I love the way you explained Brando’s natural way of acting I feel so many actors now a days do everything by the script and the reason Brando is regarded as the best is because he was just simply comfortable in his roles and he just did what he felt was right
The glove is also significant because now Edie can't get away. The audience can relax into the scene, knowing that she'll only go when Terry is ready for her to go.
Brando studied with Stella Ader. He took some classes with Kazan at the Actors Studio. He did not consider himself a "method actor," did not believe anyone could "become a character." Actors "create characters," he said.
Brando was a "method actor" and a proponent for the Stanislavsky System which was taught by Stella Adler. The method was based on the idea that actors should stimulate emotional experience by imagining the scene's "given circumstances", rather than recalling personal experiences from their own lives. A good example of this and one of Brando's first roles is the film "The Men".
I like this analysis. I want to add my observation that there are images of the cross all through the film from the fences to Terry's plaid jacket. This would be consistent with Elie Kazan who would have come from a Greek Orthodox background where crosses are everywhere in their churches. Of course the cross is a symbol for sacrifice which Terry makes and for choice, which Terry does.
If anyone wondering what happened to that blonde boy. He never acted again after this. He went to work on the docks where this was filmed for the rest of his life. Hes still alive.
Method acting had been practiced by actors for many years prior to Brando and Clift. Many of the Group Theatre's actors in the 30s were already committed to the Method, like Franchot Tone and the Adler brothers. And Brando gained much of his early training from Erwin Piscator at The New School for Social Research and later from Stella Adler. By the time The Actor's Studio became a prominent and visible training venue for serious actors, Brando had already become part of the Hollywood system.
Outstanding dissection of , in my opinion, one of the top 10 movies of all time. Marlon Brando was unquestionably the greatest method actor of all time.
High Noon, (1952) was made by a producer who was blacklisted and a liberal-mined director, starring a conservative-minded actor who had been a friendly witness before HUAC. On the Waterfront was made by a writer and a director who named names for HUAC and contained an actor, (Lee J. Cobb) who had done the same but starred a liberal-minded actor. His character heroically testifies before a committee. That said, they are largely the same movie. Both are about standing up to the bullies. If you liked one of those films, you should also like the other. Politics and human values are not the same thing.
I haven’t heard the words Papist and Popish so freely used since I came over from Ireland to Missouri in 1852! The Protestants in town used to bully us and beat us up bad, and my poor old mom couldn’t understand why no one would rent her a place for us to live, but I understood when I got older and could read the signs: No Dogs or Papists Allowed. Thank you for reminding me of the old days that I guess have never really died. 🤬
Hi. He didn't study at the Actors Studio. He studied with Stella Adler. The method was Lee Strasbergs interpretation of Stanislavsky's System. And Stella was the only American teacher that actually studied with Stanislavsky. People get this wrong all the time. Not a biggy though. Thanks for the video.
@@lambda2857 I was trying to give the benefit of the doubt at the time. But according to comments made by the channel, it's an intentional anti-Catholic bias.
Best actors make writing easy? It just crossed my mind, if you imagine Brando as your main character, it just becomes easy to write deep sensitive scenes. nobody seems to fit the bill like him
@@reveriefilms7423 Seriously, do you have some sort of emotional issue with Roman Catholicism? WTF is your problem? Talking about "papism" has this bizarre old-world right-wing flavor like condemning "freethinkers" or whatever. Frankly I think you're nuts.
Brando unleashed his 'Inner Scouser' after visiting Liverpool on the advice of Adler and Kazan. You wouldn't understand, sounds as though you're educated to death.
The whole "Method Acting" explanation sounds Hollow & Fake. Being a Great Actor is just that. "Method" is a buzzword whipped up by some critic/aficionado, a self-claimed "expert". Next...!
The bit with picking up the glove was good; but maybe he took it too far- the way he continued to wear it on his hand, it was like the actress was wondering if she’d ever get it back. LOL. But at the time of the movie,s release, no one knew what method acting was. People must have thought it was crazy that Brando picked up the glove, fumbled with it , then put it on. Back in those days, guysin the audience must have been thinking WTF is he doing? Why is he donning this woman’s glove?
Tell us how Brando differed in this film as opposed to Street Car. You just dont give any credit to the writers. Also, the audience has no way of knowing what actions are improvisations. They only see a finished product. The script is the scriot
This movie is absolutely amazing and shows the dichotomy between the characters of the mobsters. and the union workers and terry who works with with the mobsters and decided to do what’s right expect for me. I lost respect for terry as a character when he decided to rat when he should’ve at least beat the shit out of him. and had the mob boss taken to jail instead he ratted. however I do love Brando’s acting in the movie and characters in the film are phenomenal. each character shows there reason and belief for why there right. the priest in the movie is the one who tries to show terry the right way and terry’s speech although not wrong. I still don’t condone what he’s done being a rat this film brings up an interesting belief of what’s right and what’s wrong. the movie shows that perfectly and I think it’s done well especially with how big union and and mob were involved. and how the mob took advantage for taking there money.
What's wrong with actually going to the authorities and accusing a Mob boss for his crimes? What kind of logic do you go by? What so you prefer he had taken justice into his own hands? Stupid macho kid from school logic...
Great video essay! I kinda dislike the film's subtext now a bit more. The director was not brave for giving out the list of names to the HUAC, he was a rat who turned his friends over to the blacklist in Hollywood's most infamous witch hunt
Unions are socialist/communist in nature, though. So the fact that Malloy is, in the end, siding with a union, opens up a different interpretation of Kazan. I feel it shows conflict and not necessarily the view of the mafia representing his old communist party friends. Quite the opposite in fact.
@@annettewilcox5413 I was referring to labor unions. Labor unions are socialist in nature. They were created specifically to fight on behalf of the working class. Terry Malloy stands with the rank and file of the labor union at the end of the film.
I have a love hate relationship with this film. It is brilliant in its acting, writing, directing, score and filmmaking. But I really don’t like Elia Kazan
And I hate mob films and films that focus on crime. I am going to be watching Godfather soon but only because it’s a staple. I like uplifting films about morals like lord of the rings, or historical dramas.
Marlon Brando is a legend. A pioneer. Evident in the quality and devotion of the great actors that followed him. The following performances equalled and even arguably in some cases surpassed Brando's best... Liam Neeson in Schindler's List Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast Tom Cruise in Born on the 4th Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate Edward Norton in American History X Tom Hanks in Cast Away Leo DiCaprio in The Departed Nicholas Cage in Adaptation Denzel Washington in Training Day Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain and The Dark Knight Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs Joe Pesci in Goodfellas Robert DeNiro in Taxi Driver Ed Harris in Glengarry Glen Ross Ralph Fiennes in The English Patient Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction William Hurt in A History of Violence I could go on... But please somebody take over...
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I love the way you explained Brando’s natural way of acting I feel so many actors now a days do everything by the script and the reason Brando is regarded as the best is because he was just simply comfortable in his roles and he just did what he felt was right
The glove is also significant because now Edie can't get away. The audience can relax into the scene, knowing that she'll only go when Terry is ready for her to go.
One of my all time favorite movies. I stop and watch it whenever I come across it.
Brando studied with Stella Ader. He took some classes with Kazan at the Actors Studio. He did not consider himself a "method actor," did not believe anyone could "become a character." Actors "create characters," he said.
Where did you find that information?
Of him saying actors create characters. Just curious
@@clydefloyd8751 in his autobiography and his interview with Larry king.
@@gildazbog7419 thank you
Brando was a "method actor" and a proponent for the Stanislavsky System which was taught by Stella Adler. The method was based on the idea that actors should stimulate emotional experience by imagining the scene's "given circumstances", rather than recalling personal experiences from their own lives. A good example of this and one of Brando's first roles is the film "The Men".
Number one on my film list. What a masterwork it was. Thank you for this look into On the Waterfront.
brando is and always will be the best
Paul Newman in my opinion/
Jimmy Stewart in my opinion
I like this analysis. I want to add my observation that there are images of the cross all through the film from the fences to Terry's plaid jacket. This would be consistent with Elie Kazan who would have come from a Greek Orthodox background where crosses are everywhere in their churches. Of course the cross is a symbol for sacrifice which Terry makes and for choice, which Terry does.
If anyone wondering what happened to that blonde boy. He never acted again after this. He went to work on the docks where this was filmed for the rest of his life. Hes still alive.
No way!
Method acting had been practiced by actors for many years prior to Brando and Clift. Many of the Group Theatre's actors in the 30s were already committed to the Method, like Franchot Tone and the Adler brothers. And Brando gained much of his early training from Erwin Piscator at The New School for Social Research and later from Stella Adler. By the time The Actor's Studio became a prominent and visible training venue for serious actors, Brando had already become part of the Hollywood system.
He already mentioned how Marlon didn’t invent it, he popularized and expanded on it…
Bla bla
"You was my brother Charlie, you shoulda looked out for me a little bit" This scene is just destruction to the soul
My favorite film, Brando is the greatest actor thank you America for unforgettable films
Outstanding dissection of , in my opinion, one of the top 10 movies of all time. Marlon Brando was unquestionably the greatest method actor of all time.
My grandfather played Specs
very deep movie and great cast. the best from that period, i always watch it. it's on tcm in 5 min. i'm getting ready.
I thought people quit calling Catholics Papist a hundred years ago
Not in Ulster
High Noon, (1952) was made by a producer who was blacklisted and a liberal-mined director, starring a conservative-minded actor who had been a friendly witness before HUAC. On the Waterfront was made by a writer and a director who named names for HUAC and contained an actor, (Lee J. Cobb) who had done the same but starred a liberal-minded actor. His character heroically testifies before a committee. That said, they are largely the same movie. Both are about standing up to the bullies. If you liked one of those films, you should also like the other. Politics and human values are not the same thing.
An underrated method performance is The original Rocky. Stallone is brilliant in that movie. One of the best all time performances in my opinion.
very lame performance to be fair
@@alephmorricone7207 What do you think is lame about it?
Ur damn right Kelly
@@alephmorricone7207 I seem to remember some pretty good scenes by Stallone.
Why do they keep saying papist and popery. Why not Roman Catholic.
To be real , in the moment to live rather than act though you are acting because you are not the person but you feel him
I love this film and what it says about the Docks and who tried to run them..iv allways love people standing up for their rights..allways.
I haven’t heard the words Papist and Popish so freely used since I came over from Ireland to Missouri in 1852! The Protestants in town used to bully us and beat us up bad, and my poor old mom couldn’t understand why no one would rent her a place for us to live, but I understood when I got older and could read the signs: No Dogs or Papists Allowed. Thank you for reminding me of the old days that I guess have never really died. 🤬
Damn, you're 200 years old?
Hi. He didn't study at the Actors Studio. He studied with Stella Adler. The method was Lee Strasbergs interpretation of Stanislavsky's System. And Stella was the only American teacher that actually studied with Stanislavsky. People get this wrong all the time. Not a biggy though. Thanks for the video.
No. Stella studied with Mikhail Chekhov. Nobody studied with Stanislavsky.
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Interesting analysis. Thank you, this will be very helpful in my upcoming exam.
What is this business with using the words "popish" and "papist" as a substitute for "Catholic"?
It does have a slightly slanderous sound as compared to "Catholic."
@@eldorados_lost_searcher You mean only "slightly"?
@@lambda2857
I was trying to give the benefit of the doubt at the time. But according to comments made by the channel, it's an intentional anti-Catholic bias.
@@eldorados_lost_searcher Yes, you are right. I never expected to hear this in 2021. And I do not like it.
Great job, but I cannot respect your anti-catholic sentiment. No need to call it popery or Catholics papist
Great analysis!
Papists ? Popery? What century are you writing from?
Best actors make writing easy? It just crossed my mind, if you imagine Brando as your main character, it just becomes easy to write deep sensitive scenes. nobody seems to fit the bill like him
Why is the narrator so stuck up on saying "Popery" instead of Roman Catholicism?
Ted Wills because it’s meant to denigrate papism
sablin -.-
@@reveriefilms7423 great review but u really blew it on the whole papery popist nonsense. A couple of years from now u will get it.
Unbelievably offensive. Incomprehensible.
@@reveriefilms7423 Seriously, do you have some sort of emotional issue with Roman Catholicism? WTF is your problem? Talking about "papism" has this bizarre old-world right-wing flavor like condemning "freethinkers" or whatever. Frankly I think you're nuts.
One thing that’s annoying watching on the waterfront is the soundtrack that’s blasting throughout the movie.
i was hoping for an explanation about "I could have been a contender"
Sweet video man, keep it up!
Did Terry's "walk" land him Johnny Friendly's job as the new union leader?
Brando unleashed his 'Inner Scouser' after visiting Liverpool on the advice of Adler and Kazan.
You wouldn't understand, sounds as though you're educated to death.
Marlon was magnetic during his primetime.
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This is my most fav movie
The whole "Method Acting" explanation sounds Hollow & Fake. Being a Great Actor is just that. "Method" is a buzzword whipped up by some critic/aficionado, a self-claimed "expert". Next...!
Absolutely!
The bit with picking up the glove was good; but maybe he took it too far- the way he continued to wear it on his hand, it was like the actress was wondering if she’d ever get it back. LOL. But at the time of the movie,s release, no one knew what method acting was. People must have thought it was crazy that Brando picked up the glove, fumbled with it , then put it on. Back in those days, guysin the audience must have been thinking WTF is he doing? Why is he donning this woman’s glove?
J10062021. Marlon Brando el Actor mas famoso del Mundo. Gran Actor.
Catholic social teaching.
Whats with thjs method acting business, just act the part!
as usual brando breaks the mold
Oh, Kazan hated the Bolsheviks? Maybe I will forgive him after all.
Very good job
Tell us how Brando differed in this film as opposed to Street Car. You just dont give any credit to the writers. Also, the audience has no way of knowing what actions are improvisations. They only see a finished product. The script is the scriot
I believe he was trying to show the narcissistic control of average working average person
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I watched this again and still love it, pity about all that papist priest popish stuff. Darn papists! Speaking as one of them....
This movie is absolutely amazing and shows the dichotomy between the characters of the mobsters. and the union workers and terry who works with with the mobsters and decided to do what’s right expect for me. I lost respect for terry as a character when he decided to rat when he should’ve at least beat the shit out of him. and had the mob boss taken to jail instead he ratted. however I do love Brando’s acting in the movie and characters in the film are phenomenal. each character shows there reason and belief for why there right. the priest in the movie is the one who tries to show terry the right way and terry’s speech although not wrong. I still don’t condone what he’s done being a rat this film brings up an interesting belief of what’s right and what’s wrong. the movie shows that perfectly and I think it’s done well especially with how big union and and mob were involved. and how the mob took advantage for taking there money.
What's wrong with actually going to the authorities and accusing a Mob boss for his crimes? What kind of logic do you go by? What so you prefer he had taken justice into his own hands? Stupid macho kid from school logic...
Excellent analysis.
According to Brando strasberrg taught him nothing
Bolloks Brando never trained under Strasberg, Brando never liked the man
Marlon Brando actor legendary Best 🎭
Great video essay! I kinda dislike the film's subtext now a bit more. The director was not brave for giving out the list of names to the HUAC, he was a rat who turned his friends over to the blacklist in Hollywood's most infamous witch hunt
Marlon Brando the best of actors
Unions are socialist/communist in nature, though. So the fact that Malloy is, in the end, siding with a union, opens up a different interpretation of Kazan. I feel it shows conflict and not necessarily the view of the mafia representing his old communist party friends. Quite the opposite in fact.
Unions are not communist at all communism is a tool used to oppress people and keep them in poverty
@@benjamin1403 I could easily say that about capitalism
What do u call corporate interest groups? Oil, medical, automobiles ?
Are they not unions?!
@@annettewilcox5413 I was referring to labor unions. Labor unions are socialist in nature. They were created specifically to fight on behalf of the working class. Terry Malloy stands with the rank and file of the labor union at the end of the film.
@@benjamin1403no
I have a love hate relationship with this film. It is brilliant in its acting, writing, directing, score and filmmaking. But I really don’t like Elia Kazan
And I hate mob films and films that focus on crime. I am going to be watching Godfather soon but only because it’s a staple. I like uplifting films about morals like lord of the rings, or historical dramas.
Communism is against human nature and bad when it’s not on paper
Marlon Brando is a legend. A pioneer. Evident in the quality and devotion of the great actors that followed him. The following performances equalled and even arguably in some cases surpassed Brando's best...
Liam Neeson in Schindler's List
Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast
Tom Cruise in Born on the 4th
Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate
Edward Norton in American History X
Tom Hanks in Cast Away
Leo DiCaprio in The Departed
Nicholas Cage in Adaptation
Denzel Washington in Training Day
Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain and The Dark Knight
Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman
Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs
Joe Pesci in Goodfellas
Robert DeNiro in Taxi Driver
Ed Harris in Glengarry Glen Ross
Ralph Fiennes in The English Patient
Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction
William Hurt in A History of Violence
I could go on... But please somebody take over...
Umm...no, just no.
i really hate the priest character
I like him
because he searches justice? Good hate.
That says more about u than anyone else.