Guest the anonymous forumite Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 One day in 1966, the Maysles brothers filmed Marlon Brando as he did what we would now call a junket, where the idea is to let scores of television reporters meet the star in order to sell his latest movie, Morituri. Brando however, had other plans: declaring that he hates being 'a hawker' he turns the situation upside down, interviewing the interviewers, mocking the vacuousness of the set-up and flat-out refusing to promote Morituri. "Don't you have ANYTHING to say about the film?" asks an exasperated journalist, to which Brando replies: "Bernie Wicky smokes the worst cigars I've ever known!". With a lesser personality, this might be perceived as the arrogant posturing of a spoiled movie-star, but the mischievous twinkle in Brando's eyes, combined with the fierce intelligence and wit of his answers, make it a joy to behold. The documentary does not get us any closer to Brando the actor, but in its half hour it does offer an insightful glimpse into the mind of a man who was too smart to go with the flow, too independent to compromise and who, throughout his life, refused to play by the rules. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-OaoU7r8KY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGdOtz6AM-Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzlXrQcT8uo bonus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSz9ZpETXhs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goDel Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 marlon brando on a roll! thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azatoth Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Marlon Brando was paid $1 million in advance. He threatened to quit and keep the advance. Francis Ford Coppola told his agent that he didn't care, and if they couldn't get Brando, they would try Jack Nicholson, Robert Redford, and then Al Pacino. Brando eventually turned up late, drunk, 40kg overweight, and admitted he hadn't read the script or even "Heart of Darkness", the book it was based on. He read Coppola's script, and refused to do it. After days of arguments over single lines of dialogue, an ad-lib style script was agreed upon, and this was shot according to Brando's stipulations that he appears in shadows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Marlon Brando was so pimp. EDIT: The 21 year old journalist is hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest happycase Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 His voice brings me back to the jungle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gary C Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 He made Streetcar one of my favourite films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest happycase Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 "Your voice has a really nice quality to it. Soothing, like pulverized walnuts and sandalwood." Orsomething. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 would have been interesting to be there the first time he did acid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest happycase Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 how do you do, acid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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