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To translate, most movie stars before Brando acted as if they where performing live theater, with overemphasized movements and actions, as a way for the audience in the back of the theater to understand a character. Brando revolutionized modern performing by taking a much more subtle approach, allowing the small movements to portray the character, living in the moment, rather than in the lines. Hope that helped in case anyone was lost
@@Ahmed-bm2jl It's not about "good acting": Cary Grant, Lawrence Olivier, Kirk Douglas, Clark Gable or Jimmy Stewart, to name a few, were great actors. Edward is comparing "stage acting" (everpresent in the golden age of Hollywood) with "modern acting" (popularized by Brando, Hoffman, De Niro, Pacino, etc). Doing "stage acting" is not "bad acting", but the more intimate style of modern acting is more efficient for the cinema medium.
@@Ahmed-bm2jl more theatrical acting IS good acting in live theater. More subtle acting capitalizes on the medium of cinema. You can be more dramatic and voracious when the camera is far away, but when the camera gets up close, even the smallest movement of the jaw muscles speaks even louder
That's not quite accurate. Film actors long before Brando began altering their movements to accommodate the confines of a screen. Yes, a lot of silent film acting looks similar to stage acting, but that kind of broad, flamboyant movement was rapidly disappearing during the early sound era in the 30's and was essentially gone by the 40's (a decade before Brando ever showed up). Humphrey Bogart wasn't "playing to the back of the theater." And Clark Gable was more reserved and subtler than any stage actor around even today. But they were both playing a cultivated "style," as Norton touches on in this interview. And that "style" is what Brando abandoned. If anything, Brando is frequently *more* physical than his immediate predecessors (like the always very staid Joseph Cotten). It's not an overall increase or decrease in movement, itself, that characterizes Brando's innovations. It is nuance, vulnerability, and *naturalism*. Most Golden Age actors practiced some version of the Mid-Atlantic accent and performed other mannerisms and emotional notes largely borrowed from an eastern American upper class ideal. Even in films set in exotic or lower class environments, this convention of polished, high brow charisma was typical. Think of Errol Flynn in virtually any role. Brando rejected all that. He would never be confused for a New York blue blood. Instead, he was more temperamental, more prone to self-doubt. And he showed more of these emotions, more convincingly. Not because his movements were smaller (or bigger). But because they were more varied, more "natural," and based more directly on his own internal life (as opposed to screen acting conventions and self-flattering stylization). Brando isn't my personal favorite actor, actually. And I like a lot of the stylish, "polished" acting of the 30's and 40's. But he clearly did something new and different and important. But it wasn't smaller movements. It was just more emotional range and depth and more naturalism overall.
@@johnrogstad1278 when I said smaller movements, I was more referring to a more natural feel of his movement. How during the period of Brando’s rise, we did begin to see Hollywood step away from the “Filming a stage play” feel older Films had. Once directors began to understand that the camera is as much a character as everyone else, we begin to see much more Nuance in performances, and the beginning of our phrase of the day “Show don’t Tell”. I think the big thing about Brando is he didn’t revolutionize acting, but he was one of the first major stars during this transitional period. He was also one of the first major adopters of Stanisloskis system of acting, particularly method acting, to Hollywood. But really cool comment man!
Thoughtful? He just listed a bunch of great Hollywood actors and said they ALL (he emphasises "all") wanted to be actors because of Marlon Brando. All of them. None of them NONE OF THEM had any other motivation. It was ALL just seeing Marlon Brando. It took me that long to realise he's an idiot. What's your excuse?
And extremely hard to work with. Fun fact: During shooting of the Incredible Hulk, Edward Made multiple changes to the script and would constantly badger the director to make the changes officially
@@nimbusflamel8844 from what I heard he wanted it to be darker and more grounded a la batman begins which i cant blame him for. I remember an interview w kate beckinsale, who has a high iq, who said she probably got less work because she would point out this or that part of the story or script didnt make sense. I think probably the same with Norton.
It seems like Brando is where being a film actor really departed from being a stage actor. In theatre reality is sacrificed for clarity but in film you can get away with more reality.
@@nickjklol Chaplin is a Vaudeville actor, as well as a silent film star for most of his career, so it’s hard to compare him to Talking pictures actors, since they have to perform completely different.
@@Cheesefist Every one of Chaplin's films from 1940 onwards were talkies. I wouldn't credit him with setting the paradigm for principle monologues, as Orson Welles is probably more appropriate, but he was one of the first to do it in The Great Dictator. Him and Brando even co-starred in a film together later on. I also made no comparisons - I'm strictly speaking on the matter of film becoming a nexus for a different version of acting, which arguably started with Charlie, which I'm open to conceding on. However, I won't concede that it started with Brando. That is an absolutely insane claim.
@@ActuallyJamesS Many good actors that can play weird parts don't know how to be normal people in real life, e.g. Jack Nicholson, Elizabeth Taylor, Johnny Depp. Many of them admit this too. If you don't see it, start studying human behavior and actors' real life stories!
You did a good job. Brando's father was said to have greeted his acting hopes with a remark like, "Who'd pay to see your ugly face..." Growing up with that kind of disregard can switch a person off being aware of what they look like, or the impact they have on others, no matter how beautiful they are.
@@johnrockyryan quite a lot of guys wanted to be with him too, and he was totally into that - so you saying "all the guys wanted to be him" is a cool admission.
true, even until his late 40s he was pretty darn good looking. It was really in the late 70s when he just completely stopped giving a damn and let himself go
What Brando brought to acting was imperfection. In Streetcar, mid-scene, Brando picks a piece of pillow fluff out of the air. The scene doesn't cut or stop. That fluff embeds the reality of the lines and of the narrative. And other actors would have ignored it. And in pristine Hollywood, such a defect wouldn't not have been tolerated and the scene would be shot again.
there was a story about brando i heard a while back, he was in an acting class and the assignment was to be a husband reading a newspaper on the couch, doorbell rings and it's a salesman and the wife goes to answer and from there they were supposed to improv. in every classmate's scene, the wife and husband are all cheery talking to one another and the salesman rings the doorbell, wife answers and the salesman barges into the house with his sales pitch and the conversation is flowing. marlon is playing the husband and in his scene he and the wife are barely talking, doorbell rings, wife goes to answer and salesman barges in as usual, marlon gets up and physically throws the guy out of the door and slams it, and the director's like 'whoa what was that all about?' and marlon just grumbles something like 'i don't know fuckin know that guy'
@@achannel7553 Marlon was not fond of being called a method actor. It's a common misconception tied to his close proximity to The Actor's Studio and Lee Strasburg. Marlon was, in fact, taught by Stella Adler. Adlers school is embedded in the use of the imagination. For example, the principle: Relaxation = Concentration = Imagination. "Method," acting heavily utilizes Emotional Recall, typically by way of various Sense Memory techniques. It was also mistranslated by Strasburg from its origins in the Russian theatre with Stanislavski. But nevermind all that as I dont even know the ins and outs in such regard.. Would take a dissertations worth from some very old cat, so to speak
@@doctornov7 Does the Director's Cut remove the stupid crap with Orlando Bloom, where he goes to Jerusalem literally to save his beloved wife from the fiery pits of hell, only to bang the first woman he sees when he gets there? Does it leave in that strange final scene where he and his new woman ride over the grave of his easily forgotten and replaced beloved wife? Because that had me spitting. That has me calling at least the original cut the worst piece of shite I've ever intentionally endured. But I've never seen the Director's Cut and my inquiry is genuine.
Brando,s childhood was turbulent where his alcoholic father deeply affected him as it should, so he had real pain which poured out the screen, big up for Montgomery Clift too
It would be difficult because he is being labeled as a republican transphobic by woke Hollywood, so he probably is seen as hazardous for the big actors' image.
@@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros9266 I agree with a hell of a lot of his Joe's personal politics and beliefs but either way it's a damned shame that his show is kind of blacklisted because really the JRE is an incredible, free-form, no rules outlet for conversation rather than "pitch your product" conventional interviews.
@PissedPajamas he's not blacklisted he has an enormous following and famous ppl go on there all the time. he just doesn't live in LA anymore so actors can't drive to him
When you look at Brando's acting performance he was very charming, poetic, he mumbles, his sudden outburst that comes out of nowhere. I understand why he was so popular amongst actors. He is a workshop in itself.
@@paulwaltersheherfeministvl521 Paul, was your comment meant to be directed towards me, jamest1681? If it was, I don't have anything to do with this video about Marlon Brando. I am just a fan of Marlon Brando and I liked the video very much. Sorry if I misunderstood your comment.
That’s an excellent point, Bogart. The last scene between Bogart and Mary Astor in The Maltese Falcon when he explains to her why he’s going “to send her over” meaning turn her in for the murder of his partner, Bogart really exemplifies his character’s vulnerability. Love some Bogart. Some Eddie G Robinson too.
Edward Norton is so intelligent and articulate when he speaks on the genius of Marlon Brando and how much his acting has influenced a generation of actors who have followed him. Ed Norton did such a great job of holding his own with both Brando and Robert De Niro in "The Score."
If you think of Robert De Niro, Al Pacino or even, Johnny Depp, what all of them have in common is that they're Brando's product. Furthermore, some people say that Tom Hardy is the new Marlon Brando of these time. But, you know what? there was one Brando in Hollywood.
To me Brando was authentic he refused to receive his Oscar because he thought Hollywood didn’t represent native Americans and other minorities in a positive way. I have always admired him for that.
@@helpIthinkmylegsaregone he started observation? He started simply recognizing people who exist? That makes no sense.. but I guess you probably think any empathy and care for others must be "propaganda" or some internet term. Touch grass.
Thank you Edward. I really appreciate your sharing about Marlon, and my first awareness of him was sitting by myself in the living room and I was maybe under the age of 10 for sure watching The Wild Ones. It wasn't necessarily my kind of film, especially at that age, even though I loved film. I found myself mesmerized by Brando's acting even at such a young age. I was so into what he was doing that I became one with him. There was all of a sudden a particular fragrance that was intoxicating. That which I now experience as Spirit. There was a great spirit in Brando and that's what really made him as a great actor and a person that didn't pretend to be something he wasn't.
Marlon Brando is the greatest actor because of his unmatched acting range. From 1950-60 he played a paraplegic in THE MEN, Stanley Kowalski in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, a Mexican revolutionary in VIVA ZAPATA, Mark Anthony, a Hell's Angel in THE WILD ONE. Terry Malloy in ON THE WATERFRONT, Napoleon in DESIREE, sang and danced in GUYS AND DOLLS, a Japanese man in TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON, a contrite nazi in YOUNG LIONS then directed ONE EYED JACKS.
@@infinitejay5659 Daniel Day Lewis is a representation of all the great actors that revolutionized acting in the past, and he himself, has not done that! If you're a fan of his, you also admire those that inspired him.
@@hectormanuel9793 All I said was that DDL's range is very impressive and shouldn't be overlooked. He was never the movie star Brando was and he didn't need to be. He is a star in his own regard for his dedication and pure talent and in his own passion for inhabiting characters. No actor since Brando has done what he (Brando) did, and there will likely never be anyone like him because he brought naturalism to the limelight - perhaps one the most revolutionary things in acting history.
Brando was known for his naturalism, in voice snd manner, but he was surprisingly good at singing, dancing, and accents, the more artificial aspects of the art.
I thought Brando’s turn in Last Tango in Paris was extraordinary. It was brave, shameless, raw and uncompromising and the most unglamorous performance a megastar could deliver.
I’m gonna have to check that movie out. I’ve heard of it but haven’t seen it. It came out the year I was born so it has to be good. An old classic just like me. 😉
James Gandolfini did a fantastic job of playing/looking like the classic tough guy mafioso but deep down he was this sensitive, emotionally damaged soul. Rip
@@lennonmahoney7302 Im not your friend. Im not your enemy. Im nothing to you, so what. Im in my dreams constantly no life no live, no joy to feel, im just a silent pain writing this. Get a grip on life, boy.
Brando once did an interview with his father in which his father was going on about how he disliked the coarseness of society or something, and Brando is glaring at him with this barely contained hatred, this fury of 10,000 suns. He absolutely wanted to leap across the table and throttle his father in that moment. It seems pretty clear to me that Brando was an abused child when you consider how he was living in NY before he was discovered, he was basically a street person for a time. When you look at how he struggled his whole life with delaying gratification, which is very common among people who were abused as children. The clues are there.
Wow never heard that can you explain the abuse thing? Is it because they feel unworthy of gratification so they delay it? Ironically for success money etc delaying gratification is a super turbo. Man just look at Hollywood, dark thoughts come to mind.. But I haven't figured out to program myself completely. Here and then I get it, but
@@nicodurr729 No, I mean there are signs that Brando struggled to delay gratification. This is a common maladaptive behavior in people who grew up in problematic home environments.
@@schmule460 As for Brando movies, here's an essential list: - A Streetcar Named Desire - On the Waterfront - The Godfather - Last Tango in Paris If you mean movies in general, I'm happy to give more recommendations!
@@doctornov7 I would take Last Tango off that list , he raped the female lead in that film and only got away with it due to being Brando and blaming it on his eccentricities
2:29 I think this is the reason he's so good as Marcus Aurelius in Julius Caesar. Not only does he look Roman, he has both the fury and that broken sensitivity as he mourns Caesar in the 'Cry Havoc' speech. Perfectly captures and embodies the rising fire that Aurelius speaks of. Such a shame he didn't do more Shakespeare!
I recently saw a video of a guy talking about the best acting he’s ever seen. He said that everyone else felt like they were stage acting and Brando practically created what we think of as film acting.
Ironic that part of Brando's authenticity was generated by - for example in On The Waterfront- he read his lines off pieces of paper positioned above him. He was doing it all live. He had not memorized or rehearsed it to death. Just the opposite of all the major actors of the day.
lol that's kinda how I do presentations. I put up a slide then I talk about the slide. No practicing, no rehearsed lines. I've had a lot of compliments on my presentations because it feels more authentic when you don't know the exact words ahead of time, but this only works if you really understand the thing you are presenting. In Brando's case, the idea of method acting is to fully understand the character and then improvise. Don't write down that you will tilt your head one way or other; just do what feels correct at the moment.
I see the comments framing a lot of this in terms of stage vs film acting - but Brando's approach came from a new kind of stage acting that had come from Russia and was establishing itself in the US - his teacher Stella Adler and director Elia Kazan both came out of this, as did Strasberg and the Actor's Studio - Kazan and Brando played a huge role in popularizing this approach onscreen Before that, I think American acting was very influenced by the theatre in Great Britain - and also there was already this new thing going on that came with cinema, this idea of just "being" instead of "acting" - think of figures like Gary Cooper, Louise Brooks, Cary Grant, Robert Mitchum, Greta Garbo, Jimmy Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck This Stanislavski system from Russia/USSR, and the American Method that emerged from it were something different, though you can see areas of overlap - one distinctive aspect seemed to be a disparity between thought and speech, a kind of counterpoint - like a whole different story was playing out in the character's mind, separate from what they were saying - another is this very particular notion of "truth" - if the other approaches would "present" or "carry out" an action, for the Method it feels like it needs to be "induced" - to somehow actually arrange things to trigger the impulse, so then the action seems to happen organically, almost involuntarily, like a reflex
@@takejaylor3528 Nah, they're two handsome white guys with full lips, that's about where the similarities end. It's just cause their acting demeanour's alike you think they look the similar.
Loved Brando in Sayonara, On The Waterfront…he had such a vulnerability. There’s another where he gets beaten up as an Army officer and has to recover and like in Streetcar, he conveys so strikingly the sense of loss, the crushing heartfelt experience that connects the audience to him.
From what I heard he detests tobacco, cigarettes atleast. He refused to smoke cigarettes as Worm in rounders like the director wanted. Hence the toothpick
Fascinating seeing this now in my life. When I was younger, I tried to seriously study acting, getting accepted into a BFA Acting program. One of my first acting classes, I brought up how acting has evolved, but I couldn’t fully articulate it. The professor disagreed with me, I didn’t argue. This video explains it and why.
It is interesting hearing someone talk about Brando at his peak, as I pretty much only caught the films near the end of his life; when he was out of shape, did not seem to care about the parts he played, and often getting paid vastly more for his bit part than the actors that carried the film
Same for me. When I think of Brando I think of how he was in films like apocalypse now. Idk what happened in his life but it seems like he was very distraught as he got older. He just seemed over it, like he didn’t want anything to do with this world anymore. Like I’ve read stories about him and how he was on set in some of his later performances and he just seemed indifferent to it at all like he didn’t wanna be there. Like something was always bothering him
I first saw Marlon in Don Juan de Marco. I was watching tv and saw intro titles. I knew Johnny Depp but only heard of the name of Brando having no idea how he looked. I decided to watch the movie even it was late at night and I was a girl. After a few minutes of erotic scene with Johnny I decided that this film is boring (lol) and wanted to turn off tv but at that second I saw fat old man and for some reason movie became intresting. I watched it with incredible pleasure and cried till sunrise feeling so happy for some reason! I completely forgot about big name of Marlon Brando. I could only think about that marvelous fat guy, believing that I had found very special talent that no one else knew. So it was funny when later turned out he was Marlon Brando. Yeah, boys and girls, fat old guy was version of Brando that made me his fan. That's what I call a true genious!
All you need to know about Brando if you’re reading this is that he’s the greatest actor Male or Female in the history of motion pictures and that’s that
If you watch and study world cinema , A indian actor DILIP KUMAR did everything long before what Brando did in Hollywood. KUMAR was more intense, more natural even batter then Brando ..Kumar was much more superior in emotions in talent . Sadly he turned Hollywood down . Kumar is the greatest actor to have ever lived , much more greater then Brando .
as a cinema historian i tend to disagree that before brando every actor performed as in theater, there were 2 actors who pre-brando changed the game: James cagney and Paul muni. Brando changed the game as far as giving performances a sense of angst wich was translated by him doing the opposite of what was required for each scene, for example he improvised the cab scene, the script specified for him to yell ag his brother and shoot the gun, instead, brando did the opposite wich surprised Rod steiger.
It's great that you mention Cagney or Muni. In every artistic movement, there is always someone getting all the credit for other precursors just before them. Exactly like the Nouvelle Vague who surfed on the Italian Neo realism wave. Cagney, like Muni or Michel Simon, certainly paved the way.
When i watched American History X, for the first time during my school days kept thinking about the Nortons character for long time, even though i was not from USA , but certainly his acting and the Character on hate crimes of America played was so real .
I love Joe and so often I see him hold onto a topic related to fighting or gym etiquette, something close to his wheel house where he dominates the conversation. But Norton had so much to say here, so many great insight and pure thoughts that have clearly been on his mind and reworked for years. And Joe tries to bring in Brando's lack of gym discipline with him being fat. I love Joe but now and then I love to see him humbled
My favorite part of street car, is when he smashes the table, and checks his old lady and the sister-in-law, tells them hes like Huey P. Long, that he is the king of his castle, then chucks a coffee cup at the wall and says now that's how I'm gonna clean the table!, that was the best ever alpha male Scene in a move!
The conversation seems to be a one between an Ancient Greek philosopher and a baboon. Joe Rogan is such a cartoon for bring up Brando's later years weight when Norton is giving him a tribute of a life time.
I remember I was a kid watching something on tv ...maybe The Men it was I dont remember .I was so impressed he is so real you could feel his feeling .It was something incredible.
Brando in Streetcar Named Desire is pretty much the prototype or a blueprint of a perfect actor/movie star. To be a great actor, you have to understand emotions and be able to express them the right way so the audience gets them. And understanding emotions and being OK with them is a largely feminine attribute, so basically, in order to be a truly great actor, you have to be slightly feminine and adopt this. But in order to still appeal to men as well, you still have to retain some usually male or masculine characteristics. Brando walked this tightrope perfect. He was everything an actor can aspire or hope to be, in terms of looks, charisma, ability, and appeal to audiences. Interesting thing is that Brando himself didn't like Kowalski in Streetcar as a character, he considered himself the opposite in terms of personality. But he knew exactly how to embody such a person so you wouldn't even guess it wasn't his nature. And that's a great actor. A game changer, all modern actors stand on his shoulders, no doubt about it.
I think the concept of "undisciplined genius" is a vast category waiting to be defined and explored. I have always believed that anyone with an inclination for meticulousness can become very good in any given discipline; yet, that very focus on the meticulous closes many doors to be truly great.
Brando had a positive effect on acting in deed but I feel that now actors because of him take themselves WAY to seriously,that's another effect he had,granted Stewart and Grant had a theatrical aspect to their acting,however they didn't make acting into something mystical they needed to "channel",Brando was a douche who never learned his lines and created constant trouble on set,and that had an influence on the generations that came later for sure,there would be no virtue signalling Meryl Streep giving us moral lessons if it weren't for Brando.
So what? It doesn't matter if actors are assholes in their personal lives. If the art is good, it has a much bigger reach than their behaviour on set (although that's still bad).
If Brando hadn’t of paved the way for opinionated narcissistic celebrities to give moral lessons, some other actor would have. We humans love voicing our opinions about shit
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To translate, most movie stars before Brando acted as if they where performing live theater, with overemphasized movements and actions, as a way for the audience in the back of the theater to understand a character. Brando revolutionized modern performing by taking a much more subtle approach, allowing the small movements to portray the character, living in the moment, rather than in the lines. Hope that helped in case anyone was lost
@@Ahmed-bm2jl sorry if It came off as me say “acting was bad before Brando” because that’s the furthest thing from what I meant.
@@Ahmed-bm2jl It's not about "good acting": Cary Grant, Lawrence Olivier, Kirk Douglas, Clark Gable or Jimmy Stewart, to name a few, were great actors. Edward is comparing "stage acting" (everpresent in the golden age of Hollywood) with "modern acting" (popularized by Brando, Hoffman, De Niro, Pacino, etc). Doing "stage acting" is not "bad acting", but the more intimate style of modern acting is more efficient for the cinema medium.
@@Ahmed-bm2jl more theatrical acting IS good acting in live theater. More subtle acting capitalizes on the medium of cinema. You can be more dramatic and voracious when the camera is far away, but when the camera gets up close, even the smallest movement of the jaw muscles speaks even louder
That's not quite accurate.
Film actors long before Brando began altering their movements to accommodate the confines of a screen. Yes, a lot of silent film acting looks similar to stage acting, but that kind of broad, flamboyant movement was rapidly disappearing during the early sound era in the 30's and was essentially gone by the 40's (a decade before Brando ever showed up). Humphrey Bogart wasn't "playing to the back of the theater." And Clark Gable was more reserved and subtler than any stage actor around even today. But they were both playing a cultivated "style," as Norton touches on in this interview. And that "style" is what Brando abandoned.
If anything, Brando is frequently *more* physical than his immediate predecessors (like the always very staid Joseph Cotten). It's not an overall increase or decrease in movement, itself, that characterizes Brando's innovations. It is nuance, vulnerability, and *naturalism*.
Most Golden Age actors practiced some version of the Mid-Atlantic accent and performed other mannerisms and emotional notes largely borrowed from an eastern American upper class ideal. Even in films set in exotic or lower class environments, this convention of polished, high brow charisma was typical. Think of Errol Flynn in virtually any role.
Brando rejected all that. He would never be confused for a New York blue blood. Instead, he was more temperamental, more prone to self-doubt. And he showed more of these emotions, more convincingly. Not because his movements were smaller (or bigger). But because they were more varied, more "natural," and based more directly on his own internal life (as opposed to screen acting conventions and self-flattering stylization).
Brando isn't my personal favorite actor, actually. And I like a lot of the stylish, "polished" acting of the 30's and 40's. But he clearly did something new and different and important. But it wasn't smaller movements. It was just more emotional range and depth and more naturalism overall.
@@johnrogstad1278 when I said smaller movements, I was more referring to a more natural feel of his movement. How during the period of Brando’s rise, we did begin to see Hollywood step away from the “Filming a stage play” feel older Films had. Once directors began to understand that the camera is as much a character as everyone else, we begin to see much more Nuance in performances, and the beginning of our phrase of the day “Show don’t Tell”. I think the big thing about Brando is he didn’t revolutionize acting, but he was one of the first major stars during this transitional period. He was also one of the first major adopters of Stanisloskis system of acting, particularly method acting, to Hollywood. But really cool comment man!
I'm always impressed when I hear Edward Norton speak, he is always articulate and thoughtful.
Thoughtful? He just listed a bunch of great Hollywood actors and said they ALL (he emphasises "all") wanted to be actors because of Marlon Brando. All of them. None of them NONE OF THEM had any other motivation. It was ALL just seeing Marlon Brando.
It took me that long to realise he's an idiot. What's your excuse?
Harvard grad
And extremely hard to work with. Fun fact: During shooting of the Incredible Hulk, Edward Made multiple changes to the script and would constantly badger the director to make the changes officially
LOL
@@nimbusflamel8844 from what I heard he wanted it to be darker and more grounded a la batman begins which i cant blame him for. I remember an interview w kate beckinsale, who has a high iq, who said she probably got less work because she would point out this or that part of the story or script didnt make sense. I think probably the same with Norton.
It seems like Brando is where being a film actor really departed from being a stage actor. In theatre reality is sacrificed for clarity but in film you can get away with more reality.
Don’t skip out on Lawrence Olivier. I feel like he and Brando where far ahead of there generation. Along with Orson Welles and Citizen Kane.
That makes sense. Thanks.
Really? Not Chaplin or like at least 50 other people?
@@nickjklol Chaplin is a Vaudeville actor, as well as a silent film star for most of his career, so it’s hard to compare him to Talking pictures actors, since they have to perform completely different.
@@Cheesefist Every one of Chaplin's films from 1940 onwards were talkies. I wouldn't credit him with setting the paradigm for principle monologues, as Orson Welles is probably more appropriate, but he was one of the first to do it in The Great Dictator. Him and Brando even co-starred in a film together later on. I also made no comparisons - I'm strictly speaking on the matter of film becoming a nexus for a different version of acting, which arguably started with Charlie, which I'm open to conceding on. However, I won't concede that it started with Brando. That is an absolutely insane claim.
I like how careful Norton is with his words. Doesn't want to make assumptions about what was going thru Marlon's mind.
His broken childhood actually contributed to his acting greatness and it showed in uis performances.
happened with James Dean too -- when I see Brando on his knees to Stella, I remember James Dean clawing at Raymond Burr (who wasn't warned)
Is that right? Mister?
@@avicennitegh1377 elaborate;
Can you?
It also contributed to his pedophilia
@@ActuallyJamesS Many good actors that can play weird parts don't know how to be normal people in real life, e.g. Jack Nicholson, Elizabeth Taylor, Johnny Depp. Many of them admit this too. If you don't see it, start studying human behavior and actors' real life stories!
You did a good job. Brando's father was said to have greeted his acting hopes with a remark like, "Who'd pay to see your ugly face..." Growing up with that kind of disregard can switch a person off being aware of what they look like, or the impact they have on others, no matter how beautiful they are.
@@jaycuthbert245 Absolutely. Apparently Brando hired him later and made his life hell. Brando sure played a long game.
His ugly face??? I’m a straight man and Brando was a fucking stud
@@avicennitegh1377 🤯 what???
@@avicennitegh1377 damn how so
@@avicennitegh1377 He seemed like the kind of guy who would do that yes lol
Marlon Brando was one handsome bastard in his prime.
True, just like I am in my prime right now lol
Wyd you had to put it that way 😂 😂
@@meow-ee5gl cause its the truth Brando in his prime was one handsome bastard all the guys wanted to be him and all the women wanted to be with him
@@johnrockyryan quite a lot of guys wanted to be with him too, and he was totally into that - so you saying "all the guys wanted to be him" is a cool admission.
true, even until his late 40s he was pretty darn good looking. It was really in the late 70s when he just completely stopped giving a damn and let himself go
Norton has such a recognizable voice despite his little stuttering he has a certain charm in his speech I could listen to him talk about anything
Shhhh shut up
Primal Fear
You like snake lisp? Lol
What Brando brought to acting was imperfection. In Streetcar, mid-scene, Brando picks a piece of pillow fluff out of the air. The scene doesn't cut or stop. That fluff embeds the reality of the lines and of the narrative. And other actors would have ignored it. And in pristine Hollywood, such a defect wouldn't not have been tolerated and the scene would be shot again.
there was a story about brando i heard a while back, he was in an acting class and the assignment was to be a husband reading a newspaper on the couch, doorbell rings and it's a salesman and the wife goes to answer and from there they were supposed to improv. in every classmate's scene, the wife and husband are all cheery talking to one another and the salesman rings the doorbell, wife answers and the salesman barges into the house with his sales pitch and the conversation is flowing. marlon is playing the husband and in his scene he and the wife are barely talking, doorbell rings, wife goes to answer and salesman barges in as usual, marlon gets up and physically throws the guy out of the door and slams it, and the director's like 'whoa what was that all about?' and marlon just grumbles something like 'i don't know fuckin know that guy'
@A channel dicaprio's not method, but agreed he's great
What was the scene about Laura? Could you please explain?
@@achannel7553 Marlon was not fond of being called a method actor. It's a common misconception tied to his close proximity to The Actor's Studio and Lee Strasburg. Marlon was, in fact, taught by Stella Adler. Adlers school is embedded in the use of the imagination. For example, the principle: Relaxation = Concentration = Imagination. "Method," acting heavily utilizes Emotional Recall, typically by way of various Sense Memory techniques. It was also mistranslated by Strasburg from its origins in the Russian theatre with Stanislavski. But nevermind all that as I dont even know the ins and outs in such regard.. Would take a dissertations worth from some very old cat, so to speak
@@nwwfmaniac529 You are correct about, Leonardo. Just the same, Marlon isn't "method," either
He changed the whole history of cinema. What a great actor.
Always a pleasure seeing Norton. His voice in Kingdom of Heaven as Baldwin stole the show
Completely agree, the extended cut is one of my favorite movies.
@@justinlevy274 Kingdom of Heaven Director's Cut is a sleeping classic! It might be my favourite Ridley Scott film.
It wasn’t just his voice he acted with the mask on.
@@doctornov7 Does the Director's Cut remove the stupid crap with Orlando Bloom, where he goes to Jerusalem literally to save his beloved wife from the fiery pits of hell, only to bang the first woman he sees when he gets there? Does it leave in that strange final scene where he and his new woman ride over the grave of his easily forgotten and replaced beloved wife?
Because that had me spitting. That has me calling at least the original cut the worst piece of shite I've ever intentionally endured. But I've never seen the Director's Cut and my inquiry is genuine.
@@ryans756 All I'll say is get your hands on a copy, preferably a Blu-Ray, and see for yourself :) your questions will be answered
Brando,s childhood was turbulent where his alcoholic father deeply affected him as it should, so he had real pain which poured out the screen, big up for Montgomery Clift too
Yess glad somebody said it! Brando, Dean and Clift ❤️
Alcoholic mother too
Brando, James Dean and Montgomery Clift were the same breed, beyond superlatives. (I know, I didn't say it first, but I mean it just as much)
His mother was alcoholic. His father was distant and unsupportive.
Yeah Clift's life was a complete mess, despite him being born rich in an aristocratic family.
I really wish Rogan could get more serious actors on his show because he's actually a pretty good interviewer with them.
It would be difficult because he is being labeled as a republican transphobic by woke Hollywood, so he probably is seen as hazardous for the big actors' image.
@@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros9266 I agree with a hell of a lot of his Joe's personal politics and beliefs but either way it's a damned shame that his show is kind of blacklisted because really the JRE is an incredible, free-form, no rules outlet for conversation rather than "pitch your product" conventional interviews.
@PissedPajamas he's not blacklisted he has an enormous following and famous ppl go on there all the time. he just doesn't live in LA anymore so actors can't drive to him
seems like he just has right wing lunatics on now
@@woweezowee334 yea I don’t agree with a lot of his politics but like he’s not evil or anything like they make him out to be
When you look at Brando's acting performance he was very charming, poetic, he mumbles, his sudden outburst that comes out of nowhere. I understand why he was so popular amongst actors. He is a workshop in itself.
Every time Norton is interviewed it is fascinating. He knows much but he's still searching and that gets my respect and admiration.
Fantastic interview. Maybe the best interview I ever heard about Marlon Brando. I wish it would have gone on for another 2 hours.
@@paulwaltersheherfeministvl521 Paul, was your comment meant to be directed towards me, jamest1681? If it was, I don't have anything to do with this video about Marlon Brando. I am just a fan of Marlon Brando and I liked the video very much. Sorry if I misunderstood your comment.
@@jamest681 it’s not a real person. simply a promotion bot spamming this comment
Well said Edward Norton
Don’t discount Humphrey Bogart's influence. He brought the hard-boiled everyman to the screen. Brando brought more vulnerability.
That’s an excellent point, Bogart. The last scene between Bogart and Mary Astor in The Maltese Falcon when he explains to her why he’s going “to send her over” meaning turn her in for the murder of his partner, Bogart really exemplifies his character’s vulnerability. Love some Bogart. Some Eddie G Robinson too.
Brando had more Charisma and magnetism on screen than any actor I’ve ever watched.
What about the Rock??!
@@JoeyBoy2002 Charlie Brown has some
@johannesjoey9903 the Rocks is fake.
Edward Norton is so intelligent and articulate when he speaks on the genius of Marlon Brando and how much his acting has influenced a generation of actors who have followed him. Ed Norton did such a great job of holding his own with both Brando and Robert De Niro in "The Score."
"When you guys get your shit together, give me a call". YES, agreed. I watch The Score about once a year and consider it a highly underrated classic.
If you think of Robert De Niro, Al Pacino or even, Johnny Depp, what all of them have in common is that they're Brando's product. Furthermore, some people say that Tom Hardy is the new Marlon Brando of these time. But, you know what? there was one Brando in Hollywood.
Tom Hardy is trying way too hard. More and more people are actually starting to despise him. He's a one trick pony.
Tom Hardy? the guy from the Venom movie? LOL
You left out James Dean.
@@MrHEC381991 you really think Brando, and him had an affair?
@@user-np7pq2gy1v I don't know Shia Lebouf tells some stories about Hardy on set
Marlon Brando is one of the great examples when The Actor, The Acting and The Acted becomes one. Another great example would be Toshiro Mifune.
Also Dilip Kumar. All pioneers of method acting in their respective industries.
How honorable Edward Norton & Joe Rogan talk about Marlon Brando. So amazing to see this man, Brando is a True Legend like Michael Jackson. R.I.P
You can't see California without Marlon Brando's eyes.
To me Brando was authentic he refused to receive his Oscar because he thought Hollywood didn’t represent native Americans and other minorities in a positive way. I have always admired him for that.
*Oscar
@@JCReynardus Yeah Oscar
oh yeah he started this beloved "look at me, I save the downtrodden" shit they now all do.
@Jonathan Koch Oh really? So name me one actor or artist who has refused an award on moral grounds ?
@@helpIthinkmylegsaregone he started observation? He started simply recognizing people who exist? That makes no sense.. but I guess you probably think any empathy and care for others must be "propaganda" or some internet term. Touch grass.
Thank you Edward. I really appreciate your sharing about Marlon, and my first awareness of him was sitting by myself in the living room and I was maybe under the age of 10 for sure watching The Wild Ones. It wasn't necessarily my kind of film, especially at that age, even though I loved film. I found myself mesmerized by Brando's acting even at such a young age. I was so into what he was doing that I became one with him. There was all of a sudden a particular fragrance that was intoxicating. That which I now experience as Spirit. There was a great spirit in Brando and that's what really made him as a great actor and a person that didn't pretend to be something he wasn't.
First saw Streetcar when I was 15. Couldn't believe how good he was. Pure charisma
"poetic sensitivity" is the perfect way to describe Brandos acting
I have never heard someone speak so brilliantly about Brando
Marlon Brando is the greatest actor because of his unmatched acting range. From 1950-60 he played a paraplegic in THE MEN, Stanley Kowalski in A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, a Mexican revolutionary in VIVA ZAPATA, Mark Anthony, a Hell's Angel in THE WILD ONE. Terry Malloy in ON THE WATERFRONT, Napoleon in DESIREE, sang and danced in GUYS AND DOLLS, a Japanese man in TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON, a contrite nazi in YOUNG LIONS then directed ONE EYED JACKS.
Wouldn't say unmatched. Daniel Day-Lewis has just as impressive range.
@@infinitejay5659 He doesn't have half the presence that Brando had.
@@infinitejay5659 Daniel Day Lewis is a representation of all the great actors that revolutionized acting in the past, and he himself, has not done that! If you're a fan of his, you also admire those that inspired him.
@@hectormanuel9793 All I said was that DDL's range is very impressive and shouldn't be overlooked. He was never the movie star Brando was and he didn't need to be. He is a star in his own regard for his dedication and pure talent and in his own passion for inhabiting characters. No actor since Brando has done what he (Brando) did, and there will likely never be anyone like him because he brought naturalism to the limelight - perhaps one the most revolutionary things in acting history.
Can we be friends? I love that comment 😁😂
Brando was known for his naturalism, in voice snd manner, but he was surprisingly good at singing, dancing, and accents, the more artificial aspects of the art.
I thought Brando’s turn in Last Tango in Paris was extraordinary. It was brave, shameless, raw and uncompromising and the most unglamorous performance a megastar could deliver.
I’m gonna have to check that movie out. I’ve heard of it but haven’t seen it. It came out the year I was born so it has to be good. An old classic just like me. 😉
Then you don’t want to know what was going on behind the scenes.
If anyone want to learn the ART of acting, just watch the performance of Brando in that movie.
Uh what to say about that movie. There was also something bad which happened in that movie.
He was shameless indeed, when he should have been ashamed of how he treated Maria Schneider.
Thank you so much for editing it this way
James Gandolfini did a fantastic job of playing/looking like the classic tough guy mafioso but deep down he was this sensitive, emotionally damaged soul. Rip
rip gandolfini or brando?
Kid, get a grip.
@@cronologia348 both. What is there to get a grip about? What’s with the hostility?
@@lennonmahoney7302 Im not your friend. Im not your enemy. Im nothing to you, so what. Im in my dreams constantly no life no live, no joy to feel, im just a silent pain writing this. Get a grip on life, boy.
@@cronologia348 all you needed to say was “I’m crazy”
@@lennonmahoney7302 funny thing is, i'm not.
he just understood screen acting in a time when people didn't realize it was different than stage acting
He adlibbed a lot of stuff. His character in Apocalypse Now couldn't have been done better.
Brando once did an interview with his father in which his father was going on about how he disliked the coarseness of society or something, and Brando is glaring at him with this barely contained hatred, this fury of 10,000 suns. He absolutely wanted to leap across the table and throttle his father in that moment. It seems pretty clear to me that Brando was an abused child when you consider how he was living in NY before he was discovered, he was basically a street person for a time. When you look at how he struggled his whole life with delaying gratification, which is very common among people who were abused as children. The clues are there.
The shield weight is another classic sign of abused children in adulthood.
Wow never heard that can you explain the abuse thing?
Is it because they feel unworthy of gratification so they delay it?
Ironically for success money etc delaying gratification is a super turbo.
Man just look at Hollywood,
dark thoughts come to mind..
But I haven't figured out to program myself completely.
Here and then I get it, but
@@nicodurr729 No, I mean there are signs that Brando struggled to delay gratification. This is a common maladaptive behavior in people who grew up in problematic home environments.
I couldn't sit through the edward norton interview but with the editing I can see what he was getting at.... Good job
That's great! My aim was to make it more accessible to people who might not know all the references/movies etc.
@@doctornov7 We Appreciate As a film buff is there any notable movies I should watch?
@@schmule460 As for Brando movies, here's an essential list:
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- On the Waterfront
- The Godfather
- Last Tango in Paris
If you mean movies in general, I'm happy to give more recommendations!
@@doctornov7 This was really fantastic 👏 well done
@@doctornov7 I would take Last Tango off that list , he raped the female lead in that film and only got away with it due to being Brando and blaming it on his eccentricities
Brando, Elvis, came along at exactly the right time, being real plus also being pure horn!
Each rocked the world, stepped up the tempo & temperature…😍
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this girl must be 50 by the way she writes, god damn lady
@@cronologia348 😂😂😂
pure horn?
glad you uploaded this, one of my favorite episodes
After his lifelong friend Wally Cox died, Marlon Brando stole his ashes from Cox’s widow. He took them wherever he went, and liked to speak to them.
2:29 I think this is the reason he's so good as Marcus Aurelius in Julius Caesar.
Not only does he look Roman, he has both the fury and that broken sensitivity as he mourns Caesar in the 'Cry Havoc' speech. Perfectly captures and embodies the rising fire that Aurelius speaks of. Such a shame he didn't do more Shakespeare!
One of my most iconic movie experiences: "Who's that guy?" Norton in Primal Fear ...
I recently saw a video of a guy talking about the best acting he’s ever seen. He said that everyone else felt like they were stage acting and Brando practically created what we think of as film acting.
Fine-tuned description of male role model/performance in cinema. Description of Brando male-type VS prior and post male portraying is really cool
Ironic that part of Brando's authenticity was generated by - for example in On The Waterfront- he read his lines off pieces of paper positioned above him. He was doing it all live. He had not memorized or rehearsed it to death. Just the opposite of all the major actors of the day.
lol that's kinda how I do presentations. I put up a slide then I talk about the slide. No practicing, no rehearsed lines. I've had a lot of compliments on my presentations because it feels more authentic when you don't know the exact words ahead of time, but this only works if you really understand the thing you are presenting. In Brando's case, the idea of method acting is to fully understand the character and then improvise. Don't write down that you will tilt your head one way or other; just do what feels correct at the moment.
Brando’s tone in Apocalypse Now is absolutely spot-on for the representation of The Heart of Darkness
He looks totally wrong though, & actually he doesn't talk how Conrad wrote Kurtz.
I see the comments framing a lot of this in terms of stage vs film acting - but Brando's approach came from a new kind of stage acting that had come from Russia and was establishing itself in the US - his teacher Stella Adler and director Elia Kazan both came out of this, as did Strasberg and the Actor's Studio - Kazan and Brando played a huge role in popularizing this approach onscreen
Before that, I think American acting was very influenced by the theatre in Great Britain - and also there was already this new thing going on that came with cinema, this idea of just "being" instead of "acting" - think of figures like Gary Cooper, Louise Brooks, Cary Grant, Robert Mitchum, Greta Garbo, Jimmy Stewart, Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck
This Stanislavski system from Russia/USSR, and the American Method that emerged from it were something different, though you can see areas of overlap - one distinctive aspect seemed to be a disparity between thought and speech, a kind of counterpoint - like a whole different story was playing out in the character's mind, separate from what they were saying
- another is this very particular notion of "truth" - if the other approaches would "present" or "carry out" an action, for the Method it feels like it needs to be "induced" - to somehow actually arrange things to trigger the impulse, so then the action seems to happen organically, almost involuntarily, like a reflex
For me, Tom Hardy seems to have a lot of similarities with Marlon Brando. That same machismo linked with a sensitive soul.
He looks similar to Marlon too.
@@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros9266 His face is totally different but the way he acts is somewhat similar, very sincere
@@Vasily_dont_be_silly nah they definitely look alike.
@@takejaylor3528 Nah, they're two handsome white guys with full lips, that's about where the similarities end. It's just cause their acting demeanour's alike you think they look the similar.
@@donquixotedoflamingo5510 I’m not saying they’re twins but if you look up google images of them side by side they definitely look very alike
Loved Brando in Sayonara, On The Waterfront…he had such a vulnerability. There’s another where he gets beaten up as an Army officer and has to recover and like in Streetcar, he conveys so strikingly the sense of loss, the crushing heartfelt experience that connects the audience to him.
Brando made his theater debut in London. When he made his entrance the audience thought a janitor had mistakenly wandered on stage.
How does one get this information of what the audience was thinking
When did he play in London? In wich theatre? What part? Was it in real life or just in your dream?
Great transitional edits on this! very very smooth!
God damn, I’d like to hear Edward Norton do a podcast. He’s got a great voice.
What a great unique breakdown of Brando.
I feel like Edward is a guy to grab whiskey and cigar with and talk about snob things. I love it
From what I heard he detests tobacco, cigarettes atleast. He refused to smoke cigarettes as Worm in rounders like the director wanted. Hence the toothpick
@@MrBojangles877he smoked in fight club though
Fascinating seeing this now in my life. When I was younger, I tried to seriously study acting, getting accepted into a BFA Acting program. One of my first acting classes, I brought up how acting has evolved, but I couldn’t fully articulate it. The professor disagreed with me, I didn’t argue. This video explains it and why.
You clearly knew more than your pathetic professor.
He looked macho on the surface but he had this poetic weak sensitivity inside.
Weak?
It is interesting hearing someone talk about Brando at his peak, as I pretty much only caught the films near the end of his life; when he was out of shape, did not seem to care about the parts he played, and often getting paid vastly more for his bit part than the actors that carried the film
Same for me. When I think of Brando I think of how he was in films like apocalypse now. Idk what happened in his life but it seems like he was very distraught as he got older. He just seemed over it, like he didn’t want anything to do with this world anymore. Like I’ve read stories about him and how he was on set in some of his later performances and he just seemed indifferent to it at all like he didn’t wanna be there. Like something was always bothering him
YOU CAN'T SEE CALIFORNIA WITHOUT MARLON BRANDO'S EYES
I first saw Marlon in Don Juan de Marco. I was watching tv and saw intro titles. I knew Johnny Depp but only heard of the name of Brando having no idea how he looked. I decided to watch the movie even it was late at night and I was a girl. After a few minutes of erotic scene with Johnny I decided that this film is boring (lol) and wanted to turn off tv but at that second I saw fat old man and for some reason movie became intresting. I watched it with incredible pleasure and cried till sunrise feeling so happy for some reason! I completely forgot about big name of Marlon Brando. I could only think about that marvelous fat guy, believing that I had found very special talent that no one else knew. So it was funny when later turned out he was Marlon Brando. Yeah, boys and girls, fat old guy was version of Brando that made me his fan. That's what I call a true genious!
I love you
It works when you see the character and not the actor, that's great acting.
@@pinabautti4514 🥰😍
@@jesustovar2549 yes! it's always a character with Marlon!
Lovely story
Brando, Pacino, Nicholson, De Niro, Hoffman, Hopkins, Denzel, Day Lewis, Oldman, Di Caprio.
All you need to know about Brando if you’re reading this is that he’s the greatest actor Male or Female in the history of motion pictures and that’s that
Exactly. There's Brando and then there's the rest.
Paul Newman is the better actor of that generation.
If you watch and study world cinema ,
A indian actor DILIP KUMAR did everything long before what Brando did in Hollywood.
KUMAR was more intense, more natural even batter then Brando ..Kumar was much more superior in emotions in talent .
Sadly he turned Hollywood down .
Kumar is the greatest actor to have ever lived , much more greater then Brando .
@@mytravels8685 and after all that is still better than Brando. Impressive I know…
@@mytravels8685 by a long shot too.
He forgot to add Paul Newman to that list of actors who were inspired by Brando. That'd have been the first person I'd think to mention!
Newman definetly belongs in the conversation not only as someone influenced but also kind of doing what brando did.
The hustler is proof of that.
Brando and Dean kick started the anti-hero movement in Hollywood. Even Westerns took the turn with Leoni films.
i could listen to Norton all day everyday, i still remember his interviews when promoting Fight Club.. he always has sustains
Morgan Freeman shouldn’t be mentioned in that group. Morgan Freeman isn’t an actor, he’s himself in every role
He plays the wise old negro in every movie.
Brando was like So what? What does that mean to call me the greatest actor? It means nothing. Im an actor.
I've never seen an actor Taking a shot so real like Brando in The Last Tango In Paris
The intensity of his immediate reaction made me jump
Great Interview! It's really enjoyable to listen to Norton.
as a cinema historian i tend to disagree that before brando every actor performed as in theater, there were 2 actors who pre-brando changed the game: James cagney and Paul muni. Brando changed the game as far as giving performances a sense of angst wich was translated by him doing the opposite of what was required for each scene, for example he improvised the cab scene, the script specified for him to yell ag his brother and shoot the gun, instead, brando did the opposite wich surprised Rod steiger.
Yea agreed, Mitchum definitely brought that same sorta presence of a different kinda male star even before Brando
It's great that you mention Cagney or Muni. In every artistic movement, there is always someone getting all the credit for other precursors just before them. Exactly like the Nouvelle Vague who surfed on the Italian Neo realism wave. Cagney, like Muni or Michel Simon, certainly paved the way.
Brando was awesome. My favourite.
Loved him in everything especially Mutiny on the Bounty.
Here's the thing about actors, most of them are crazy and they love themselves.
The golden age actors were real in their own right, they represented their time and they did it well.
No doubt I love a lot of the actors and actresses from the golden age.
But this was just different and took things in a new direction.
17 kids, 17,000 donuts.
lool!
Thing is Brando didn’t care
@@arturovillarreal1693 Obviously
Homer Simpson of acting 🍩
When i watched American History X, for the first time during my school days kept thinking about the Nortons character for long time, even though i was not from USA , but certainly his acting and the Character on hate crimes of America played was so real .
Cagney wasn't that bad either or Mitchum or Garfield if you're looking at pre-Brando intensity.
Paul Muni and Brando would tell you that.
We gossip endlessly about Clint Eastwood having 8 children, and here we have Marlon Brando with 17.
I love Joe and so often I see him hold onto a topic related to fighting or gym etiquette, something close to his wheel house where he dominates the conversation. But Norton had so much to say here, so many great insight and pure thoughts that have clearly been on his mind and reworked for years. And Joe tries to bring in Brando's lack of gym discipline with him being fat. I love Joe but now and then I love to see him humbled
Damn, Ed Norton is one heck of an articulate guy.
I clicked this thinking it would be another one of the horror stories of working on set with Brando lol
The picture in the thumbnail really emphasizes how much Vito Scaletta from Mafia 2 looked like him ( Marlon Brando).
Now Stallones scene at the end of First blood makes even more sense... He wanted a Brando scene
Dude, look at James Dean. He was the biggest Brando wannabe.
@@MrHEC381991 all actors of that generation was Brando wannabes.. Nothing wrong with that
This was really edited, rare to see this on youtube
woah! Young Marlon Brando looked like Vito Scaletta.
Brando didn’t have to face a camera to act or be understood
Great information, good editing too man. Cheers!
Joe is so good getting an amazing people to his show!
My favorite part of street car, is when he smashes the table, and checks his old lady and the sister-in-law, tells them hes like Huey P. Long, that he is the king of his castle, then chucks a coffee cup at the wall and says now that's how I'm gonna clean the table!, that was the best ever alpha male Scene in a move!
I said this before about Joaquin. Now I believe it applies to Norton. Greatest actor to not have received an Oscar.
Norton is better than Joaquin.
EVERYBODY seems to forget his movie iViva ZAPATA where he showed his real emotional side that for me was one of his best performances
The conversation seems to be a one between an Ancient Greek philosopher and a baboon.
Joe Rogan is such a cartoon for bring up Brando's later years weight when Norton is giving him a tribute of a life time.
I remember I was a kid watching something on tv ...maybe The Men it was I dont remember .I was so impressed he is so real you could feel his feeling .It was something incredible.
Never expected Brad Pitt to appear in JRE
Great editing and compilation, thank you
Brando in Streetcar Named Desire is pretty much the prototype or a blueprint of a perfect actor/movie star. To be a great actor, you have to understand emotions and be able to express them the right way so the audience gets them. And understanding emotions and being OK with them is a largely feminine attribute, so basically, in order to be a truly great actor, you have to be slightly feminine and adopt this. But in order to still appeal to men as well, you still have to retain some usually male or masculine characteristics.
Brando walked this tightrope perfect. He was everything an actor can aspire or hope to be, in terms of looks, charisma, ability, and appeal to audiences. Interesting thing is that Brando himself didn't like Kowalski in Streetcar as a character, he considered himself the opposite in terms of personality. But he knew exactly how to embody such a person so you wouldn't even guess it wasn't his nature. And that's a great actor.
A game changer, all modern actors stand on his shoulders, no doubt about it.
I think the concept of "undisciplined genius" is a vast category waiting to be defined and explored. I have always believed that anyone with an inclination for meticulousness can become very good in any given discipline; yet, that very focus on the meticulous closes many doors to be truly great.
The only man that could play Judge Holden 😞
Edward Norton as King Baldwin in Kingdom of Heaven is channeling Brando in a very interesting way - almost like a medieval Kurtz with total clarity.
Brando had a positive effect on acting in deed but I feel that now actors because of him take themselves WAY to seriously,that's another effect he had,granted Stewart and Grant had a theatrical aspect to their acting,however they didn't make acting into something mystical they needed to "channel",Brando was a douche who never learned his lines and created constant trouble on set,and that had an influence on the generations that came later for sure,there would be no virtue signalling Meryl Streep giving us moral lessons if it weren't for Brando.
So what? It doesn't matter if actors are assholes in their personal lives.
If the art is good, it has a much bigger reach than their behaviour on set (although that's still bad).
Yeah , like there's Spencer tracy , Peter o toole !!!
That's why some of the best would argue that Charlie Chaplin is the best actor ever!!
@Barfieman362 Maybe you should read up a little bit more pal because lots of people think Charlie Chaplin is the best.
Why would moral lessons from actors trigger you, unless you are morally flawed?
If Brando hadn’t of paved the way for opinionated narcissistic celebrities to give moral lessons, some other actor would have. We humans love voicing our opinions about shit
Thought bubble over Rogan's head with an Elk Steak in it...
Edward Norton really is A class.
Brandon,, only one word, he is invisible in that character. Just like mohanlal,, they are not acting, but living in that character.