[Borges]

Brando said the same thing when he viewed the film right before its release. It's hard to imagine now but that sort of naturalistic, physical and intimate acting was totally new at the time. That might be the most imitated film performance in history.

[Bigg Red]

...naturalistic, physical and intimate acting was totally new at the time.

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I know it was a new thing -- Method acting, wasn't it? To me he seemed like he was on Prozac; there was no emotion. I thought Carl Malden (sp?) stunk, too. E.J. Cobb (I think that's his name)as the big bully boss was good. Eva Marie Saint was a caricature.