Phoenix101
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Post by Phoenix101 on Sept 25, 2017 14:51:56 GMT
With a community that prides itself on acting obsessions, I wonder how you people feel about the merits of these two dominant schools of acting. Do you feel the method possessed a more naturalistic grace to the screen, or just a bunch of phoniness that doesn't require ACTING? Should the classical style stay in the theater, or is there a place for that stylization in the cinema, a medium that is consider to be less artificial?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2017 14:55:59 GMT
I like classical and method acting equally. I don't really prefer one over the other.
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Post by barkingbaphomet on Sept 25, 2017 16:39:26 GMT
whatever works.
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Post by politicidal on Sept 25, 2017 16:40:11 GMT
As long as it results in a good performance.
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Post by fartyfartsalot on Sept 25, 2017 16:42:12 GMT
"Method is a load of bollocks." - Bob Hoskins
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Post by moviemouth on Sept 25, 2017 16:42:24 GMT
I don't care as long as the performance is good.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Sept 25, 2017 16:48:44 GMT
By "classical" do you also mean "Shakespearean"?
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Post by mslo79 on Sept 26, 2017 7:23:19 GMT
It's all about screen presence at the end of the day. some have it and some don't. the ones that do tend to be able to do get the leading roles and command peoples attention (basically most of the a-listers) and those that don't are usually best suited to supporting roles and then you might have that semi-alist type that can lead a movie occasionally in the right role but are usually best suited for co-lead or supporting roles. ------------------------------------------------ RiP, IMDbI see you changed your beagle picture  that thing would get away with murder if i had it as, like i mentioned to you not long ago, beagles are hands down my favorite dog. they are priceless and they got that look that makes you 'crack under the pressure' (i.e. like that look they give you when they want something) quickly. we had a lab/beagle mix (from 1996 til she passed in 2009  ) and that thing could read you like a book. lol ; like sometimes we had to sneak our shoes out of the house if we were going somewhere as if the beagle seen em it would know we were going somewhere and then try to force us to bring it. lol ; or sometimes i would try to fake like i was sleeping when laying in bed (like when your tired) so i could get someone else to let it go outside to take a leak as you could hear it coming towards you in the distance and it would largely see through our BS and start barking. like i could see it studying me (like squinting my eyes so they where largely closed) and sometimes it would be hard not to bust out laughing as it's like it's radar was on full blast trying to see if you were actually sleeping or just faking it. lol ; but once in a while i could pull it off and not long after you could hear it went and got someone else to let it outside to take a leak. etc etc. good memories |
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Sept 26, 2017 12:15:41 GMT
Bressonian
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Sept 26, 2017 15:01:10 GMT
Quotes from the great Spencer Tracy;
-The kids keep telling me I should try this new "Method Acting" but I'm too old, I'm too tired and I'm too talented to care.
- I'm Spencer Tracy with some deference to the character. When a person says he's an actor - he's a personality. The whole idea is to show your personality. There are people who are much better technically, but who cares? Nobody cares.
-Why do actors think they're so God damn important? They're not. Acting is not an important job in the scheme of things. Plumbing is.
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Post by Phoenix101 on Sept 27, 2017 4:04:09 GMT
Quotes from the great Spencer Tracy; -The kids keep telling me I should try this new "Method Acting" but I'm too old, I'm too tired and I'm too talented to care. - I'm Spencer Tracy with some deference to the character. When a person says he's an actor - he's a personality. The whole idea is to show your personality. There are people who are much better technically, but who cares? Nobody cares. -Why do actors think they're so God damn important? They're not. Acting is not an important job in the scheme of things. Plumbing is. Tracy was my favorite actor of that era because his acting was closer to real life than anyone else’s. I’d put Fonda there, too. |
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Post by alfromni on Mar 6, 2018 7:37:10 GMT
Dustin Hoffman, that confirmed method actor, when trying to manipulate himself into character while playing against Sir Laurence Olivier (on the set of "Marathon Man" I believe) asked Larry what to do. Larry simply replied, "Try acting dear boy, try acting."
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) and that thing could read you like a book. lol ; like sometimes we had to sneak our shoes out of the house if we were going somewhere as if the beagle seen em it would know we were going somewhere and then try to force us to bring it. lol ; or sometimes i would try to fake like i was sleeping when laying in bed (like when your tired) so i could get someone else to let it go outside to take a leak as you could hear it coming towards you in the distance and it would largely see through our BS and start barking. like i could see it studying me (like squinting my eyes so they where largely closed) and sometimes it would be hard not to bust out laughing as it's like it's radar was on full blast trying to see if you were actually sleeping or just faking it. lol ; but once in a while i could pull it off and not long after you could hear it went and got someone else to let it outside to take a leak. etc etc. good memories 
