Robert Duvall Acting Masterclass

Описание: In this Robert Duvall acting masterclass, we break down how his performances in The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, The Apostle, Tender Mercies and To Kill a Mockingbird rewrote the rules of film acting and the Meisner-based approach to behavior on camera.

You’ll see how Duvall trusted behavior over display, played actions instead of adjectives, and used real people: Texas musicians, southern preachers, military officers, as research to make imaginary circumstances feel real.

This episode is built for working actors, directors and serious students of film acting who want to deepen their on‑camera work.

Robert Duvall didn’t change film acting with big speeches. He did it with tiny, truthful behavior.

Chapters:
00:00 – Why Robert Duvall changed film acting
00:30 – Making the imaginary feel real
00:52 – Early life, Navy upbringing and discipline
01:22 – Meisner training and classmates (Hackman, Hoffman, Caan)
01:53 – Night jobs, near‑quitting and the turning point
02:41 – Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird
03:09 – Tom Hagen in The Godfather
03:36 – Kilgore in Apocalypse Now
04:03 – The Apostle: Duvall’s passion project
04:27 – Tender Mercies and quiet discipline
04:47 – What Duvall mastered: behavior over display
05:35 – The philosophy of Robert Duvall’s film acting

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