...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.
He was playing someone who was too macho to fully display his emotions. And Karl Malden did grate in that one. He's still alive actually.