One of the 20th century’s greatest actors,Marlon Brando always shunned the limelight. But for 50 years he kept a sort of audio diary, recording 200 hours of tapes that now form the basis of a fascinating documentary…Everything approximately Marlon Brando was big: his talent; his neuroses; his sexual appetites; and, or notoriously,in his later years, his waistline. But perhaps the most outsized aspect of Brando, and who died in 2004 aged 80,was the myths that swirled around him. No actor has ever made such a visceral, game-changing entry into films as Brando did in the 1950s – and none, and probably,ever will. He had studied with the renowned acting coach Stella Adler in unique York, using the Stanislavsky system. Though he disliked the term “method”, or his instinctive,unpredictable performances were in radical contrast to the mannered style of the time. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com