How Stanislavski Reinvented the Craft of Acting

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I thank you for the words of encouragement

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I think your words touched my heart.

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[@Thehintercast]

Everybody is so ready to see actors who already have the fame, instead of learning how they got the skills to get there. You deserve more views.

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Why do you say that? A lot of time it's not skills but rather a gift along with a handsome face, with a smooth swagger and nice pleasant voice

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Let the magic stay magic, never reveal your magic in this world.

[@theman2017inc]

Good point however they have to see how it’s done then go on that journey/ process themselves

[@theman2017inc]

@@convadodeltaro1997 I hear ya but like a magician/ illusionist you wants to share bag of tricks with those are keen to learn, right?

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Anyone can sell their soul and channel spirits….but most of us aren’t that stupid

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Looking over the films of the 50s, they truly did capture the essence of the depressing reality of life from the characters struggling with their problems, to the desolate streets and cramped apartments, that was life for people then. There was no escapism, not many distractions, it was all life dealing with life.

[@LoganHunterMusic]

Started my Acting and Performance course today and my research has brought me straight here lol

[@thechambermagazine1940]

For those of us with minimal knowledge of the theater and the art of acting, this is a basic but excellent introduction to one of the most famous schools of thought on the art of acting.

[@breezthasleez]

Great explaining, even though stanislavski is a "failed actor" his interpretation of the craft is responsible for so many talented performances today.

[@AnthonyTSolano]

This was INCREDIBLE! I showed it to my students, great production guys, well done 100x over. LOVE!

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We LOVE you Anthony

[@victorblaer]

Beautiful, thanks. Also, humbling as an amaeteeur aktorr.

[@maximilianwenning4073]

This was honestly one of the best informative videos I’ve ever seen. Thanks a lot

[@Daveomach]

The value in this video is overwhelming. Thank you for this. I do have one question... Would you say that successful method acting, is somewhat dependent on a writers' ability to illustrate and describe characters? Or would you say its more a function of an actors creativity and imagination?

[@QED_]

@Dave Omach: The degree to which the potential of a role is realized . . . is determined by the actor's ability. The potential of that role . . . is determined by the writer's ability.

[@breezthasleez]

The writers ability to illustrate and describe characters can be a huge contribution to the actor. But the actor must have the canny ability to tap into his creative process and navigate living truthfully. A great performance whether in theatre or in film assumes responsibility from both the writers, directors and actors.

[@Beledal]

I think it's usually within the writer's best interests to give the actor enough information about the character's personality and motivations to create an interpretation that works with the narrative. At the same time, not everything should be completely spelled out for the actor. The writer (and director) should give the actor plenty of opportunities to put their own spin on a character. That's what makes every production unique.

[@SamWood64]

I would say they go hand-in-hand with each other. They are both equally important, you can't have one without the other. It's up to the writer to create a character with emotional depth and personality, but it's up to the actor to portray that well enough and convince the audience it's a real person.

[@maelbrixhe]

I think the actor is capable to make a character realistic and interesting if the screenwriter didn't already do it by himself but the real problem is that your vision of the character might not be the one the screenwriter or director intented for their story so there's a conflict.. I think the screenwriter should always make a character fully developped considering his role the story while letting the actor interpret him his own way

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Please continue posting on this channel , your content is so helpful. Do it for the few of us please ...

[@ananyadutta1154]

This is beautiful and emotional work. I am still unacquainted with the essence of craft in art, but I was lost in it for a moment.

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You deserve more views

[@Thespeedrap]

Marlon Brando is awesome he's the king of acting

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Him and Daniel Day-Lewis can’t be topped

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Al Pacino Yo. What

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Denzels a Beast.

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No hes not.

[@mkhan8527]

@@Daniel-pi5qd The Men, StreetCar, Zapata, Julius Caesar, Waterfront....

[@bgolden48]

This is extremely well made. Thank you!

[@daniloreiss6287]

I'd love to see a title every time a film appears for the first time.

[@daniloreiss6287]

Even every time it appears! it could be added as cc in order to be optional

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Gotta watch' em all

[@eltorzfinlayson4079]

To the other poor drama students forced to watch this for online schooling, good luck.

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thanks

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is it that bad

[@tashademos6426]

This was great. Thank you.

[@avtpro]

Thanks for this information on Stanislavski and acting. I only came across the name yesterday from reviewning an animation study from 15 years ago. Thanks.

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Thanks for the great upload!

[@rich8880]

Your essay/narrative was perfect.

[@mictache]

Great video, great voice, great editing! Thanks 👌

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Great work, solid job

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great vid, Loved it!

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Great video and lesson, much appreciated!

[@David-tp7sr]

Thank you. Beautiful and informative video.

[@abixD101]

Excellent video

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Abi Garner

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This video is amazing.

[@HeadBangerExtreme]

When you played the end credits suite to Moonlight I died. Love that movie!

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beautiful video

[@LethoHali]

This was so thorough! Thank you so much! 🙏🏾

[@loaded8588]

That was phenomenal thank you :)

[@Mark-fe1uv]

Really good video kept me through the whole thing

[@josesanchez-os7zr]

I believe that the secret of a good interpretation is that it does not seem like an interpretation. And although I have enormous respect for many method actors (Garfield, Kennedy, Quinn, Cliff...) I always feel like they are "acting."

[@Navroze]

Stanislavski is the best thing that happened to cinema

[@oscarwang6873]

Very inspiring

[@garrison6863]

When Brando hit Hollywood he thought Clift was his only real competition. He actually voted for Clift for best actor in A Place in the Sun over himself for Streetcar.

[@elvinacheah]

Thank you

[@seenasoltani1808]

You also showed multiple excerpts of Rebel Without a Cause though I don't see that listed at the end.

[@SubhankarDutta]

Very well explained. Happy that I found this. However, I will be keen to know and see videos that demonstrate the difference before Stanislavski's method. Please direct me to any such material available on the internet. Thanks.

[@267BISMARK]

Neville goddard also uses a similar teqnique for when meditating or imagining the person you want to be and then feeling that which you are.

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Wow.Its amazing to know that🔥.

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DAMN THIS IS QUALITY

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IKR POG AMAZING SO COOL!

[@RWAC685]

Marlon Brando “Stanley Kowalski” James Dean “Jim Stark”. Immortalized Forever.

[@bharathkyesudas6486]

Anyone who see's my comment should watch Mohanlal sir.... the Finest Actor in India... also do check out Mammootty sir... those 2 define Natural acting and Method acting respectively 💕

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malayali ano?

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@@tkharoon o alla chetta...

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❤

[@applebebe2002]

You mentioned Sanford Meisner but didn't credit his work and significance like Adler or Strasbourg. Honestly, he's a STRONG influencer in modern acting. Summary: To Listen, Respond, and Live Truthfully in The Moment. Actors trained by Meisner (himself): Gregory Peck, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, Grace Kelly, James Caan, Jeff Goldblum, John Voight, Leslie Nielsen, etc., Many actors today still use it, like Tom Cruise, Timothee Chalamet, Naomi Watts, Viola Davis, Alec Baldwin, Christoph Waltz, Aaron Eckhart, James Franco, Jeff Bridges, Karl Urban, Sandra Bullock, Tina Fey etc., It's a GREAT technique.

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Tubi movie actors should watch this and apply.

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Great Video

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'complex shades of vulnerability'

[@BlacksParson]

Outstanding. If people only understood the significance of this. Both Good & Bad.

[@domingopoot9801]

Who is the actress at 4:50? And name of movie please.

[@morgantylerv9406]

The Trinity, Brando, Dean & Clift. Gone Too Soon.

[@1dyingwish]

And Tommy Wiseau claimed to have spoken to him, even though he's been dead since the 1930's... Vampire confirmed. 🐺

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What is the film at 7:20?

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It's a Czech movie called Daises.

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The girl with the flower-crown... what's the name of that movie ??

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Before sunrise trilogy 💓

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Nice & Thanks :)

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jesus. Beautiful video! :)

[@deckofcards87]

They don't make them like this anymore. Besides the fact these old stars were innovating the craft, they also had interesting features, characteristics, etc.

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Waww Brando was Amazing

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Who are the actors in 3:00 and in 5:54?

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Elisha Cuthbert

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Legends

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Who's here for a Drama Essay?

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Thank God Russian art innovator to bring high spirit in Hollywood.

[@Kingofficial0121]

Goodness gracious James Dean was such an amazing actor, may he rest in peace

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Muito bom

[@rodeljagad8127]

Movie at 6:04?

[@Benioff1]

The Best Picture-winning 'Moonlight' (2015)

[@rodeljagad8127]

Benioff1. Ah sorry. The clip right before the one from moonlight with the guy with the mustache

[@Benioff1]

@@rodeljagad8127 You mean Daniel Day-Lewis in 'There Will Be Blood' (2007)

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Benioff1 ah, thanks man!

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6:33

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The man that tells the woman in that one scene to stop acting lol

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wonder if you read the original text or just the translation

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how are you verified?

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Excellent!

[@faneli4572]

What's the name of the movie that the girl was eating a paper pizza? That scene was awesome.

[@TijuanaK]

Some of this still feels like melodrama to me though...

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Betty Davis brought me here.

[@Thespeedrap]

Marlon Brando brought me here as well as Joaquin Phoenix Robert De Niro and Al Pacino

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Holy shit you're awesome

[@jonahfleming8707]

Nice, except it’s mostly wrong. Stanislavski worked on Emotional memory, the theory that Method came from, at the beginnings of his career and then utterly disregarded it later. What you describe is not Stanislavski.

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

Stanislavsky did not entirely disregard memory of emotion; it was just not the main part of his system.

[@rich8880]

Acting is not watching, it's doing. Trying and failing and trying again. There is no other way to learn it.

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My teacher told me wach this

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same

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[@Harshpenny]

Comparing vaudeville to contemporary drama is the same as comparing ancient art to contemporary, realistic art? Does it mean one is superior?

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whos here because of drama online school?

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Who else doing drama hw 😭

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[@edwardp.shikles7251]

I disagree with the idea of realism in film is supreme. Don't get me wrong, realism is not bad, I don't think it is. But this obsession with Method has come to really annoy me. I believe in the power and value of classical technique, not simply because it is time-honored and antique, but because it has inherent value. It has the ability to tell a story and relay a character to the audience that is larger than life. Method acting, I feel, peers too much inward to the actor and into the character; its assumption is that we can all relate to the emotional and psychological experiences of the character. While many Method-based performers do do a good job at being believable, the reason I value classical acting more is because it focuses on the audience, on human nature in general. A classical actor, with his exaggerated gestures, pronounced and eloquent dialogue, his overt expressions of emotion, touches on an oft-overlooked fact that we, as creative and imaginative beings, are all dramatists at heart. We are all storytellers, and we all exaggerate, embellish, and overreact. And there is something about an actor's drama which somehow moves us in an inexplicable way. I think there is a mysterious quality to classical acting; we see that it isn't particularly realistic, yet somehow it still moves us. Just like Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton do gags which are ridiculous, they remain icons. Just as John Wayne became a legend as an idyllic figure, he stands out in the American mind. And while none of these examples are necessarily good actors (in the modern sense which means they wouldn't earn Oscar gold), the thought remains: idealism and our willingness to suspend our belief in the un-lifelike for a better story. On a final note, modern Hollywood tends to praise the method of the performance rather than the performance itself; one can admire the tools, but it's the end product that really counts. Classical acting is aimed at the performance itself, at focusing on the external factors which move a character. Method, in its modern form, relies heavily on the process---of which the end product may or may not be good (note Jared Leto as the Joker)---and Hollywood and the public in general have come to, or so it seems, praise the process rather than the end performance. This is, I think, what most especially annoys me.

[@theman2017inc]

Edward P. Shikles very interesting point regarding your argument for classical technique. However unless you went to drama school yourself, with the standout performances such as Daniel Day-Lewis or Gary Oldman or even Tom Hardy, these are the current or contemporary exponents of “the method” Compared to Ian Mckellen or Patrick Stewart or Kenneth Branagh (and these are actors who are compelling in their own right) young people who aspire to go into acting will view the first three as exciting to watch and want to know the training that got them where they are and will desire the same

[@OrganicActing]

Interesting points. Ignoring the bastardisation of Method (eg American screen acting), I believe Stanislavski was looking for a way to connect to the truth of performance while still allowing his actors to be storytellers and dramatists. 😀 I agree that the 20th Century gave many performers the opportunity to be self-indulgent, however!

[@royfr8136]

Surely theatre has to be exagerated.....

[@aWomanFreed]

He turned it into propaganda

[@samanyt2967]

There must have been more race variety on who benefited from the method. Lolthanks for the tiny clips of Black ppl not verbally performing.......

[@sweetbitter2]

I was never impressed by James Dean's acting

[@Thespeedrap]

Me neither alot of good modern actors put him to shame

[@thinkdiffrent6322]

Ur acting is dogshit.

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Why every msthod actor look like thry dont shower?...

[@alexayers9463]

Cate Blanchett's an overactor.

[@koreath]

Thank you.

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Thank you