“Most of the successful people in Hollywood are failures as human beings.”
Since the days of Shakespeare, actors have always been in the public eye. The ability to transform and become someone else has always been an art in itself. Actors have the ability to show us a wide range of emotion and personality that we can all con-nect with. Good actors can put on a show. Great actors become the show. One man would change the way movies were made. No other actor before Marlon Brando had such impact on Hollywood through one performance. Widely regarded as one of the best actors of all time, Marlon Brando changed what was required to be a great actor. Without his performances and acting methods, we would have a very different breed of actor today.
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He would eventually prove himself correct. During his life Brando had multiple wives, and a total of 16 children and was known to have family problems. (wiki) As years went on, Marlon developed an eating problem and gained a massive amount of weight. At one point, Marlon’s wife was convinced that household staff members were stealing food. She put a lock on the refrigerator and found that it had been broken the next day. A maid said that Marlon had raided the fridge and left teeth marks in a large wheel of cheese. A 350-pound man replaced the once athletic physique of Stanley Kowalski that was Marlon Brando. …show more content…
People demanded more actors like Marlon Brando. He was new and dif-ferent from actors like Cary Grant, Gary Cooper and Henry Fonda.(today) Brando intro-duced the anti hero to the big screen, and people everywhere demanded it.
Because of Brando’s performances in “A Streetcar Named Desire”, “On the Waterfront”, and “The Wild One” other actors would soon crawl out from his shadow. The start of Brando’s career was so magnificent that actors such as James Dean, Paul Newman and others tried to imitate him. In fact, Brando became worried that Dean was copying his lifestyle and acting method.(BIOGRAPHY)
Later in his career Marlon said that everyone was an actor. We all learn how to adapt our personalities to certain situations and people. We may not take it to the extent of a Hollywood actor, but we all know how to act in some shape or form. "We couldn't sur-vive a second if we weren't able to act, acting is a survival mechanism. It's a social un-guent and it's a lubricant. We act to save our lives, actually, every day. People lie con-stantly every day by not saying something that they think, or by saying something that they didn't think.” (Cavett) Brando used this line of thought to reinforce his type of meth-od
Clurman, Harold. “Actors-The Image of Their Era.” The Tulane Drama Review 4.3 (1960): 38-44. JSTOR.
Beginning the mid 1920s, Hollywood’s ostensibly all-powerful film studios controlled the American film industry, creating a period of film history now recognized as “Classical Hollywood”. Distinguished by a practical, workmanlike, “invisible” method of filmmaking- whose purpose was to demand as little attention to the camera as possible, Classical Hollywood cinema supported undeviating storylines (with the occasional flashback being an exception), an observance of a the three act structure, frontality, and visibly identified goals for the “hero” to work toward and well-defined conflict/story resolution, most commonly illustrated with the employment of the “happy ending”. Studios understood precisely what an audience desired, and accommodated their wants and needs, resulting in films that were generally all the same, starring similar (sometimes the same) actors, crafted in a similar manner. It became the principal style throughout the western world against which all other styles were judged. While there have been some deviations and experiments with the format in the past 50 plus ye...
The change in the U.S. can be said to be a social revolution. People were growing sick of the same old movies, they wanted a change and Hollywood needed to deliver or else they would lose their audience to the TV. In the early 60's, the studios were still afraid of the blacklisting so the films were still very safe. An example of this is the film Sound of Music (1965). This was a film about a musical family that needed to escape the Nazi presence. Although the movie is based on a true story, they still follow the same old idea of a nice family, who must escape from the clutches of evil. Basically, the movie is saying good guys win and bad guys always lose. Sure this how most films are made but there is no sense of change, no differences in the style or way it was made. Since there was no change, the public was not interested. The TV was much more convenient and kept the publics interested.
One of the major strong points of The Fifties is the author's ostensible need to include every detail that could have impacted the formation of any aspects that pertain to the developments that shaped the fifties. This is most notable in the characterization of major figures of the time such as Marlon Brando and Elvis Presley. For example, in reference to Brando, Halberstam (1993)
Walt Disney has been known around the world as the voice of animation his movies are known throughout the world. J Edgar Hoover is known as the director of the FBI during the Cold War he is not known for his effects on Hollywood. During the Cold War both of these men dabbled in areas that they were not experts in.
One of the most prominent and influential directors in New Hollywood was Italian-American Martin Scorsese. His first major critical success, and what is often considered his “breakthrough” film, was 1973’s Mean Streets. This film helped to establish Scorsese’s signature style in regards to narrative and thematics as well as aesthetically. Scorsese developed a unique and distinct directorial flair to his films, with reoccurring themes, settings, cinematography, and editing techniques, among other elements. This led a number of film critics to declare Scorsese an “auteur,” similar to Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut, and other auteur directors of the French New Wave.
Another key factor in having an impact on audiences is the quality of the actor’s
Famous actors such as Marlon Brando and Dustin Hoffman are known to be method actors. This means they rely on their own emotions from their past in order to create believable emotions and actions in the characters they play. This technique was developed in the early 1900s by Konstantin Stanislavski, who was a famous Russian actor, director and teacher. Previously actors were grandiose with their tone and used exaggerated movements when on the stage. Stanislavski and his "Method "changed all that.
It is no doubt that Martin Scorsese has heavily influenced the emulating of American film making from European influences. He is a prime example of a ‘New Hollywood Cinema’ director, not only from his ethnicity and background, but from his sheer interest in this form
Not all films which adhere to the classical Hollywood paradigm eschew issues. The film Singin’ in the Rain follows Don Lockwood, a popular silent film actor, as he attempts to maintain his star status during the advent of “talkies”. Lockwood’s journey manifests fame’s capricious temperament, the studio’s commercial interest, and the influence of outside variables on a film. Singin’ in the Rain uses Lockwood’s struggle with celebrity to expose the importance of public image and self esteem.
Scorsese kept Hughes’ looks, and also showed the side affects from Hughes’ mental illnesses. Since Howard was a young boy, he had been suffering from Hypocondrism (Anonymous-Famous Texan). Hughes was greatly afraid of germs and was constantly washing his hands. He would refrain from shaking hands or coming near others. He was also known for burning his clothes because he c...
Every now and again, there is an actor who once you see him/her on TV or in a film, his/her on-screen presence tends to linger even though you may only witness his/her prowess sporadically due to your frenetic schedule. Or perhaps this actor is such an immaculate performer that when you see his/her again, you don't even realize it, for he/hse so completely immerses himself/herself within the role at hand. Character actors are not just a thing of yesteryear. Indeed, they are alive and well even today, and I had the supreme honor to recently interview one of the paramount character actors of our time (at least in my opinion). In my limited experience, Adrian Hough is best known for his portrayal of the reverend in season one of When Calls the
Al Pacino better known, as Sonny has not only changed the way that I view actors. He has taught me what a true actor is. He is a brilliant man who has mastered Stanislavsky 's method. Pacino also has a sense of humor and there is never a dull moment on the set…"I was in a play once in Boston. It's a long play, about three hours and I'm on the stage a lot during it. And I caught... I got this feeling from the audience. These eyes were sort of looking at me. And I got a sense that there was a kind of rapport and I was relating and it was working, somehow it was giving me something back and. Well, I went through the entire play sort of gearing the performance in the part of the audience that I felt those eyes. So I had to see at curtain call who that was. Right? It came curtain call, I looked over in the direction of those eyes - it was Seeing Eye dogs. (The Today Show, NBC)
The name most associated with excellence in theatre is William Shakespeare. His plays, more than any other playwright, resonate through the ages. It may be safe to say that he has influenced more actors, directors, and playwrights than any thespian in the history of the stage. But what were his influences? During the Middle Ages theatre was dominated by morality, miracle, and mystery plays that were often staged by the church as a means to teach the illiterate masses about Christianity. It wasn’t until the early sixteenth century that Greek tragedy experienced a revival, in turn, inspiring a generation of renaissance playwrights.
...movie which demonstrates his acting ability is when his character enters cerebral palsy mode as he struggles to get into his vehicle and get home. Throughout this film audiences see DiCaprio push his boundaries as an actor. He is truly successful in drawing viewers in with his strong and believable performance.