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Best Brando Ever!
by waddy b (movies profile)
May 27, 2007
Best Brando Ever! Not to mention most powerful Elia Kazan ever. This is the movie that defines Brando's movie persona forever. He went from being underrated(Streetcar Named Desire), miscast(Viva Zapata!), robotic(Julius Caesar), to being an overnight superstar. I also like The Wild One as rebels go. Too bad Brando was inconsequential in the 60s and we had to wait 'till the 70s for him to resurface. The Godfather redefines Brando, this time as a fatherly or authority figure, which he goes on to follow in Tango and Apokalypse.
Elia Kazan describes a world difficult to imagine: the world of waterfront workers controlled by the mob. It is a world where the boss commands and no one questions. And he who dissobeys is death. Kudos for Kazan for getting it in the open in the times of Senator McCarthy's witchhunt.
It is one of those films which is technically and dramatically perfect(All main characters nominated, 2 winning.). One of those films you can watch again and again and always find something new. Watch it. |
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