Why Marlon Brando was Great!
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- Why Marlon Brando was Great! is a look at why Marlon Brando is considered one of, if not the best actor by so many people. I look at what made him stand out and last this long with his influence and legacy!
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I've often wondered what separated Brando from the wealth of other fine actors. I've come to believe that not only did he become his characters, but he did so with a finely crafted approach to delivering a performance naturally. Maybe almost too naturally, as he was notorious for not learning lines, instead using them as a guide to improvise his diologue. Combine this with his looks, a dynamic physicality during performances; subtle or otherwise, along with an aura of charisma, and we may have witnessed the greatest actor the world has ever known.
Lewis can do that, too, and so can Oldman, but Brando was the first to be able to do it.
Amen.
Only brando does it all BEST. HES THE GOAT❤🎉@@rlkinnard
Imagine seeing Streetcar when it came out.... it would have been electrifying to see Brando in such a success...
he was GORGEOUS in that! 😳🔥🥵 I would've fainted 😂
@@SexySkoChick Oh me too!!! His back & shoulders in that T-shirt!! I bet he smelled LOVELY!! Johnny Depp worked with him on one of his last films (Don Juan) and he said that between takes there were always about 20 hair-stylists, MUAs, wardrobe...(young women basically!!) standing round him listening to him tell stories...He was old and out of shape by then but the women were still like moths to a flame! What a guy!!
Excuse the gushing....but..you know...
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@@nnwwaaf124 What are you talking about?
Brando's monologue over the death of his wife was beyond brilliant. It was THAT good.
kwixotic one of my favs
I didn't like "Last Tango in Paris", but that scene was one of the most powerful portrayals of human rawness I've ever seen in cinema. It was fantastic, and I fell in love with Brando right there and then. Spectacular!
@@PaoloReaper you know when you're hear a singer hit a pretty intricate musical note in real time. And you get that chill or you just cant gaze away. You're so enthralled in the performance that's what Brando does in a lot of performances. He's so raw and fluid in his acting it dosent feel like he's acting or performing really. He kind of disappears into the role and he was one of the first to really do that at very high level in the craft of acting. The Performances in Streetcar, Apocalypes Now, The Last Tango and the Godfather will stand the test of time.
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Oh, I know that feeling. Art is magnetic and a good artist is one who can make you forget everything happening outside of the work and truly enrapture your mind, soul and heart into the piece. Brando was such an artist: Everytime I watch one of his movies he just... he just eats the screen. He has a presence unlike any other actor or actress I've ever seen in my life. I'm a theater student, and the one thing I'm always wishing is to one day being able to do what Brando did, the way he infatuated audiences. He was one of a kind, but I look up to him in the approach of my art. He is truly a legend
Very true, amazing scene.
His portrayal of Mark Antony in Julias Cesar was the most moving portrayal ever... he demonstrated loyalty, restraint, anger, love, leadership, cunning, revenge and public speaking all in one go when he spoke over Cesar’s murdered body... what a genius.... but also flawed in many ways..🤔🧐
He also made the entire film industry take a look in the mirror by highlighting the ridiculous portrayal of native Americans in movies.
Reverend scumlord I'm aware. I just wanted to focus on the acting aspect.
Really? What did he do?
@@amistry605 He refused to recieve an Oscar for his main cast in Godfather movie and sent Indian women and fighter for rights of the native Americans to made a speech insted of him
@@Noname-rj6gw wow
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the scene in The Godfather where Robert Duvall tells him that Sonny dies made him the greatest actor of all time in my eyes
I totally agree with you Also when he was wiping over Sonnys dead body
One great moment among many in his career.
Brando was great as the Don Vito Corleone, with that stray cat in his lap, adorable.
Truly the best actor ever to appear on the big screen. So powerful and yet so subtle and most important so believable
Mark Barrett I agree. He's my fav
💯 agree. He was iconic. ‘On the Waterfront’ was my favorite movie.
Let’s face it, most professional actors that you see in films are believable in their roles. It’s a prerequisite for being a successful actor. Not sure why Brando gets singled out for having this quality.
cgab12 but do they have the presence Brando did ?
Good point, I think that he had presence that most others do not have.
You can be riveted in place, stunned, breathless, and in awe when Brando acts. His acting is just that magic. It is so rare for any actor to hold this power.
I would literally say Brando the God of Hollywood !!!!! in terms of beauty, God of beauty, God of acting, God of principles , God of rebellion. A legend .
Brando had that acting 'magic' which was a quite an individual expression of his own unique version of acting. He was able to create that extraordinary acting character 'magic' which was capable of leaving the audience with a unique experience by his performance. It may have certain elements of "method acting", but it was Brando's unique expression of it by getting into the character in a way even the director and screen writer may have not expected entirely from him. He took the art of character acting to a higher level than his contemporaries or the thespians that followed his time. We have not seen his unique style before and we may never see it again. It was the Brando brand. Only he was capable of producing that.
Do you know what movie is shown at the beginning of this? Where he takes almost a full minute to smile?
@@Eric_Nielsen It wasn't a movie. It was from a screen test he did for a movie when he was not that popular(during his "street car named desire" stage play days.)
I saw your earlier comment where you went from "gifted" to "genius" in describing Brando's acting. Maybe two years ago, I learned that he came to rely on cue cards. I don't know when it started, but I believe by "The Godfather" it had become his practice. At first, I thought it was cheating - and Brando had this reputation for being such a superior actor.
Then I thought about it - and today your comments emphasized it: the man was a genius. Geniuses make the complicated simple. What's simpler than reading your lines instead of memorizing them? Einstein supposedly didn't know his own phone number because he could look it up.
But you have to deliver - and Brando did. Perhaps at times he went through the motions with little investment of himself, but Brando going through the motions is far superior to what most of the rest of us would do under the same circumstances. Cue cards likely helped free up his ability to improvise or emote in subtle ways.
Wanted to thank you for your comments and reminding me of a progression that I've observed: talented, gifted, called, chosen. I guess "genius" fits about where "called" lies. I gotta remember that - and the One who gives the gifts....
@@cedricgist7614 Thank you for your comment. I've heard from Brando documentaries that he started using cue cards and other clever methods(having the script cue cards on the ceiling) to help him deliver dialogues without having to remember them, while changing/improvising the character delivery to suit that act of not wanting to memorize the dialogues Apparently, in some of the scenes he was looking up to the ceiling/sky to read the cue cards while improvising his character to suit that. I think that was him being a genius, as well as being slack. :)). Imagine, changing the gestures of his character very cleverly so he can deliver dialogues without having to memorize them by reading cue cards. That is being a creative genius.
His screen performances were magical, but I’ll bet his greatest performances were
on Broadway, which is really when he became a sensation among those in his craft. He was electric in front of a live audience. Sadly, we will
never see these.
I thank my English teacher for introducing me to this story. (Street Car Named Desire). Reading the book and the pleasure of watching Stanley played by Marlon Brando.
Same here tbh
When he was dead I was 3 months baby now I'm 17 I watched brando at the screen I was just stunned I thought he is the actor that you have to learn acting skills....
He was so handsome
Greatest actor of all time and also at his peak the most good looking person ever to work in Hollywood. He was simply the best. A legend!
Very incisive analysis. I've also read his autobiography, "Songs My Mother Taught Me," and I recommend it to all Brando fans. Keep up the good work.
bikefixer thanks. I try to post every couple weeks. I take recommended movies too sometimes. Spread the word please
bikefixer I read the book 20 years ago and I reordered and will read it again. Such a delight to read him telling stories. Not only amazing actor, also an amazing human being with forward thinking.
Great book.
Very good description of what Marlon Brando brought into the acting in movies. I think studying Brando can lead to lot of learning the art of acting, but for a good portion, Brando had some magic. He was unique in many respects.
DD Andrews agreed. Well marlon learned from Stella Adler, who learned directly from stanalaski. He was at the right place at the right time
Such a great video analysis thanks needed it for homework!!
you know when you're hear a singer hit a pretty intricate musical note in real time. And you get that chill or you just cant gaze away. You're so enthralled in the performance that's what Brando does in a lot of performances. He's so raw and fluid in his acting it dosent feel like he's acting or performing really. He kind of disappears into the role and he was one of the first to really do that at very high level in the craft of acting. The Performances in Streetcar, On The Waterfront, Apocalypes Now, The Last Tango and the Godfather will stand the test of time.
Brando: an achingly wonderful actor, an achingly beautiful man. Hugely charismatic with a unique and special voice. He has never had an equal.That outstanding, haunting taxi scene in 'On the Waterfront' was a masterpiece of controlled emotion, and I have never seen anyone deliver the 'Bury Caesar' speech with such sensitivity as did Brando, playing Mark Anthony. His cameo in Superman was a joy, and uniquely him. Even when he got hugely fat, Brando kept his magic - in The Island of Dr.Moreau, someone puts his feet on the table and Brando delivers a throwaway line - "Whatever next!" and it is a memorable moment. He was a genius.
Bat Girl I haven't seen the last movie yet! Want to see that though
I'm very young and I loved the art of acting and I've seen many actors and heard many philosophies/techniques. What I've observed of Brando is that it seems he he can really live in the scene, bring an energy that elevates it a very unique way. He can do subtely or with raw emotion.
The greatest actor of all-time.
Jim Newcombe movie actor.
Brando was the greatest....period
Film is definitely not in its infancy. It’s been around for about 150 years.
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@Napolean Bonaparte-The Greatest military general Bro Mohanlal One of the greatest. Not the greatest.
Imagine having Marlon Brando call you with the same passion he was calling Stella with. In that ripped t shirt..
Thanks a million, Marques, you have captured the essential genius of the wonderful actor in just a few minutes.
Jeanne Kelly no worries I tried to sum it up as best I could
Thoughtful commentary, thank you.
I saw On The Waterfront three times. Scenes from this film are still strong on my mind 45 years later. He was so good in this. I think his best. At least for me his best. The others in the film were really good also. Karl Malden as the priest down in the ship hold yelling up to the workers. Thats a crucifixion he tells them for not supporting Brando. Eva Marie Saint was so beautiful and vulnerable. Lee J Cobb as the corrupt union boss Johnny Friendly. Elia Kazan who made it work.
Why putting the glove in his hand was considered sexual
@@lovehonestmen3445 - Actually, I missed it until it was mentioned. Man talking to a woman he's interested in. She drops a glove and instead of handing it back - as I or you would have - he absently starts playing with it, and eventually puts his hand into it. Innocent action.
Decades ago, I looked up "vagina" and learned that it comes from the Latin for "sheath" - as a covering for a knife or sword. You've likely heard or read of phallic symbols - "phallus" refers to penis. So a knife or sword can be phallic symbols - something that gets inserted into a pouch or bag or sheath.
Brando's character plays with the glove - which could signify foreplay before actual intercourse. Putting the hand in the glove is like copulation, intercourse. All done playfully, innocently. It adds sexual tension to the scene.
It was an accident, but a gifted director working with gifted actors let them improvise and play it out. I don't think that Brando was thinking, "I'll add some sexual tension here." He just acted. Eva Marie Saint just acted along, and Elia Kazan let it play out and kept the footage.
Are you dense because you didn't pick up on this? NO! You're not dense. I respect that you made this comment, asked the question. I was innocent once, naive, and unaware of body language and reading between the lines. I didn't see sex in everything. I was more likely to see money in everything than sex.
I hope I haven't jaded you in my attempt to point out what I too missed on first glance. We live in a cynical world ("cynic" comes from dog and most men are dogs) - where it is common for us to call each other "dog." If you don't see sexual references in everything, well, I urge you to preserve what innocence you still have. There is beauty in life and we don't have to always dig up the vulgar....
Good analysis. Some insights I hadn't heard before. I hadn't ever read the quote you share about how he says the audience is doing most of the work. Thank you for sharing that.
When he use to say his lines, he said it slowly and put meaning in each word.
His method of acting would be like if you were able to look in on something very private.
Great appraisal. Thanks!!!
Nice job, Marques.
He was AMAZING! Thank you for this, love the explanation.
Every time I watch On the Waterfront I cry my eyes out.
HP Lovecraft the taxi scene was the greatest scene in movie history
Steiger actually eclipsed Brando in that movie and in the taxi scene
steiger was the greatest actor in that film but thats all he was. brando on the other hand was a natural.
@@Justin-fy7xk brando looked self conscious in parts, definitely au natarale ....his best work came later, street car,appaloosa.missouri breaks .....
Good observation. Good podcast.
Very good analysis 👍
Nice and inspiring take, thanks, nice work dude.x
Marlon Brando is the greatest actor because of his unmatched acting range. From 1950-60 he played a paraplegic in THE MEN, Stanley Kowalski in STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, Mexican revolutionary in VIVA ZAPATA, Mark Anthony in JULIUS CEASAR, a Hell's Angel in THE WILD ONE, Terry Malloy in ON THE WATERFRONT, Napoleon in DESIREE, sang and danced in GUYS AND DOLLS, a Japanese man(!), Sakini in TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON, a contrite nazi in YOUNG LIONS then directed ONE EYED JACKS.
The greatest acting run of all time
Very well done. Thank you.
Tyler Sunn thanks. I appreciate it. More is coming
...'Thank You' so 'Much' for putting, what you put put across as you did Brother...Much Respects go out to you and 'Thank You' for doing what you have done...in essence, Top Skills all around my Friend...Enjoyed you Your Perspective....
Love and Respects
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Very insightful. Thank you.
red watch no problem. He's my fav actor ever
Good job! Keep up the good work!
Every year, I come back to this video. I'm glad to be back in 2023!
Great Work Man!! beautiful explained
Michael Jackson thanks. I tried. Hoping to post again soon
Great job on this one Marques! For me... Brando and DDL are at the top of the heap among the all-time greats.
He was a natural born actor. I loved that he added his own twist to the movies. He brought the character to life with his own natural improvisation. Dean Martin did that too! He never really read his lines. He improvised too and those are the best because it comes from the heart.
I don't know much about Dean Martin, but thank you for sharing what you did. I saw a movie about the Jerry Lewis / Dean Martin partnership. I knew they took dramatic license but I got the impression that Dean Martin didn't take himself too seriously ( maybe he did - we all do ) and he refused to be stressed about anything he was involved in. I learned that Dean Martin and Robert Mitchum learned to fight on the streets, so not much disturbed them.
I gotta do more research. I never much cared for Dean Martin - he was an open alcoholic to me when I was a youth. I ain't young no more and I've learned that this world ( I won't say "life" because Jesus is Life) this world is painful and we all resort to our particular painkillers. Making TH-cam comments is a painkiller for me.
So, maybe Dean Martin was more of a genius than I've given him credit for. Thank you.
Marlo was one of the best actor of his time I loved him in One Eye Jack's, The Godfather one of its best roles On the Water Front he was great.
One Eyed Jacks...with Karl Malden...top film with acting o the highest order. Godfather ranks as an all time great. Tango....wow!!!
He was a great actor. I loved him.
The best actor ever.
glad my studies led me here ~ thanks for putting this vid together
No problem. I learned some stuff myself
just watched on the waterfront...epic movie
This man deserved atleast 5 oscars but he didnt get even 3. Its really surprising how hollywood forgot him. But he will always be my man. I love u marlon.
Hollywood adores Brando but there are other great actors.
After he refused his second Oscar they pretty much blacklisted him
Omar Al-Fayez Your right he deserved the Oscar for last tango in Paris but there was no way they would give him it after he turned the last one down
I never got it when Marlon was said to be a great actor until your analysis of his acting in this video. But he was a very trouble person, maybe that added to his greatness as an actor? Looking forward to your next video to get your perspective on another topic!!-Kathy
Nice job Marques :)
Thank you so much for this information! I had no idea the genius Marlon Brando possessed.
cool stuff - thanks
When I watch One Eye Jack,s or God father I think Marlon Brando is a man for all seasons.
Al Pacino too. Whose greater
one eyed jacks is the coolest of all "modern westerns" with exception of some of eastwood's. but brando almost gets upstaged at times by ben johnson who was a gen-u-ine texas cowboy and didn't need to act to play his part.
great vid , peace dude
What comes to my mind - Gorgeous, Ingenius, Brilliant, Greatest, Sexy, Beautiful....sound good enough? 😊
yup
Fast
Um...not quite
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Fantastic! Great to et glimpse of Eva.met early nineties Hitchcock occasion
Thanks,Marques.
Wonderful job
He was not alone in those early days. But they were only a small handful. Very small. He and Jimmy Dean and the other few were at the forefront of method acting. They changed what is thought of as "Great Acting" here in the west. Thank You to them all.
One of my favorite scenes in Apocalypse Now was his monologue after Willard finally meets Kurtz. 10/10
Any role, any situation, any place. The made it about him. That was his true Talent. That's what makes him, one of the greatest of all time.
HE IS THE BEST
s thompson I agree
He had IT n IT had him.like a cheater is born to run fast. Plus his upbringing made a huge difference in his understanding of how to role play n endure
Andrew Nicholas yeah. He was at the right place at the right time
Great video
onemorebrando thanks!
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Marlin Brando is so underrated. One of my favorites!
Underrated??
superb work
love his acting
can plz do on Al pacino ?? :-)
YK Tube you read my mind. I'll probably do that next for a person
super kool ...........im waiting........
YK Tube May be awhile. I just went back to school. Plus I have a couple videos ahead of that too
Great video, keep doing um..... thanks
Thanks. Currently preparing one on Al Pacino
Good job
Impresionante ...
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Recommendation: Please read his autobiography, Letters from my Mother! Yes, he was naturally gifted however he had one of the greatest acting teachers of all time (Stella Adler).
I saw Messi today , admired the kind of football he plays .
I see Brando and it seems to me , I get the same fulfillment.
Ok. Now I understand what it means to be a talent ...
The Master.
King of the monologue.
How could you not mention the card game scene in one eyed jacks........wow!!..talk about explosive rage!!!!......he was absolutely brilliant!!
I really enjoyed this video, thank you
Thanks
Not only was he a great actor, but he also had a sense of justice and courage to support oppressed Native Americans.
And activist too. He have a lot charity work.
Brando, Dean and Cagney are the top three screen actors of all time, IMO. I also love Carey Grant even though he's a very different style to those guys.
This was a guy who inspired all actors who followed in his footsteps,,truly an icon in acting field,,,he paid mega money to star in superman,,Who knows if brando demanded was it £3000.000 fr few minutes on screen,,??quote unquote,,,ye,his presence on screen leaps out at you,,as fr his voice ,well,need I continue??sad he had much trauma in his personal life,,,son once charged with murder,,but many celebrities had trauma in lives fr some strange reason,,see,nobody can change unknown destiny's,,all in others hands whether be good or bad, jcvw
Brilliant Marlon Brando I love him in The Fugitive kind that is a brilliant film clever acting very clever
I actually haven't seen that yet
The narrator did a nice job on this.
Brando is cinema at its best.
He was the best- and he was super intelligent- recognizing the infestation of hollywood for what they are...
Super intelligent????? LOL According to my dad he was average at best. I should mention my dad dated Marlon's sister in high school.
what was your dad when. he grew up?
I like the eye brows, smile, muscles and that voice "Stella!" He is vulnerable, she is sultry edging along the stairway, they need each other. Sentimental. Very sexy.
My (incomplete) acting Mt Rushmore:
The originator: Chaplin
The actor: Brando
The movie star: Nicholson
The Everyman: Jimmy Stewart
The Everyman II - Tom Hanks
The Chameleon - Daniel Day-Lewis
The Gentle Man - Anthony Hopkins ( Hannibal Lecter not withstanding....)
Take a look at him in Missouri breaks. He is unbelievable in that movie..
Watch him in the movie, Burn, great acting, one of, somehow, in every movie, he fills the screen.
If I'm not mistaken, in his autobiography, he singled out Burn as one of his best films/performances.
Killer analysis, young man!! I think Denzel is the closest thing we’ve had since Brando.
Im coming back with more analysis' in 2021
@@MarquesUnderwood AWESOME! I just subscribed. I love to see young cats who understand and appreciate the classics. Keep up the great work! 💪
As much as I love Denzel, I think the retired Daniel-Day Lewis is the bar for screen actors post Brando. Though Brando is still the ceiling.
As much as Brando's performances were in Streetcar, Waterfront, Godfather, etc. -- and they were spectacular performances-- I found his admission that he never informed his co-star in "Last Tango" until they were about to film the scene extremely disturbing.
I suppose Bertolucci as the director bears even more responsibility for it, but I think it represented Brando's overly zealous approach to method acting and desire to capture realism.
To be certain, there was no penetration in the rape scene, but Maria Schneider has said that her reactions and emotions were real and not "acting".
Brando in 1947 was chosen to play Stanley Kowalski in the original production (on Broadway no less!) of A Streetcar Named Desire, a run that Brando carried for 855 performances!!
Great!
Ironic in that Brando reflected his father's view that acting was not a suitable profession for a man (in those days) - a sissy thing
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Never been a fan and still not a fan, but interesting to find out why he appeals to people.
Saw all his fillms he was always watchable no matter how good or bad the film. Marlon always went on about the lack of sensitive portrayals of native Americans in films but he turned down a part in 'Black Star' which became Flaming Star (1961) the role was written especially for him and dealt with that very subject matter. Brando was making his own western at the time 'One Eyed Jacks' a great film that he directed. Elvis took the part offered to Brando and 'Flaming Star' directed by Don Seigel was one of his greatest acting roles and he got respect and recognition from the Native American people for his portrayal. The film was so good it was banned in apatheid South Africa. There's also a Bowie connection there with what Black Star means. If you get a chance watch Flaming Star it's a brilliant film Elvis should have got an Oscar nomination for. One Eyed Jacks is also well worth watching one of my favourite Brando films but I honestly prefer the Elvis film. Maybe Brando didn't take it because he was commited to his own film but he missed a great chance to show Native American Indians in a positive light.
Never heard this story before. I have to do some research
"One-Eyed Jacks" keeps getting mentioned. The late Senator John McCain cited it as one of his favorite films. I saw it and it didn't grab me the way others have expressed. And I forgot that Brando directed it.
Funny that you would mention Elvis Presley because as I watched some of the clips of Brando in this video, Presley came to mind. They were both so handsome early on.
I'll be on the lookout for "Flaming Star": you describe it as one of the countless gems out there that most of us have missed. I didn't care much for Brando until I learned he used cue cards and I got to pondering his brilliance. I didn't care for Elvis Presley until family members visited Graceland and brought back a report of a real human being and not a rock star who stole from black folk.
Explosive force on a short leash...he made you afraid to take your eyes off him...the best, he never had a contender....
The best
Brando the greatest actor of all time, followed by a close second between Lawrence Olivier, and Daniel Day-Lewis.
He is Great
Gursimran Pal I agree
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