Method."
Palance, Steiger, Winters.
All Oscar winners!
Its that man again!!
My favorite critique of Method Acting came from Laurence Olivier. While watching Dustin Hoffman stay up for over a day, getting himself into a frazzle so he could play hit terrorized character in "Marathon Man," Olivier responded by offering a much simpler solution: "It's called acting, my dear boy."
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