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In Reply to: Help me out here posted by Victor Khomenko on June 8, 2005 at 15:18:07:
That is where TRUE acting resides. Film acting is an exercise in editing as much if not more so than ability.The theater is also a far better and more intellectual form of artistry than film. I, not long ago, viewed a one person play (The Shape of a Girl) that ran for about 70-80 minutes. This young girl on a spartan stage manages to evoke feeling of cathartic proportions that few - very few films can muster. And this is hardly some big name known play. The play was and still is geared as an anti-bullying message but non-preachy.
There is life to the stage to the play that no dead film screen can provide -- unfortunately the play needs an intelligent audience who have imagination as they are required to give of themselves in viewing. Given the fast growing Jerry Springer community it's a shame that the play is dwindling while Ace Ventura Pet Detective rakes in hundreds of millions.
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Brando pointed out that it was easy to become bored and repetitious in the theatre. He added that if you think film acting is easy, try to perform some earth-shattering emotion with 60-70 crew members standing around, all the time aware that if you move your head one half inch to your left, you are either out of focus or perhaps even out of the shot.Want to know what Brando considered REAL acting?
Go to an office where someone has just gotten a promotion..."Aw gee, thanks, Boss..." Brando wondered why people were interested in his views of the mechanics of acting when everyone acts all day.
Certainly not to me --- so I don't really have much interest in what he had to say about the subject. Most Hollywood actors who are any good end up on the stage --- John Malkovich makes movies to suppliment his stage work and his studio --- The movies pay his bills. He also happens to be one of the best movie actors.Brando was a Star -- that is different from acting. To me Brando was one of the most overrated actors in the industry.
Most real actors prefer the stage -- which isn't to say that film acting is easy but film acting also lets you do 300 takes to meet the director's vision...it's no-pressure compared to the stage - and bad actors and bad performances can be altered in the editing room pieced together until you have something.
I think those actors who are in it for the art and not just the money will agree that the stage is the palce to be.
Incidentally it is one of the better performances I have ever seen -- from a relative unknown. Film -- Cartoon acting.
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