1.   But his effortless shadings and nuances are what screen acting is about.

2.   Elia Kazan, as director, and Marlon Brando, as demiurge, put in place the template for screen acting that remains dominant today.

3.   Screen acting is, at bottom, a kind of high-end grift, and Mirkin gives his gang of smooth operators plenty of room to work.

4.   Screen acting that transports you into the skin of a character is so unusual that when encountered, it can actually be unsettling.