Method Acting vs the Stanislavski Method of Acting 

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[wuyanchu]

Thx and god bless the world, happy new year 2024, regards from Hong Kong 😀

[datzrightp]

thank you so much for explaining it so clearly !

[MrMarsFargo]

I don't say this to be disrespectful, I say this to hopefully improve the factual accuracy of your videos in the future... as a trained Stanislavski actor, most (if not all) of the information in this video is factually wrong. It is inaccurate the point I would actually advise aspiring actors to avoid viewing it, because of how much it will misinform them (more information below, read on):

The source of a lot of the inaccuracies present in this video come from the dodgy publishing history of books on the Stanislavski system. Specifically, the original method was only ever taught via master to student, as a direct oral history passed down from generation to generation. Very few people in this generational chain actually wrote the method down, but peer consulting is what made it consistent among those learning it professionally. But what happened during the 1970s is that a lot of books were published on the Stanislavski system by non-actors, who consulted questionable sources from non-actors and made up a lot of false information and inaccuracies in order to fill in the blanks. What you have is a completely different "Stanislavski system" made up by scholars who know nothing about it, which is what ends up getting spread through most books on the system.

And unfortunately, it's these books on the inaccurate second "Stanislavksi system" that is used in most universities that teach it (which is how we end up with people like Jared Leto, who recklessly endanger their casts and crews with behavior that doesn't improve the performance). Most people who practice the Stanislavski method professionally learned it from a vocational or trade school rather than a university, because at a trade school it's more likely be taught by an actual Stanislavski actor (than at a university, which in many cases is probably having it taught through a non-actor and therefore recklessly misinforming aspiring actors in ways that are legitimately dangerous and unsafe).

In terms of the specific information wrong in this video, the single biggest one is the idea of "emotional recall." One of the very first thing you're taught when learning the Stanislavski method LEGITIMATELY is never to focus on the emotions (because in real life, you don't decide you're going to feel happy or sad, you just do the thing you're doing and you feel however you feel about it). Instead, we're taught to "do the action, and the feelings will come of their own accord." When you call a friend, do you decide "gee, I'm going to feel sad during this phone call?" Or do you just call him with the intent of conveying information, and just happen to feel however you feel? That's closer to ACTUAL Stanislavski acting than what this video is suggesting, which is closer to the second/inaccurate "Stanislavski acting" that comes from scholars who've spread a lot of misinformation about it in academic circles.

The other part of what you get wrong is how you actually define the difference between "Stanislavki acting" and "Method acting." In reality, "Method acting" is merely Stanislavski acting with the addition of total physical and vocal immersion even between takes. But what's important to understand is that actor _does not think they are the character._ This separation of self from the character is reckless and unsafe, and it endangers the work environment of the entire cast and crew. Even Daniel Day Lewis does not literally think he is the character he is playing in a film, he still knows that he is Daniel Day Lewis. The only thing that changes, in (legitimate/true) method acting is that he is the mind of Daniel Day Lewis in the body and physical/vocal mannerisms of his character. The single most important part of Stanislavksi, which is taught first for a reason, is this... "you can act 'well' or act 'badly, ' but it only matters that you act 'truthfully.'" The point behind this is essentially that, if you act they way YOU would in that situation, it will be truthful and therefore believable. The moment you try to perform a scene in a manner you would personally never do in real life, it becomes untrue and therefore fake.

Seeing as method acting originates as an expansion of Stanislavki, the goal is not to "stop being me, and become the character." The goal is to go "okay, I'm already the character... so how would I do this if I were in this circumstance?" This video teaches the former notion, which is a legitimately inaccurate and unsafe thing to be teaching aspiring actors. If it sounds like I'm being way too invested in this, or nitpicking something small, I promise you real people have been physically harmed because of this misinformation. This misinformation HURTS people. I don't say any of this to suggest you did so intentionally, or set out to harm anyone, I say all this so that you're aware because you should be mindful of that in the future when making videos on this subject.

SOURCE: Learned Method/Stanislavki professionally, from someone who learned it from Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler, the latter of whom learned it from *_Stanislavki himself._*

[familycorvette]

A great theatre director once opined that method acting was performing for an audience of one.

[orangewarm]

Excellent. Can you give particular examples in films. Maybe show scenes or clips where you think a type of technique is being used? eg in Interview with a Vampire there might have been a lot of imagination and improv.

[Al_Gu]

Hi let me give you an advice, you should tag the clips with the name of the movies, great content btw.

[OrganicActing]

This is a bit like reading about Stanislavski on Wikipedia or ChatGPT.

[Canoneosmiami]

What method of acting did Marlo study under, what teachers ?

[martinalvarezucar]

Anyone know the first movie scene with robin Williams??

[RWAC]

James Dean.
Marlon Brando.
River Phoenix.
The 3 Greatest Actors Ever.

[RichardRagan]

I barely understand what you're saying intellectually and I certainly don't understand at all what you're saying emotionally. Is it possible for you to point out here's an example in this 5 second interval of Brando acting a little bit like Brando but being the Don? versus here is Daniel Day-Lewis becoming Lincoln?

[saskiaeland]

I always get annoyed by people mixing these up

[massimo]

Only in America, there's this confusion, cause Strasberg had popularized it, and "the first" became Strasberg, not Stanislvasky.

[igdunnoplatikitsbesthude-qkvj]

It's just Acting. Don't complicate it. That's just the way I see it.