On the Waterfront Analysis

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  • @coryharris9953
    @coryharris9953 6 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    I love the way you explained Brando’s natural way of acting I feel so many actors now a days do everything by the script and the reason Brando is regarded as the best is because he was just simply comfortable in his roles and he just did what he felt was right

  • @custardflan
    @custardflan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    One of my all time favorite movies. I stop and watch it whenever I come across it.

  • @joannerondell5099
    @joannerondell5099 7 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Brando studied with Stella Ader. He took some classes with Kazan at the Actors Studio. He did not consider himself a "method actor," did not believe anyone could "become a character." Actors "create characters," he said.

    • @clydefloyd8751
      @clydefloyd8751 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Where did you find that information?

    • @clydefloyd8751
      @clydefloyd8751 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Of him saying actors create characters. Just curious

    • @gildazbog7419
      @gildazbog7419 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@clydefloyd8751 in his autobiography and his interview with Larry king.

    • @clydefloyd8751
      @clydefloyd8751 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gildazbog7419 thank you

    • @insanityrulestheday
      @insanityrulestheday 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Brando was a "method actor" and a proponent for the Stanislavsky System which was taught by Stella Adler. The method was based on the idea that actors should stimulate emotional experience by imagining the scene's "given circumstances", rather than recalling personal experiences from their own lives. A good example of this and one of Brando's first roles is the film "The Men".

  • @MrOcwelch
    @MrOcwelch 7 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    brando is and always will be the best

    • @lovenlightman
      @lovenlightman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Paul Newman in my opinion/

    • @acdragonrider
      @acdragonrider 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jimmy Stewart in my opinion

  • @wurldtravlr620
    @wurldtravlr620 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Number one on my film list. What a masterwork it was. Thank you for this look into On the Waterfront.

  • @Phil72099
    @Phil72099 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I like this analysis. I want to add my observation that there are images of the cross all through the film from the fences to Terry's plaid jacket. This would be consistent with Elie Kazan who would have come from a Greek Orthodox background where crosses are everywhere in their churches. Of course the cross is a symbol for sacrifice which Terry makes and for choice, which Terry does.

  • @laurenceschwartz8606
    @laurenceschwartz8606 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Method acting had been practiced by actors for many years prior to Brando and Clift. Many of the Group Theatre's actors in the 30s were already committed to the Method, like Franchot Tone and the Adler brothers. And Brando gained much of his early training from Erwin Piscator at The New School for Social Research and later from Stella Adler. By the time The Actor's Studio became a prominent and visible training venue for serious actors, Brando had already become part of the Hollywood system.

    • @willtheprodigy3819
      @willtheprodigy3819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He already mentioned how Marlon didn’t invent it, he popularized and expanded on it…

    • @marlon-jl4ge
      @marlon-jl4ge 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bla bla

  • @jamaicanbeach8200
    @jamaicanbeach8200 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    If anyone wondering what happened to that blonde boy. He never acted again after this. He went to work on the docks where this was filmed for the rest of his life. Hes still alive.

  • @gregorypaglia4716
    @gregorypaglia4716 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Outstanding dissection of , in my opinion, one of the top 10 movies of all time. Marlon Brando was unquestionably the greatest method actor of all time.

  • @Mana94x
    @Mana94x 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My favorite film, Brando is the greatest actor thank you America for unforgettable films

  • @44032
    @44032 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    High Noon, (1952) was made by a producer who was blacklisted and a liberal-mined director, starring a conservative-minded actor who had been a friendly witness before HUAC. On the Waterfront was made by a writer and a director who named names for HUAC and contained an actor, (Lee J. Cobb) who had done the same but starred a liberal-minded actor. His character heroically testifies before a committee. That said, they are largely the same movie. Both are about standing up to the bullies. If you liked one of those films, you should also like the other. Politics and human values are not the same thing.

  • @coach3155
    @coach3155 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "You was my brother Charlie, you shoulda looked out for me a little bit" This scene is just destruction to the soul

  • @florencehendersonfan3694
    @florencehendersonfan3694 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My grandfather played Specs

  • @kpag3030
    @kpag3030 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    An underrated method performance is The original Rocky. Stallone is brilliant in that movie. One of the best all time performances in my opinion.

    • @alephmorricone7207
      @alephmorricone7207 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      very lame performance to be fair

    • @ssonicdeafmonkey
      @ssonicdeafmonkey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alephmorricone7207 What do you think is lame about it?

    • @desfarrell909
      @desfarrell909 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ur damn right Kelly

    • @tommythevenot7617
      @tommythevenot7617 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alephmorricone7207 I seem to remember some pretty good scenes by Stallone.

  • @steveperry1344
    @steveperry1344 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    very deep movie and great cast. the best from that period, i always watch it. it's on tcm in 5 min. i'm getting ready.

  • @edwardadelman5360
    @edwardadelman5360 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I thought people quit calling Catholics Papist a hundred years ago

  • @custardflan
    @custardflan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Why do they keep saying papist and popery. Why not Roman Catholic.

  • @santigarciarosa
    @santigarciarosa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Hi. He didn't study at the Actors Studio. He studied with Stella Adler. The method was Lee Strasbergs interpretation of Stanislavsky's System. And Stella was the only American teacher that actually studied with Stanislavsky. People get this wrong all the time. Not a biggy though. Thanks for the video.

    • @tatianalyulkin410
      @tatianalyulkin410 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No. Stella studied with Mikhail Chekhov. Nobody studied with Stanislavsky.

  • @95_nishanraisulkarim62
    @95_nishanraisulkarim62 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The Ultimate king of Hollywood
    Marlon Brando 🔥

  • @susieascroft5197
    @susieascroft5197 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love this film and what it says about the Docks and who tried to run them..iv allways love people standing up for their rights..allways.

  • @Cor6196
    @Cor6196 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I haven’t heard the words Papist and Popish so freely used since I came over from Ireland to Missouri in 1852! The Protestants in town used to bully us and beat us up bad, and my poor old mom couldn’t understand why no one would rent her a place for us to live, but I understood when I got older and could read the signs: No Dogs or Papists Allowed. Thank you for reminding me of the old days that I guess have never really died. 🤬

    • @Hjkryan
      @Hjkryan 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Damn, you're 200 years old?

  • @samuelbenitez4200
    @samuelbenitez4200 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    To be real , in the moment to live rather than act though you are acting because you are not the person but you feel him

  • @Hjkryan
    @Hjkryan 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Interesting analysis. Thank you, this will be very helpful in my upcoming exam.

  • @riles521
    @riles521 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Papists ? Popery? What century are you writing from?

  • @lambda2857
    @lambda2857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What is this business with using the words "popish" and "papist" as a substitute for "Catholic"?

    • @eldorados_lost_searcher
      @eldorados_lost_searcher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It does have a slightly slanderous sound as compared to "Catholic."

    • @lambda2857
      @lambda2857 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@eldorados_lost_searcher You mean only "slightly"?

    • @eldorados_lost_searcher
      @eldorados_lost_searcher 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@lambda2857
      I was trying to give the benefit of the doubt at the time. But according to comments made by the channel, it's an intentional anti-Catholic bias.

    • @lambda2857
      @lambda2857 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@eldorados_lost_searcher Yes, you are right. I never expected to hear this in 2021. And I do not like it.

  • @tedwills5757
    @tedwills5757 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Why is the narrator so stuck up on saying "Popery" instead of Roman Catholicism?

    • @reveriefilms7423
      @reveriefilms7423  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ted Wills because it’s meant to denigrate papism

    • @acdragonrider
      @acdragonrider 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      sablin -.-

    • @desfarrell909
      @desfarrell909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@reveriefilms7423 great review but u really blew it on the whole papery popist nonsense. A couple of years from now u will get it.

    • @mfreeman313
      @mfreeman313 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Unbelievably offensive. Incomprehensible.

    • @mfreeman313
      @mfreeman313 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@reveriefilms7423 Seriously, do you have some sort of emotional issue with Roman Catholicism? WTF is your problem? Talking about "papism" has this bizarre old-world right-wing flavor like condemning "freethinkers" or whatever. Frankly I think you're nuts.

  • @carmencolado1926
    @carmencolado1926 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great analysis!

  • @nishik1030
    @nishik1030 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best actors make writing easy? It just crossed my mind, if you imagine Brando as your main character, it just becomes easy to write deep sensitive scenes. nobody seems to fit the bill like him

  • @duracelluser123
    @duracelluser123 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sweet video man, keep it up!

  • @AnonymousAccount514
    @AnonymousAccount514 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i was hoping for an explanation about "I could have been a contender"

  • @jamesh2711
    @jamesh2711 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did Terry's "walk" land him Johnny Friendly's job as the new union leader?

  • @hschenck3394
    @hschenck3394 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Small movie review channels must support other small movie channels 💪

  • @Johnconno
    @Johnconno ปีที่แล้ว

    Brando unleashed his 'Inner Scouser' after visiting Liverpool on the advice of Adler and Kazan.
    You wouldn't understand, sounds as though you're educated to death.

  • @stew6662
    @stew6662 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One thing that’s annoying watching on the waterfront is the soundtrack that’s blasting throughout the movie.

  • @andrewdias9020
    @andrewdias9020 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Great job, but I cannot respect your anti-catholic sentiment. No need to call it popery or Catholics papist

  • @PeterShieldsukcatstripey
    @PeterShieldsukcatstripey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Catholic social teaching.

  • @tommythevenot7617
    @tommythevenot7617 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The bit with picking up the glove was good; but maybe he took it too far- the way he continued to wear it on his hand, it was like the actress was wondering if she’d ever get it back. LOL. But at the time of the movie,s release, no one knew what method acting was. People must have thought it was crazy that Brando picked up the glove, fumbled with it , then put it on. Back in those days, guysin the audience must have been thinking WTF is he doing? Why is he donning this woman’s glove?

  • @luisalbertonietoduarte6589
    @luisalbertonietoduarte6589 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    J10062021. Marlon Brando el Actor mas famoso del Mundo. Gran Actor.

  • @paulyf.107
    @paulyf.107 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The whole "Method Acting" explanation sounds Hollow & Fake. Being a Great Actor is just that. "Method" is a buzzword whipped up by some critic/aficionado, a self-claimed "expert". Next...!

  • @robanks3895
    @robanks3895 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Whats with thjs method acting business, just act the part!

  • @OctPSfever
    @OctPSfever 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Marlon was magnetic during his primetime.

  • @crispysunny1183
    @crispysunny1183 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is my most fav movie

  • @1970chileno
    @1970chileno 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very good job

  • @tatianalyulkin410
    @tatianalyulkin410 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Oh, Kazan hated the Bolsheviks? Maybe I will forgive him after all.

  • @iliapopovich
    @iliapopovich 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Това е наѝ-добрият му филм.

  • @charlesborrall3790
    @charlesborrall3790 ปีที่แล้ว

    I believe he was trying to show the narcissistic control of average working average person

  • @cameronpickard7456
    @cameronpickard7456 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    as usual brando breaks the mold

  • @vishansilva8546
    @vishansilva8546 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This movie is absolutely amazing and shows the dichotomy between the characters of the mobsters. and the union workers and terry who works with with the mobsters and decided to do what’s right expect for me. I lost respect for terry as a character when he decided to rat when he should’ve at least beat the shit out of him. and had the mob boss taken to jail instead he ratted. however I do love Brando’s acting in the movie and characters in the film are phenomenal. each character shows there reason and belief for why there right. the priest in the movie is the one who tries to show terry the right way and terry’s speech although not wrong. I still don’t condone what he’s done being a rat this film brings up an interesting belief of what’s right and what’s wrong. the movie shows that perfectly and I think it’s done well especially with how big union and and mob were involved. and how the mob took advantage for taking there money.

    • @argelisplanchart9438
      @argelisplanchart9438 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What's wrong with actually going to the authorities and accusing a Mob boss for his crimes? What kind of logic do you go by? What so you prefer he had taken justice into his own hands? Stupid macho kid from school logic...

  • @paulefstathiou1819
    @paulefstathiou1819 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    BLACK & WHITE FILMS : THE BEST !

  • @desfarrell909
    @desfarrell909 ปีที่แล้ว

    I watched this again and still love it, pity about all that papist priest popish stuff. Darn papists! Speaking as one of them....

  • @alg11297
    @alg11297 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tell us how Brando differed in this film as opposed to Street Car. You just dont give any credit to the writers. Also, the audience has no way of knowing what actions are improvisations. They only see a finished product. The script is the scriot

  • @johnlee5423
    @johnlee5423 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bolloks Brando never trained under Strasberg, Brando never liked the man

  • @johnlee5423
    @johnlee5423 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    According to Brando strasberrg taught him nothing

  • @carlosandre1992
    @carlosandre1992 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Marlon Brando actor legendary Best 🎭

  • @paesitopaez4302
    @paesitopaez4302 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video essay! I kinda dislike the film's subtext now a bit more. The director was not brave for giving out the list of names to the HUAC, he was a rat who turned his friends over to the blacklist in Hollywood's most infamous witch hunt

  • @anthonybrinkley1940
    @anthonybrinkley1940 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Unions are socialist/communist in nature, though. So the fact that Malloy is, in the end, siding with a union, opens up a different interpretation of Kazan. I feel it shows conflict and not necessarily the view of the mafia representing his old communist party friends. Quite the opposite in fact.

    • @benjamin1403
      @benjamin1403 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Unions are not communist at all communism is a tool used to oppress people and keep them in poverty

    • @bakey
      @bakey 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@benjamin1403 I could easily say that about capitalism

    • @annettewilcox5413
      @annettewilcox5413 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What do u call corporate interest groups? Oil, medical, automobiles ?
      Are they not unions?!

    • @anthonybrinkley1940
      @anthonybrinkley1940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@annettewilcox5413 I was referring to labor unions. Labor unions are socialist in nature. They were created specifically to fight on behalf of the working class. Terry Malloy stands with the rank and file of the labor union at the end of the film.

    • @hattorihaso2579
      @hattorihaso2579 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@benjamin1403no

  • @CraigHalliday-h2g
    @CraigHalliday-h2g 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Marlon Brando the best of actors

  • @philippeh3904
    @philippeh3904 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have a love hate relationship with this film. It is brilliant in its acting, writing, directing, score and filmmaking. But I really don’t like Elia Kazan

    • @acdragonrider
      @acdragonrider 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      And I hate mob films and films that focus on crime. I am going to be watching Godfather soon but only because it’s a staple. I like uplifting films about morals like lord of the rings, or historical dramas.

    • @benjamin1403
      @benjamin1403 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Communism is against human nature and bad when it’s not on paper

  • @Woozler554
    @Woozler554 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent analysis.

  • @thedojodjsx9605
    @thedojodjsx9605 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Marlon Brando is a legend. A pioneer. Evident in the quality and devotion of the great actors that followed him. The following performances equalled and even arguably in some cases surpassed Brando's best...
    Liam Neeson in Schindler's List
    Ben Kingsley in Sexy Beast
    Tom Cruise in Born on the 4th
    Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate
    Edward Norton in American History X
    Tom Hanks in Cast Away
    Leo DiCaprio in The Departed
    Nicholas Cage in Adaptation
    Denzel Washington in Training Day
    Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain and The Dark Knight
    Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman
    Anthony Hopkins in Silence of the Lambs
    Joe Pesci in Goodfellas
    Robert DeNiro in Taxi Driver
    Ed Harris in Glengarry Glen Ross
    Ralph Fiennes in The English Patient
    Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction
    William Hurt in A History of Violence
    I could go on... But please somebody take over...

  • @Dadutta
    @Dadutta 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i really hate the priest character

    • @acdragonrider
      @acdragonrider 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I like him

    • @futuropasado
      @futuropasado 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      because he searches justice? Good hate.

    • @desfarrell909
      @desfarrell909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That says more about u than anyone else.