Post by spiderwort on Jul 22, 2017 19:05:32 GMT
"I could have been somebody" "instead I'm a bum"
I remember sometimes in the early seventies on swedish TV, I was striked by the purity of Brando's performace (I didn't know it was Brando back then). selldom had such rawness of nature been showned.
As for Brando's performance, it's sheer perfection, I think. I recently showed a young friend a clip of the scene when Brando and Saint are walking and talking and she drops her glove. This young man is a musician who knows little of films, but when he was watching that scene I swear that within 30 seconds he said in amazement about Brando: "It's like he's not even acting. It's like he's just there."
I don't think a greater compliment could be paid to any actor, particularly by someone who knows nothing of the art and craft of the job.