Arthur Miller interview on his Life and Career (1987)

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Mike Wallace sits down with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Arthur Miller to discuss the substance of Miller's autobiography, "Timebends", including his feelings about fame, Death of a Salesman, the McCarthy era, and his rocky marriage to Marilyn Monroe.
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@TheYouthquaker 2 жыл бұрын

I do think Arthur loved Marilyn in ways that will never be publicly known or understood. I also believe he was certainly a man of his era; sort of emotionally limited. This interviewer is right. Arthur’s face changes when he talks about Marilyn. At times (in various interviews), I see guilt and sadness and pain, and some fleeting moments I see fondness, nostalgia, and love. His face lights up.

@roshangeorge2127 5 жыл бұрын

Arthur Miller was such an intellectual person.

@annakat3754 Жыл бұрын

he was an idiot.

@frederickrapp5396 4 жыл бұрын

He described Marilyn Monroe as a “super sensitive instrument.” Interesting choice of words.

@meirymuniz1791 4 жыл бұрын

Could it be. ..she was a médium? Also he said here she Had revelations about people..

@WaltBritnell-r2x 7 ай бұрын

Lol@@meirymuniz1791

@thisisme24610 4 ай бұрын

Such celebrities are mediums in a way. The stardom is a creation of unfulfilled parts of others and the person . Not knowing and integrating leads to destruction.

@tonyfromconey2164 5 жыл бұрын

Absolute sincerity when discussing Marilyn. You can see the sadness still when this interview was done.

@mariomario-ih6mn 3 жыл бұрын

Who else is watching this video for school work

@anaisdeschamps3952 6 ай бұрын

I'm hereeee

@htgar8201 4 жыл бұрын

Conveniently not asked about was Arthur Miller's son, Daniel, who was born with Down Syndrome. This great intellect, dumped his own son in a home for infants. While Miller was an amazing playwright, it is terrible the interview was not more honest.

@hadi6978 3 жыл бұрын

So he left his child? Wtf 🌚

@AyeWitness 2 жыл бұрын

Did you want him to nurse his child all his life? Interesting 🤔

@AyeWitness 2 жыл бұрын

Sad 😞

@kieranmcmullan Жыл бұрын

He didn't dump his child. Read his autobiography and the film his daughter made. Arthur and his wife decided sending their son to an institution would provide the best life for him. Arthur even wrote about how much he 'wept' for Daniel in his book. Also in his daughter's film, they talk about how Arthur and the rest of the family all kept in contact with Daniel Miller.

@j.s3300 Жыл бұрын

Ok…and

@Luckyy227 4 жыл бұрын

Arthur comes off as intelligent but emotionally unavailable cold and distant when it came to Marylin, exactly what drew her to him, his unavailability...repeating old patterns of a distorted definition of love. You can’t blame either...that’s how broken people “bond”...

@user-dn8hd1de2d 2 жыл бұрын

Or maybe he feels private about his relationships and everyone wants to dig into the story of Marilyn and he just doesn’t want to feed the beast. The beast of insatiable stupid curiosity.

@Luckyy227 2 жыл бұрын

@@user-dn8hd1de2d there’s that, and there’s the obvious, not something you have to dig to know.

@AyeWitness 2 жыл бұрын

@@Luckyy227 you’re spot on x ❤️ in my opinion, you nailed it ….

@WaltBritnell-r2x 7 ай бұрын

I think that this guy was probably responsible for her death. It's a theory. I mean....he was hung up on her, and she was getting with guys like Joe DiMaggio and JFK (liking them better more than likely, too). She probably liked the last two guys better than they took to her as well. On a tangent here, she did convert to Judaism when she married Arthur Miller (even though she did nude spreads in print back in the day prior to "finding religion").

@selmahare 2 ай бұрын

I don’t see that at all, that sounds like your projection more likely.

@mustangsally1075 Жыл бұрын

To me, Arthur Miller comes across as cold and distant. It doesnt seem like he has much loving for anyone, except maybe himself. No disrespect to his family; but I think Marilyn made the mistake of depending on a man for her happiness and I think whenever a woman or anyone really, relies on someone for their happiness, he/she is ultimately or eventually disappointed.

@ThePiratemachine 4 күн бұрын

Just the sort of person who is a writer - all the ingredients - contradictory.

@raremagpie 9 күн бұрын

I think it's interesting that today there is a public assumption that 'previous generations repressed and never talked about depression or mental health', but I think this is not true. Some people in every generation have repressed these conversations, but this interview is a good example of how it was considered in the mid-late 20th century. Right at the beginning of this (fairly centrist) broadcast from 1987 - "bitter depression" is faced head-on. Then throughout the whole interview, there is a serious conversation about feelings, therapy, relationships, etc. I guess the big difference is that these topics are dealt with through the lens of resilience, moral principles, choices, and responsibility. Rare to see today.

@ThePiratemachine 4 күн бұрын

Maybe his writing was his therapy.

@lorrainedevlin6409 2 жыл бұрын

She wanted to be loved and accepted just like any other human being,because she never got that in childhood,she ended up trying to please the wrong people, ones who plotted her downfall. People should never judge, when you have not had an abusive terrible childhood,you will never know the impact it has on a person,it srays with them all their life. Arthur was a beautiful soul a caring,loving person, others were powerful,egotistical men, who don't like to see pewerful good looking women in a good light, so they use them,abuse them and call themselves men,when they are nothing but cowards, who need to keep proving to people they are men. Arthur was a real man, he never used or abused Marilyn.

@ryand141 Жыл бұрын

You're so self-important. How do you know? Did know her personally or him? Maybe she was a nut job like most women.

@kittyCaona787 2 ай бұрын

What’s this ? A revisionist historical account?

@ThePiratemachine 4 күн бұрын

Nothing like they did to Joan of Arc.

@lorrainedevlin6409 2 жыл бұрын

Of couse she was sensitive, she still loved her mother after what she did to her many would never forgive a mother who tried to kill them,she forgave and even criec over her mum, if only her mother was as loving and caring to her. Its hard not to love your mother its part of our blood, but even a child who has been abused can forget the abuse,or what happened,because as a child the humsn brain blocks out very trauamatic events,its like a safety thing because its too painful to take,it stays a lifetime in our subco ncious mind. Some kids grow up not remembering some of the abuse,their brain shut it out as it was too painful.

@toricy8833 2 жыл бұрын

I will always respect Joe he never spoke of marilyn he loved her in silent he was I think the one for her and also the first husband too

@johnfoster7626 Жыл бұрын

Once upon a time he wrote in his diary that he was embarassed by Marilyn in front of his friends. Thats a horrible thing to do to his wife. Instead of criticising Marilyn he should have been supporting her, especially in her darkest moments. Now, I have never met Miller, but based on this, I wouldn't want to have met him. I think he's nothing but a vulture.

@ThePiratemachine 4 күн бұрын

That's probably a reason he was a writer.

@cks57youto53 3 жыл бұрын

Hollywood creates illusions Marilyn's heart wasn't a illusion!

@MrLChurchill 7 күн бұрын

Sorry if this a repeated comment but aged 11 I used to role play with my mother: "Arthur! Arthur Miller!" It was a name I'd heard, I think, rather than that I identified with Marilyn Monroe.

@cpt.waddledoo4645 4 жыл бұрын

Anybody doing an annotated Bibliography at like 11 and running on 4 hours of sleep from an apush essay prior rn ahaha ahaha could never be me

@Rachel-xh9ui 4 жыл бұрын

Cpt. WaddleDoo haha McCarthyism research essay due at 11:59 tonight? U go to pchs??

@akshitas5552 3 жыл бұрын

omgg same

@lorrainedevlin6409 2 жыл бұрын

If only Marilyn had left Hollywood,at the time she w was in deep depression about loosing their baby and got the right help,the rest and the right doctor, she would have been still happy with Arthur,he was a real man,who loved and took care of her,but her distruction was caused by Hollywood and what they did to a vurnerable actress and woman who was in grief about loosing their child. IF a doctor in this modern day did that,to a patient,he would be struck off and charged with murder. They killed her with those drugs and the fact they were afraid the,then government would be in trouble, if people found out about any infidelity.

@Patricia-cp2zg 4 жыл бұрын

He feels guilty about Marilyn. You can tell.

@kittyCaona787 2 ай бұрын

Yes girl I think it was eating at him at the end of his days

@meirymuniz1791 4 жыл бұрын

8:17 thats when he starts Lets the mask of coldness drop...

@ryand141 Жыл бұрын

Ok, Freud.

@disilva6700 3 жыл бұрын

Leitura prazerosa_ sabia fazer as palavras seguirem dançando c nossa atenção. Um dos melhores escritores q já li.

@ryand141 Жыл бұрын

Arthur Miller knew what a sham the American dream really is.

@ThePiratemachine 4 күн бұрын

I think what you say is true. Death of A Salesman is a classic comment on that.

@redaderyn Жыл бұрын

Looks like my grandfather

@lorrainedevlin6409 2 жыл бұрын

He was a wonderful man.

@annakat3754 Жыл бұрын

He absolutely was not! He institutionalized and abandoned his son.

@Luckyy227 2 ай бұрын

You have such a weak judgment of character. Or maybe you’re into nasty men.

@ThePiratemachine 4 күн бұрын

@@annakat3754 Agree to disagree.

@frederickrapp5396 4 жыл бұрын

I would never describe any woman as a “super sensitive instrument,” let alone a woman that I claimed to have once “loved.” What’s the matter with him?

@michaelbentt3018 4 жыл бұрын

He's defining her by whats always been available to him, intellectual terms.

@Luckyy227 4 жыл бұрын

Frederick Rapp he’s a writer, don’t get too caught up in terminology in his mind an instrument could mean totally something else than what you would bluntly interpret

@smellyskunk376 4 жыл бұрын

Completely different times. You're in 2020. The man being interviewed was born in 1915

@dreamthedream8929 4 жыл бұрын

@@smellyskunk376 what's wrong with the term super sensitive instrument? Even today? Which of those three words is considered bad? I'm not getting it.

@user-dn8hd1de2d 2 жыл бұрын

He’s was a playwright . That language “ super sensitive instrument” is the language of a writer about an actress. Many actors and acting teachers use the expression of being an instrument for your work. Completely understandable expression.

@izacnewton5761 2 жыл бұрын

I would not call marriage to monroe a failure

@selmahare 2 ай бұрын

He considers the break down of the relationship a failure, he feels like he’s failed to save her, only no one could have saved her, she was on a path of self-destruction. People hear but they don’t listen! Go on hear it again, and this time try to listen. Your comment is the perfect odd to the density of the inhabitants of this planet.