Method Acting — Criterion Channel Teaser

Now playing on the Criterion Channel! Arguably the greatest stylistic revolution to hit Hollywood since the invention of sound, the Method forever changed the way that both performers and audiences related to the art and craft of screen acting. Born out of the pioneering work of Konstantin Stanislavski and the Moscow Art Theatre, the community-fostered traditions of Yiddish theater, and the influence of legendary acting coaches like Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler, Method acting gave rise to a new kind of postwar movie star: one who eschewed glamour in favor of an intensely personal, internalized, and naturalistic approach to performance. Curated by Livia Bloom Ingram and Isaac Butler, author of “The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act,” this program spotlights key performances by Method-influenced artists like Montgomery Clift, Sydney Poitier, Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe, John Garfield, Kim Stanley, Warren Beatty, and Barbara Loden, for whom acting was a fearless journey into the deepest and most vulnerable parts of the themselves.