What is he importance of Stanislavsky’s Method Acting?
Pretty much all Western acting methods are derived from his teachings. He is most famous for what is now known as Method Acting. In the United States, there are now three main versions of American Method: Strasberg, Adler, and Meisner. Strasberg was an advocate of what’s called emotional/affective memory. This is using past emotions to generate current emotions. Some famous people who studied this version of Method were/are James Dean, Marilynn Monroe, Al Pacino, Paul Newman. Stella Adler (Stanislavski disciple who studied alongside Strasberg at the Group Thetre) went to Europe to study with Stanislavski, himself. Stanislavski was originally an advocate of emotional memory, but he realized that it was flawed. Over time, a memory can change. For example a memory that was once traumatic as a kid is now a silly memory. Stella went back to the U.S. and said Strasberg was wrong and formed her branch of American Method. Her version focuses more on imagination. Robert DeNiro , Bennicio del To
