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GregoryO On Method Acting

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Commentary on acting and films by New York City actor Gregory O'Connor.

• Added on: Aug 18th, 2009
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: gregoryo
• Listed in: Acting Film
• Tags: Acting method method acting lee strasberg marlon brando gregory o'connor

Recent Posts

• 10 ways to spot good acting – 1. relaxed actor = good actor

  Posted on Wednesday August 12th, 2009 at 05:43 in nba, Shakespeare, Acting, relaxation, relax, ballet, kobe bryant, lee strasberg, bradd pitt, angry face, stanislavsky, jack nickolson

  Do you ever find yourself losing attention during a show or movie? Could you be distracted by bad acting ? How would you know and articulate this? Part of the joy of watching movies, TV, and theater is knowing that it isn’t real and going ...

• On the Waterfront – Elia Kazan – taxicab – I didn’t direct that

  Posted on Friday August 7th, 2009 at 18:57 in Acting, Directing, method acting, marlon brando, cinematographer, taxicab, rod steiger, on the waterfront, kaufman, history of film, elia kazan, speigel

  Wanting more information on that taxicab scene in On the Waterfront, I’ve consulted hard copy – Elia Kazan: A Life The clip from this scene is in the post Budd Schulberg RIP – i could’ve been a contender. And the script excerpt is in...

• On The Waterfront – INT—TAXICAB—EVENING

  Posted on Friday August 7th, 2009 at 13:22 in oscar winner, marlon brando, american film, taxicab, rod steiger, on the waterfront, actors studio, best editing, budd schulberg, memorable lines, american legends, 100 movie quotes

  Following up on the previous Budd Schulberg post, below is the taxicab excerpt from On the Waterfront. One of the great things about this scene is how the actors have elevated the writing. Marlon Brando makes “i could’ve been a contender...

• Budd Schulberg RIP – i could’ve been a contender

  Posted on Thursday August 6th, 2009 at 22:52 in writing, mike tyson, christopher plummer, marlon brando, albert maysles, rod steiger, joe pantoliano, elia kazan, new york skyline, face in the crowd, huac, budd schulberg

  Actors need great writing and Budd Schulberg was one great writer. He wrote the screenplays for On the Waterfront in 1954, A Face in the Crowd 1957 both directed by Elia Kazan, and The Harder They Fall, in 1956. The iconic scene from On The Waterfro...

• On Marlon Brando – comments by Karl Malden, Robert Duvall and Harry Dean Stanton

  Posted on Saturday August 1st, 2009 at 12:13 in cnn, Acting, larry king, second world war, method acting, charles durning, milan kundera, marlon brando, dressing room, great actors, war hero, streetcar named desire

  Went looking for more information about Karl Malden and came across the transcript from a Larry King interview on CNN on the death of Marlon Brando in July 2004. Fascinating to see the comments of these great actors on the greatest. Karl and Marlon w...

• Anna Magnani and Marlon Brando in The Fugitive Kind

  Posted on Saturday July 25th, 2009 at 14:54 in Acting, wikipedia, Great Performances, cinematography, method acting, marlon brando, kaufman, anna magnani, orpheus, close ups, chicago reader, greek myth

  Sometimes you have to hunt out great performances in films that are not too often seen. Here’s a clip i found of Anna Magnani and Marlon Brando in The Fugitive Kind 1960. The performances are fantastic and I loved the Directing / Cinematography...

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