Method Actors: Three Generations of an American Acting Style - Softcover

Vineberg, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0028726871 ISBN 13: 9780028726878

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 1994

Synopsis

This is a history of the style that has pervaded American acting for more than 50 years. The author appraises the fruits of Method training by the psychological truth and candour in the performances of such actors as Marlon Brando, Jason Robards, Rod Steiger and James Dean. He observes how the Method's "third generation" - Warren Beatty, Al Pacino, and Jack Nicholson, among others - brought a distinctive tone of hip disenchantment to films of the 1960s and 1970s. And he uses Dustin Hoffman's performance in the Broadway revival of "Death of a Salesman" to show how the Method has continued to evolve.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0028726871
• ISBN 13: 9780028726878
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384