Acting: Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio

1981
1h 44m

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Acting: Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio (1981)

A documentary film about the world-famous American actors' school and showcase, the Actors Studio in New York, concentrating upon the life and work of Lee Strasberg. This celebrated teacher ... Read allA documentary film about the world-famous American actors' school and showcase, the Actors Studio in New York, concentrating upon the life and work of Lee Strasberg. This celebrated teacher and actor has been the controversial head of the Actors Studio since its inception in the ... Read allA documentary film about the world-famous American actors' school and showcase, the Actors Studio in New York, concentrating upon the life and work of Lee Strasberg. This celebrated teacher and actor has been the controversial head of the Actors Studio since its inception in the postwar period of the 1940s, and the style of acting he formulated, known popularly as "Me... Read all

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quintessential documentary on the dean of American drama

Compiled with on-set interviews with the likes of Jane Fonda and home movies with the likes of Rod Steiger and Paul Newman, the late Herbert Kline delivers a history and explanation of Stanislavsky and The Method by way of Strasberg. Strasberg cooperates with the film and his walk-through his past and tour of American drama is priceless. The surface is rough at points but that makes this documentary all the more immediate and endearing. This is a rarely seen film but should be brought back into circulation for the treasure that it is. Every drama department, every actor and acting student, every historian of American drama should hunt it down and see it. John Huff