Dan Callahan has written about film for Sight & Sound, Film Comment, Nylon, and many other publications. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Method and Meryl

Jack Nicholson: Dance with the Devil

Warren Beatty: Take Off Your Clothes

Al Pacino: Darkness on the Edge of Town

Dustin Hoffman: Midnight of the Method

Robert De Niro: Born to Lose

Harvey Keitel: Body Artist

Gene Hackman: Keep It Real

Albert Finney: Married People

Anthony Hopkins: High, Wide and Handsome

Daniel ­Day-Lewis: In Character

Jeff Bridges: Straight No Chaser

Nick Nolte: Crucified

Sean Penn: By Himself

River Phoenix: Only Once

Denzel Washington: The Duke in His Domain

Viggo Mortensen: Set Apart

Christian Bale: Transparency

Leonardo DiCaprio: Bad Influence

Michael Fassbender: Angel Eyes That Old Devil Sent

Ben Whishaw: Diamond in the Rough

Jane Fonda: The Search

Faye Dunaway: Touched to the Quick

Ellen Burstyn: The Shadow Self

Gena Rowlands: Love Streams

Maggie Smith: The Acid Queen

Julie Christie: Darling

Glenda Jackson: Tension Clenching

Diane Keaton: In the Moment

Sissy Spacek: Down Home

Debra Winger: Feathers in a Tornado

Sigourney Weaver: Above It All

Glenn Close: Command Performances

Kathleen Turner: Lust for Life

Alfre Woodard: Wait and See

Judy Davis: High Anxiety

Emma Thompson: A Star Danced

Jennifer Jason Leigh: Hard Knocks

Julianne Moore: Lying in Wait

Samantha Morton: Chaos/Control

Patricia Clarkson: On a Dare

Conclusion: Chaos Theory

Bibliography

Index