The Many Voices Of Daniel Day Lewis
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- In this video essay, I discuss what makes Daniel Day-Lewis one of the best actors of all time, more specifically about how he uses his voice/accent to the full effect. I talk about movies such as There will be blood (directed by Paul Thomas Anderson), Phantom Thread, In the name of the father, Lincoln and gangs of new york. Comparing his acting to the likes of Jared Leto and Leonardo Di Caprio. Daniel Day-Lewis portrays some of the best characters ever put to film and in my opinion, a large part of that is down to his voice. Also, look at Daniel Day-Lewis's interviews with him discussing the importance of his voice which led him winning an oscar for best lead actor and also look at how his method acting helped him develop a character in his best scenes. Also, the iconic scene of I've abandoned my child is analysed.
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He retired from acting but how do we know that he's not just preparing for a role where he plays a retired actor?
I seriously wouldn't put it past him. "I needed to retire for 15 years so I knew what it was like to be an actor who didn't work."
@@RSpracticalshooting lol
Lmfao
Isn't he making shoes or something like that now?
Well done lol
His ability to disappear into a character is so connected to his voice. This is why actors like Pacino or De Niro (though I love both) always feel like they’re playing slightly altered versions of themselves, whereas Daniel is virtually invisible.
That’s probably my only flaw in de niro’s acting other than taxi driver every other role feels like I’m watching a de niro performance rather than a real character
I think Day Lewis is the greatest of all time because of his chameleonic style of method acting.
I literally couldn’t agree more except for when Al Pacino played Tony Montana. I prefer Al Pacino over De Niro. But DDL is on an entire different level.
Pacino is a terrible over actor, why does every charecter he plays act like they just did a 3 gram line of blow.
@@Haulinbassracing Because a lot of them just did lol. But seriously u can’t disrespect Pacino like that he’s one of the greatest to ever do it. Go watch the Godfather part 2 and Scarface and then tell me he’s a terrible actor
The "abandoned my child" scene is beyond human. He acted something out that we'll never see again.
?? I rewound the scene and watched it again! :P
And what's that we'll never see again??? His face???
Ive watched it loads of times too and Im still not sure if he really means it.
Idk it reminded me of sean Penn in mystic river
Lmao beyond human. People overreact too much. He’s not a god
His acting in Gangs of New York, Lincoln and There Will Be Blood draws me in. I pretty much always watch those movies when they are on. True classics.
DDL is simply remarkable. I hope he does another movie
I love to hate this guys characters
His performance in My Left Foot is a revelation as well.
@@clapdrix72 Yes it was
His performance in Gangs of New York is overwhelming, he makes Di Caprio and Cameron Diaz look like amateurs.
I think a huge part of his greatness is his ability to be unrecognizable why remaining the same. The only other person that can pull this off in my book is Gary Oldman
Christian Bale is another great example of an actor who can seemingly transform in any character he needs to be. Aside from his insane physical transformations, even when his looks remain largely the same he always seems different. Just compare his work on American Psycho with Batman or The Big Short. Lewis, Oldman and Bale are some of my favorite actors of all time.
Oldman, early DeNiro and Pacino, R.Williams, C.Bale, Ledger(that one glorious time), Brando...
@@4Everlast Ledger is overhyped because of his death, yes he did insanely good as Joker, but the hype is too much.
@@n8wolf575 It's one in a life time performance from an otherwise ok actor, sure a persons death gets him to the stratosphere ASAP, many times even when they do not deserve it, but he did, it was a perfect casting nobody believed in, great script, great film etc. every scene and dialogue, every second of his Joker is pure cinema magic. The hype comes from those you say "oh, who knows how much he still had to give", not really It could off been the best thing he's ever done even if he lived to be a 100, sure, but he will be remembered.
@@4Everlast i just dont like hype. most people didndt give a fuck till he died.
If you've ever worked on set, and really watched an actor you'll know. There are actors who act because they love fame, (narcissistic) others who want to act, but don't understand how to get there to be convincing, and then there's actors who want to act because they are genuinely interested in people, in knowing why somebody is who they are. They do it because, they not only want to know others, but also know themselves. Good camera people are also like this. They watch, to understand. They take the picture a certain way to express what they are seeing.
I've worked in camera for 23 years. Never worked with Daniel but I can see he is an explorer. He's objective and doesn't judge. This is the key.
Fantastic summation, thank you.
well said
I know of some actors that said they act just bcuz it helps them deal with their real life problems.
I don't see how acting for fame is narcissistic.
@@CrystalMang0 I'm assuming you don't understand what Narcissism is. It's a mental condition in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for excessive attention and admiration, troubled relationships, and a lack of empathy for others. You don't see the connection?
People like this are dreary obnoxious souls. They are in love with themselves and only themselves.
Two of the greatest actors I've ever watched Daniel Day-Lewis and Gary Oldman.
I want a biopic film where Day-Lewis plays Oldman and Oldman plays Day-Lewis.
@@andrewbruning414 that would be something to behold how about Sidney Poitier?
Phillip Seymour Hoffman would be my only rival to those two. PSH in Along Came Polly was one of the funniest characters. But the range to go from that to Capote and any number of other roles, it's just absurd what he did.
My list would be
1) DDL 2) PSH 3) Oldman 4) Robin W. 5) Ledger 6) Sam Rockwell 6) Paul Bettany and then we start splitting hairs.
@@g3tmoore I got Ben Kingsley at number 3.
How about Joaquin, Bale, Gyllenhaal, Hardy, DiCaprio, Denzel, Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sean Penn, Adam Driver, Ed Harris?
There Will Be Blood has been and will continue to be one of the greatest films in history. Without Lewis, it wouldn't even be in the conversation.
The slowest movie ever, to be the greatest.
Basically just DJL running up the score so much he walked off the field with 3 min still on the clock.
agree! You can't get enough of his performance here.
I did not enjoy that movie, but his performance was captivating. He deserved that Oscar.
There will be blood is the best performance in cinematic history. Master class in every aspect
Easily the best actor of our time. I never saw any actor before him that made me think "THAT is the greatest actor ever" . There Will Be Blood, and Gangs of New York alone are incredible. He is right about the voice being key to the character, but also his eyes. He has different expressions, and you can really see that he is being a different person when he acts. Very impressive.
There Will Be Blood was ridiculous, over the top and psychologically unbelievable. I really liked the novel (Oil!), but the movie simply trashes it. What a misdirection of talent. Just the title alone is a huge cliché. Gangs were good, though.
I'm going to watch Gangs of New York tonight, it's been long enough without The Butcher
If it's about voice, eye expression and becoming a different person, Heath Ledger had one of the best acting moments in movie history. Don't forget Anthony Hopkins, both these strong contenders to that title. Ledger wasn't able to prove further if he could make it, but Anthony Hopkins has proven it several times, like in "Titus".
Philip Seymour Hoffman is great too, but not nearly the chameleon.
@@brianray6980 Joaquin and Bale are chameleon actors.
I remember seeing There Will be Blood in theaters when it released, and during the opening "I'm an oil man" speech, I knew right away I was in for something special. Paul Dano deserves a ton of credit as well.
For me Daniel Day Lewis is the greatest actor ever! I love all the characters he's played however Bill the Butcher was on a whole other level...Impeccable!
He’s the greatest. He’s not just methodically embodying the part to be believable, but he’s also investigating the character through the encapsulation by the actor because the character is carefully hand picked for the fact that it is usually a reflection of his subconscious. His parts were already him before he acted them out. That’s the trick revealed.
@@justwannagohome888 I only know because I'm exactly the same way.
What do you mean by encapsulation??
Considered to be the best of all time and with only 30 acting credits to his name. Unbelievable Daniel 👍🏻
The definition of quality over quantity
Probably part of the reason he's the best.
30 is a lot though. Most actors would kill to get 30 roles.
He never picked a bad role. He took acting serious and a reflection of who he is.
There are also so many roles he lost during this time like
Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction
Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy
Are two of the most famous roles he wants to do but lost to other.
"i've abandoned my child" hit me like a hammer.
Same. I broke down crying during that scene
i abandoned my child too
For me, he seems so damn genuine as any character he plays. He’s in no rush to, “deliver his lines”. He IS that character who is speaking, naturally. There are no, “lines”. In that sense, he’s not afraid to take his time and while that might come off as slow-paced or even boring, if acted by anyone else…he pulls you in with it.
There Will Be Blood is one of my top five favorite movies because of his role in that.
George Clooney is George Clooney in every movie, as is every other "actor" in Hollywood. Their identity transcends the characters they are supposed to be portaying.
Not one of Lewis's characters bleeds over into the other. They are all quite distinct from one another and the movie is about the character and the story... not Lewis himself.
RDJ, Tom Hardy, leonardo dicaprio & Johnny Depp are other examples of fantastic actors that transform into their characters. They have similar characters in movies because that's what the director wants but each of those have done movie(s) (many in the case of depp) that have shown their ability to transform into a character. (Ref. See: Tropic thunder, Django unchained, Legend.)
Ya true. Like I love Brad Pitt for example, but I just find that Brad Pitt plays Brad Pitt in most movies he acts in.
@@Pyrolysis2142 I really wish Johnny Depp was offered/took more roles where he really shows the full extent of his talent. Quite a few of his characters end up as that goofy, drunkard Jack Sparrow type in a different costume because the people that hired him either assume that's all he can do, or worse, know he's capable of much more and don't care.
@@ladams391 the drunkard Jack Sparrow was 100% his creation, and the studio actually told him it was too weird, but he sticked to it. Yeah he probably could play oscar-winning roles, but he prefers playing the roles that he likes.
@@kimi9572 That's fair, when that series of movies started Sparrow was a great character, I just find myself disappointed that he becomes more and more of a caricature with each new iteration. I get the sense that Depp likes taking a pretty wide variety of roles on, which is respectable and only goes to highlight even further his talent and skill.
Daniel Day Lewis is so good he's regarded as the greatest living actor and I didn't even know what he looked like until last year. I've seen most of the films in your video too (I watch films for the films, not for who's in them - I don't even check, most of the time)
I honestly could have been talking to him in a pub for hours, he could have told me his name was Daniel, and I STILL wouldn't have known who he was. He's a complete anomaly of stardom. It's utterly remarkable.
Excellent point, I have him and Oldman as top 2, with Denzel, DiCaprio, Hardy and Joaquin as very honourable mentions, but until I saw one of his interviews a few years ago I didn’t know what he actually looks like, he also lives in Ireland like a normal fella, a true legend
I completely agree. This is the sort of acting I think every other actor can rightfully envy because I can't think of any other actor capable of disappearing into their characters.
He truly is one of the all time greats. He gives amazing performances in everything. He one of the few actors who seem to act because they love it, and not for the attention of fame. He doesn't pander to an audience, he gives his best. It's a shame he's retired from acting. But then again, it's probably a good thing considering the state of Hollywood right now.
He is the greatest actor I have ever come across. His greatness amplifies even more, bcz of his humbleness. He is not an actor, but an artist!
I love how he opens his mouth, uses his vocal cords, and then the voice comes out. Incredible stuff.
LOL you have encapsulated how I feel about this video. It’s such a pretentious review of DDL’s acting. You can make any half decent actor look incredibly deep with this kind of analysis.
Bravo Vince!
A legend he is ! i wish more actors aspire to have the same dedication and vision for the characters they play as he does, great analysis by the way
I hope he comes back out of retirement, no one matches his talent. I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
@@Essential_Cinema I hope so too, but I don't believe he will. If he does, that script have to be beyond amazing for him to commit to it. I love the video thumbs up from me
Lots of actors aspire.... most don't put in the effort
I'm happy there's one more video about Daniel Day Lewis on RUclips, there aren't many which is surprising considering he's such a great actor.
I appreciate that, thank you. Its crazy how little he's talked about
His movies don't resonate with the masses.
His portrayal of Lincoln is the best of any others, IMHO. Natural, believable, and relaxed. Without a sense of flaunting his martyrdom. Wart and all, so to speak...lol
For me he's the most gifted and technically accomplished film actor of his or multiple generations. His ability, as you quite rightly point out, put him in a very small pool. This innate and well practiced talent has also let him choose roles carefully. Each one is almost designed to show his considerable range. Very few, if any, actors can accomplish this.
Just one more role. It's all we need. His acting is greatly missed and I wish I could see him take on one more role, so he can remind us all once again why he is the GOAT.
Nicely put down. Of topic, I always wondered why a lot of Hollywood elite depreciates Paul Dano performance in There will be blood. I absolutely love it. It could be a little one-dimensional but as a character himself... truly adore their duo.
It’s a great performance, not his best, but nonetheless the dynamic works brilliantly
@@Essential_Cinema what do you think are Paul Dano best performances?
I just rewatched there will be blood and I couldn't stop thinking about how the best part of the movie was literally just listening to Daniel Day-Lewis speak and then I see this video haha great work great content earned a sub
Wasn't until seeing this video how many roles I've seen Daniel in without realizing. It does help that he looks so different in whatever beard and hairstyle he has, but the acting of his voice truly makes him unrecognizable. Quite sets him apart from other actors that, while great, aren't setting themselves to "be the character" as much as a version of them as themselves.
With and without the mustache, he’s like two different people, that alone is crazy to me- his voice and mannerisms just sell the way he carries himself in the different appearances he takes on
You’re in the midst of an argument with your family, feeling their betrayal, trying desperately to make them understand your emotions.
Suddenly someone yells “cut!” You blink. Everyone around relaxes. And you realize these are your relatives, they’re all actors and you were Daniel Day Lewis all along.
My left foot was my favorite movie from him. Brought me tears a few times.
“ just leave me my name!” His performance at the end of The Crucible. When he is the Butcher in Gangs of New York, or There Will be Blood, this man has had some of the most impactful performances I’ve ever seen
The Crucible is criminally underrated 💯
Love this analysis! The contrasting scenes in There Will be Blood are incredible interesting, great work. Draaaiiiiiiiiiiiiinaaagggeeeeee!!!!!
I’m glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for the support. I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE
Honestly think he's the greatest actor that has ever lived. There might be some actors out there that didn't get mainstream attention or do Broadway etc but in my eyes he is undoubtedly the best actor of all time and there will be blood is my favorite movie of all time by far
The “I’ve abandoned my child” scene is incredible. Not sure if it’s improv, but there’s one part when the preacher is getting him to say it over and over and he finally says “I’ve abandoned my *boy* ,” changing that one word and his voice shakes. That one word is so powerful because he is no longer just repeating after the preacher, but speaking from the heart. Gangs of New York is my favorite movie of his, but Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood I think is his best performance.
I would say "Good Preparation before shooting the original scene".
One of the things I love about that scene is how it parallels the earlier one when Eli asks for his money and Daniel throws him in an oil pit and slaps him around. It’s why Eli slaps him so much in this scene. In both cases, it’s all about power and humiliation. Daniel baptizes Eli in oil, and then Eli baptizes Daniel in water.
Daniel Day-Lewis is the only method actor that you can't hate for being a method actor cus his characters are freaking iconic and legendary
And he doesn’t do it just to show off
@@Essential_Cinema He does not seem to let his method negatively affect his co-workers, which is a bit rare. Some actors seem to use The Method (which has many versions, some more ill conceived than others) as an excuse to be assholes. That is unacceptable.
It’s nice to recognize his greatness. No clips from The Age of Innocence, that is one of my all-time favorite films.
just watched there will be blood n paul dano n daniel day lewis' performances really caught my eye, especially the way daniel plainview spoke n carry himself. paul dano's eli also is amazing to watch. his over the top antics might be the reason why he was chosen to play the riddler, which is as equally eccentric as eli
Daniel Day Lewis is one of the most versatile actors of the last 40+ years.
This video popped up on my feed after I just watched Age of Innocence on a longhaul flight and I was mesmerised by his subtle, restrained performance. He seemed to be doing so little but the film was compelling and had me captivated.
Even since I was 12 or 13 there was something do captivating about watching DDL. I couldn't put it into words but I've always found him utterly mesmerising on screen
I agree and when I watched heath Ledgers performance as the joker as well.
I watched him in there will be blood . And i can arguably say his acting is the best thing in entire movie .
I love these kind of videos. It puts to words tangible reasoning on things I understand at sight, but couldn't pick out myself at the time as the finer minutia of what's going on. Like a chef that can pick out all the seasonings while I just know it tastes delicious lol.
This summer I got to see both There Will Be Blood and Gangs of New York in a theater and Day-Lewis was so captivating to watch on a big screen. His voice literally shook the theater through his acting, brilliant artist.
I wish I could see those films on the big screen, I imagine that was such a great experience!
@@Essential_Cinema indeed it was, hoping Day-Lewis returns to acting so we see him more in the big screen!
Fingers crossed he comes back
more actors should act in the real world with the same respect for their characters as DDL does. He's never in interviews, only a few from his whole career, and this makes his characters so much more believable. A lot of actors today seem more interested in being celebrities than being actors.
Promoting films is part of your contract when you act in motion pictures. Many actors despise this process, yet they are forced to "act" as if they enjoy it. It's often not a desire for adulation that has movie actors go on talk shows or participate in press junkets. It's work, and one of the shittiest parts of the job.
@@ChrisMaxfieldActs it's really too bad.
His act in gangs of New York was unbelievable. His character completely changed. Mind blowing performance.
Let's not forget about the last of the Mohicans... and the complete training he had to go through to play that role. and then to see how he switches from native language back to English. and how he waits patiently until everyone has said what they want to say and then he speaks and its like everyone stops to listen. amazing actor!!
There Will Be Blood is quite possibly the greatest film ever. Though anything with Day-Lewis stands out against the rest.
It really is a bad film. Try watching more than 10 films
@@marknewbold2583 it’s only held up by his acting. The only redeemable part
@@marknewbold2583 U mind explaining why?
@@marknewbold2583 Your opinion is terrible, it’s a brilliant movie, you just didn’t understand the nuanced storytelling in the slightest. It’s one of the greatest films of the last 20 years. Maybe you should watch more than just Transformers and Fast & the Furious films before feigning expertise or knowledge of the art of cinema/craft of filmmaking. TWBB along with the rest of PTA’s movies are true cinematic works of art.
@@anonymousforsure Wrong. DDL’s acting was not even close to being the only redeemable part. Everything about TWBB was fantastic. You’re just too slow to appreciate profound, nuanced films, stick to watching movies from Michael Bay or Zack Snyder. There Will Be Blood is easily one of the greatest films released in the past two decades.
Man, if he didn't retire he would have been an amazing voice actor. He would have made buck in the anime dub industry :))) Not many great actors have a great time voice acting, it's incredibly demanding on your chords, but i think he would have pulled it off beautifully
100% agree, he can do so many unique voices, not sure he would take a role in voice acting but it would be great to see!
hmm... I wouldn't be surprised if he did mostly voice over work from now on.
anime is so far beneath him it isn’t even funny
There will be Blood, and Gangs of New York were some of his MOST BRILLIANT acting moments ever
I wholeheartedly believe he's the greatest of all time.
Imo Marlon Brando takes that title
@@PolishGod1234 Brandos not even top 10
@@johnnyregs2378 is this a joke? Brando is amazing in every role he's given. What's great about Brando is that most of his lines are improvised by himself, his acting doesn't feel like acting but how Brando acts irl. He's so convincing he makes you forget that he's reading his lines from paper during scenes.
He's by many critics regarded as the greatest of all time, one of the most influential as well.
The Age of Innocence may not be as vital as some of these other examples, but it's still my favorite vocal performance of his. Understated. Somehow I have faith it's a highly accurate portrayal of an accent that basically doesn't exist anymore. It's like a museum piece.
I recently rewatched Lincoln and Phantom Thread. This was quite insightful, thank you.
Phantom thread is an incredible movie
My favorite acting roles are Leo in The Departed. The therapist scene and the scene under the bridge when Marky Mark punches him are amazing. And Christian Bale in American Psycho. Happy that films getting attention, even if its because of megachad memes
his character in there will be blood is absoutly legendary, you see once, you never forget
DDL as Bill the Butcher is the finest piece of acting ever put on film
I agree. Two of my favorite roles ever is Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday in Tombstone and Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill the Butcher
Top 5 for sure along with TWBB.
Personally I have DDL in there will be blood slightly higher, but I could see the argument for both
There will be blood is in the top 10 best acting performances of all time.
Definitely top 5!
What other movies would you put above that one?
@@Samfromoneframe In terms of best acting performances?
@@Samfromoneframe Wow, yeah picking top 5 or top 10 acting performances of all time, is really no easy task. There are so many great actors, which has done so many great performances. Meryl Streep for example, is legendary, she could easily have all top 5 for some people without a doubt. But when i think about great performances, i usually think about Daniel Day Lewis in There will be blood, My Left Foot and Gangs of New York, Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Basterds, Jack Nicholson in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest and The Shining, Meryl Streep in Sophies Choice and The Iron Lady, Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump, Dustin Hoffman in Rainman, Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman. To mention a few. It's like really really difficult to narrow down what is greatest performances, as there are so many of them. But one thing is for damn sure, Daniel Day Lewis always delivered.
De Niro - raging bull and taxi driver, Malcolm mcdowell - a clockwork orange, Joaquin phoenix - the master.
As an up n coming director I must say this is a 100% correct and I am grateful that finally someone gets it. The voice is the most important tool of an actor. I tell my actors again and again. Get to the core of your voice or and the characters voice and merge them.
Daniel Day-Lewis defines Brilliantly the Passion to be an Actor. Like Marlon Brando and many Great Actors of the Method, he represents What it means to be an Actor. By his Method to perform physically and psychologically the Characters. And the importance of the Voice to defines the Soul of the Character. Daniel Day-Lewis, an Inspiring Personality and an Actor Ambassador.
im 29 and the very first movie i saw with Daniel Day Lewis in it was "Gangs of New York". And the way he say his lines was astounding!
"Last of the Mohicans" was his greatest role, as well as an exciting and beautifully shot film. Magua (Wes Studi) was also great in this.
no doubt, loved it too but watch there will be blood - its not acting, its art :-)
Totally agree on Last of the Mohicans !!
There will be blood and Gangs of New York are top contendors.
Phantom thread was so powerful. Ddw and pta are a match made in heaven. Two of the greatest artists of our time in full force together. I was completely transported and permanently transformed.
Almost all actors have scripts sent to them which they read and then decide whether they want to be in the film. Daniel Day Lewis gets sent very few scripts because the industry knows he won't even consider most roles. He's flipped Hollywood to such a degree they're hesitant to ask him to be in something just in case he refuses.
For my entire childhood and teens, I never realised that I had seen Butcher Bill in a movie that my parents watched a number of times on VHS in the very early 90s. The movie was My Left Foot and going back to it reveals the kernel of genius that is DDL today. Craftsmanship is the only word that comes close to how he seems to achieve what he does.
I didn’t even know he’s British lmao, a testament to his superb acting
He's Irish for gods sake! You couldn't have insulted him more if you tried.
@@cliddily Born and raised in London though...
@@cliddily He is literally English, he just lives in Ireland. You might be thinking of his father Cecil Day Lewis, who was born in Ireland, although he moved to England when he was two
@@jellybull he doesn’t live too far from me , drinks in my local sometimes. Has an Irish passport and citizenship and definitely considers himself to be more Irish than British
@@cliddily he’s English! His parents are English, just his dad was born in Ireland to English parents
I believe DDL's Daniel Plainview is quite possibly the greatest acting performance ever. It's nothing short of incredible.
I don’t believe you didn’t spend more time on “My Left Foot”. A well deserved Oscar performance. Just watching how hie speech improved over time ever so gradually. An epic performance just focussing speech.
such a great video essay....He is one of the GOATS of cinema acting
I really appreciate that, I’m glad you enjoyed the video! He is the goat for sure!
GOAT- greatest of all time…..in their field.
Simply one of the finest screen actors to ever live. Immense Oscar winning performances in almost every movie he starred in
Wonderful examination of a living legend of the silver screen. Thanks so much for this. 👏🏾👏🏾🙌🏾
Despite he won several Oscars, I still believe that he's underrated actor compared to Pacino or De Niro or Clooney who received tremendous fame worldwide. In my country, either nobody knows him at all or some know him from well known work like the last of the mohicans. They even didn't recognize him in gangs of new york. But everybody knows Pacino or Pitt in a blink of an eye.
That's what made him the greatest, If you can't recognize the actor who playing a character than you are best in your job.
I also didn't able to recognize Gary Oldman in "Oppenheimer", He is up there with DDL.
The guy is an incredible actor.
Voice actors are actors too. If anything, they often are moreso. Try bringing a character to life with JUST your voice and some jank CGI or character model movements attempting lip-syncing. The ability to do that in face of those limitations deserves major respect.
When you get someone who can act AND who also treats the voice work as just important, you get someone like DDL. Or even musically, you can end up with a Mike Patton (when everyone thought FNM had everyone doing backing vocals when it was just Mike doing his thing).
I think Mike Patton is the best example you could give in this case. The continous curiosity of expanding your own work with the tools you have. On both cases, the body is the their own tool and they have a greater range because they try different things instead of doing the same they've already done.
Voice actors are the most underrated and unknown actors in the world. If you look at any successful professional voice actor's resume, it's full of hundreds of projects. That's hundreds of unique characters they've played. It's unreal how talented some of them are. Troy Baker is a good example. How many people can say they portrayed both Batman AND The Joker on 2 seperate occasions? He might be the only one. Great voice actor
People who do manual labour day in day out deserve respect. Not people that work in comfort.
@@tonalambiguity3345 So, people with talent shouldn't be rewarded with an awesome career and be recognized for their work? Ok boomer
@@tonalambiguity3345 i agree but doesn't mean talents who entertains whole world they always work in confort they have to move out of their comfort zone to speak in public,act in front of camera they work day and night to sharp their skills how come they shouldn't be rewarded?
His performance in the overlooked The Crucible is also outstanding, and In The Name of The Father I love that movie.
Also The Last of the Mohicans was overlooked and is a cinematic gem
Those There Will Be Blood clips also remind me what a underrated actor Paul Dano is. He is one of the best of his generation.
DDL is just magnificent in any role. No other actor has this ability to both embody a character and draw the viewer in to the characters. His acting is so personal, so intimate, so powerful.
"There Will Be Blood" is one of the best movies I've seen, and I'd never heard of it until I started watching it on some movie channel.
Gary Oldman is indeed the only other male actor on Daniel Day-Lewis’s level. I also want to put Meryl Streep in this category, especially for earlier roles like Sophie’s Choice. But Streep is “merely” amazing, while Day-Lewis the man is so NOT THERE that’s it’s almost disturbing, as well as exhilarating.
I almost feel that Day-Lewis is doing something improper, that I shouldn’t be watching. As if humans aren’t supposed to lose their real selves to this degree, and that he’s crossing a boundary into something beyond what properly pertains to acting as a profession.
I know how quaint a word like “proper” sounds these days. But “propre” in French, its derivation, means that which is one’s own, what belongs to me by virtue of being myself. I really think Day-Lewis rids himself of so much of this, and takes into himself that which is not “properly” his own, that it might actually be the right word to use.
I believe he himself has said it can take him years to “lose” a character he’s taken on, and that he takes so few roles because of what this level of immersion in the psyche of another person costs him in his life as Daniel Day-Lewis the man.
A more primitive culture would surely have burned him at the stake for practicing sorcery !
Definitely one of the pillars of modern acting. Love your thoughts about how it’s almost unnatural how deep he goes into character. I feel this strongly in my own training philosophy. I want to achieve that level of character so badly, but I also worry about losing the essence of myself. That level of method acting could quite possibly cause some level of multiple personality disorder.
Well said and very eloquently put my friend. I wholeheartedlly agree with everything you said. The comparison with Gary and Meryl is spot on, as I also feel Meryl is S-tier but Daniel manages to break the S+ tier of acting into the uncanny.
@@iSlowhands Thank you for your kind comment ! I think many of us have witnessed something truly uncanny with Daniel Day-Lewis, so that my own reaction is not just subjective; he’s really “up to something” we’ve never seen before, or ever will again !
His portrayal of Gerry Conlon us truly astounding and is heartbreaking
Gangs of New York however he went into another tier of character acting, one of the most inspirational performances I have seen
Fantastic actor
it would've been nice to see some of Lincoln, the use of his voice in that movie is magnificent, but had not thought about how impactful the voice can be in character development until i saw this video to be honest, great stuff brother, freaking fire 🙌🏻
Great work. Always wanted someone to focus on this aspect of building a character. Best of luck - I can see big things happening for this channel!
Thank you so much, I’m glad you enjoyed the video, I really appreciate the support!
He is a master of all acting skills, including voice and accent.
daniel day lewis is a true master of his craft, he is a chameleon who adapts to each character he portrays
a true inspiration of how to bring written words to life on screen
It’s about time we all admitted that if Mr. Lewis still made movies, nobody else would ever get an Oscar.
How did I know that you were going to use Jared Leto in House of Gucci? Great juxtaposition of real acting vs play acting.
What a great docco. Thanks man! He is a true titan of the craft. I agree with you; you really don't see Daniel in any of his roles. He WAS Bill the Butcher. Remarkable guy. His incredibly sensitive handling of disability in My Left Foot is not oft discussed. I'm sure most actors would be mortified by the burden of that and would run to the hills.
Truly a master of his craft , when I was a kid my mom showed me the last of Mohicans not only is it one of my favorite movies, but I instantly loved Daniel day Lewis , I am grateful of my mom for introducing him to me I’m not sure I would of kept watching his movies as I grew up
He is literally just a phenomenal voice actor. He could do cartoons!
He's communicating WAY more with his expressions and body language here.. cartoons would be a step back for him!
He and Gary Oldman are, in my opinion, 2 of the greatest actors.
Hi!! Finally found someone who shares the same reverence for the master that DDL is !! Last movie I watched was phantom thread. I loved him 🥺 ..I personally feel like Robert Pattinson has the same qualities of a true chameleon. From devil all the time to lighthouse to Batman. He has been phenomenal and only getting better. I would love to see your take on Robert Pattinson.
My favourite pattinson performance is in good time!
@@Essential_Cinema good time was underrated gem ❤️
Daniel day Lewis is the biggest gift to the cenema industry, i can watch thousands hours of movie just by seeing his expressions.
Great commentary on probably the best actor of our time…and seriously, There Will Be Blood & his portrayal of Daniel Plainview is just incredible.
I love There Will Be Blood but I heard someone say his performance was him just doing John Huston's voice and I can't unhear it.
Great video. I hope the newer generation can appreciate the work the DDL has done.
It’s wild how many people haven’t heard of him
@@Essential_Cinema true, I am even suprised that other actors, when asked during interviews about some if their favourite movies or actors, that DDL or TWBB aren't mentioned. Personally TWBB is my all-time favourite movie, but haven't seen a single actor mention it, which is honestly so weird to me.
Daniel would make an amazing Dutch if there’s ever a Red Dead Redemption 1/2 movie made.
Omfg yes
Holy crap this would be awesome.
His passion and dedication towards his craft is unparalleled.
He has inspired me to become an actor
i have never enjoyed his performances, but freely admit he is probably THE greatest actor to date. i admire his talent, very much.
His performance in There Will Be Blood is not only his best, but it is the best performance by any actor in any movie all time in my opinion. Bold statement, but true! If you haven't watched, then you are really missing out!
I agree.
He is in a different league. There Will be Blood and Gangs of New York being incredible examples.
This is such a great analysis. Thanks for this.
Thank YOU for watching! I’m glad you enjoyed it :)
He embodies every character he plays..I mean the butcher in gangs if new York has to be one of his best emotional moves he does.