Contender: Mastering the Method
On the Waterfront
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25m
This 2001 documentary considers ON THE WATERFRONT’s most famous scene in the light of the Method school of acting, of which Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger were enthusiastic adherents. It features critic Richard Schickel, “Inside the Actors Studio” host James Lipton, actor Martin Landau, authors Patricia Bosworth and Jeff Young, and Steiger himself.
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Leonard Bernstein’s Score for ON THE ...
In this video essay, created in 2012, critic Jon Burlingame considers the unique power of composer Leonard Bernstein’s score for ON THE WATERFRONT, the only one he ever composed for a film. Burlingame is the author of the essay “Leonard Bernstein and On the Waterfront: Tragic Nobility, a Lyrical ...
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On the Aspect Ratio
The following visual essay about the various aspect ratios presented in ON THE WATERFRONT was created in 2012.
