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Acting: Lee Strasberg and the Actors Studio: Directed by Herbert Kline. With Lee Strasberg, Ellen Burstyn, Dick Cavett, Jane Fonda. 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.
It was founded in 1947 by Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford, and Robert Lewis, and later directed by Lee Strasberg, all former members of the Group Theatre, an early pioneer of the acting techniques of Constantin Stanislavsky that would become known as method acting.
Lee Strasberg and The Actors Studio that he created are documented. Strasberg is interviewed, seen reacting to filmed performances by legendary actors, as well as with his friends and those he is mentoring. Actors Studio graduate Jane Fonda talks about the benefits of her education there, and...
The Actors Studio In Lee Strasberg's Own Words. Lee Strasberg on the Actors Studio. From the beginning, the Actors Studio was created as a workshop, a place where actors could work on the elements of their art apart from the concerns of production.
Strasberg assumed leadership of the studio in 1951 as its artistic director. "As a teacher and acting theorist, he revolutionized American actor training and engaged such remarkable performers as Kim Hunter, Marilyn Monroe, Julie Harris, Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Ellen Burstyn, and Al Pacino."
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.
The Method trains actors to use their physical, mental and emotional self in the creation of a character and stresses the way in which personal experience can fire the actors imagination. It eschews clichés and pursues individual authenticity and a reality deeply grounded in the given circumstances of the script.
