Movies What is Method Acting — It's Not What You Think It Is

[Takes Two To Tango]

Basically these are the 3 approaches to method acting.

One is the Strasberg method.
Second is the Alder method.
Third is the Meisner method.

You can choose one method of approach or you can choose two or all three.

But all of them have beneficial ways of approaching and understanding the character.

 

[TheTickG]

I'm a fan of the Meisner Method. But, I don't think I've ever tried any of the others.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

They all derive from Stanislavsky. Pacino & Deniro were students of Strasberg . While Brando was a student of Adler. Anthony Hopkins studied the Meisner technique. DDL curiously enough doesnt like to corner himself into 1 method or another, though he may use a blend of various styles. Even Bale doesnt attribute his style to straight "method" even though it pretty much is.

Some were taught by the actual people who developed the methods while others learned it and I suppose cause not directly from the source, blended it with other styles.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

They all derive from Stanislavsky. Pacino & Deniro were students of Strasberg . While Brando was a student of Adler. Anthony Hopkins studied the Meisner technique. DDL curiously enough doesnt like to corner himself into 1 method or another, though he may use a blend of various styles. Even Bale doesnt attribute his style to straight "method" even though it pretty much is.

Some were taught by the actual people who developed the methods while others learned it and I suppose cause not directly from the source, blended it with other styles.

Very well said, thanks.

 

[nostradumbass]

I think the sex with Harvey Weinstein method is the one actresses use to make the most money.

 

[Spam On Rye]

Method acting is pagan and demonic. Lots of good literature out there of its origins in Greek theatre with Aristotle, Sophocles' third person, memesis and the persona and all that jazz. Ancient Greeks were a wild ass bunch.

 

[Natural Order]

Acting apes acting to hide their act. How deep can the theatre go?

 

[mozfonky]

Don't know a ton about it, I saw a thing with Dustin Hoffman mimicking how to scream at someone as if you were trying to break a pane of glass.

I don't know a ton about acting period, it only catches my attention if it's plain bad like Jean Claude or Chuck Norris or even Charles Bronson/clint eastwood. It's interesting that there are so many methods. James Dean is one of my faves but that's mainly because of his presence, kind of like Bruce Lee, not his acting. In fact, one of James' teachers didn't like him, Alder, strasberg or some damn body and claimed that while Brando was a method actor, James had "no method" and went on to say he was sick. No matter, James had his impact in 3 films, more than most.

As far as no method, I heard an anectdote that James was doing a scene where he was looking over a cliff at a dead body, he asked for an appled and some ketchup and stared at the ketchup covered apple. I guess that's method acting isn't it?