RIP Marlon Brando

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 11:54 am

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainmen ... 860723.stm

Actor Marlon Brando, 80, died in LA.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 12:07 pm

He was certainly a colorful character.

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 12:17 pm

Weird guy; apparently couldn't handle the fame. But he was the impersonation of "method" acting and influenced a couple of generations of actors.

TonyHiggins · Post by **TonyHiggins** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 12:34 pm

I just read an article about him the other day. It said he was $20million in debt. Dies at a ripe old age after living large. I hope I'm so lucky.
Tony

Flyingcursor · Post by **Flyingcursor** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 1:48 pm

glauber wrote:...he was the impersonation of "method" acting...

Did you mean "impersonation" or "personification"?

And your signature is cool.

Did anyone see Brando in "The Island of Dr. Moreau" on Sci-Fi?
Great movie. I think he did the part dirt cheap.

Post by **Dale** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 1:57 pm

I think Marlon Brando was a great actor and, even with all of the acclaim, I think he was underrated. What a sad life he seemed to have in recent years. So much tragedy.

I would now like to share with you a short list of my favorite actors.

Ed Harris
Henry Fonda
Martin Sheen
Dennis Franz, even though I haven't watched NYPD in 5 years.

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 2:07 pm

personification... sorry, some days i shouldn't try to write English. Need.. more... sleep!

Five favourite actors:

William Shatner
Debra Winger
Anthony Quinn
Gerard Depardieu
John Wayne

I'm convinced that Marlon Brando was simply the best actor of his time. You just have to look at how actors performed before and after, to see how he changed the art, made it "real".

g

PhilO · Post by **PhilO** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 4:34 pm

He starred in my favorite movie, On the Waterfront, and was great in The Godfather and One-eyed Jacks.

Favorite five:

Brando
DeNiro
Bogart
Ed Norton (not Art Carney)
Val Kilmer

That last reflects our (my daughter and I) rebellion against David Thomson for omitting Kilmer from his Biographical Dictionary of Film. Remember, Kilmer was great in Thunderheart, Salton Sea, and Tombstone.

Philo

amar · Post by **amar** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 4:56 pm

glauber wrote:personification... sorry, some days i shouldn't try to write English. Need.. more... sleep!

Five favourite actors:

William Shatner
Debra Winger
Anthony Quinn
Gerard Depardieu
John Wayne

I'm convinced that Marlon Brando was simply the best actor of his time. You just have to look at how actors performed before and after, to see how he changed the art, made it "real".

g

william shatner....I mean...as in....james t. kirk...??
well...

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 6:37 pm

amar wrote:william shatner....I mean...as in....james t. kirk...??
well...

"Favourites", not "best"

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 6:41 pm

PhilO wrote:Val Kilmer

That last reflects our (my daughter and I) rebellion against David Thomson for omitting Kilmer from his Biographical Dictionary of Film. Remember, Kilmer was great in Thunderheart, Salton Sea, and Tombstone.

And Batman.
And especially, his best work, Top Secret!

Skeet surfing!

PhilO · Post by **PhilO** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 7:12 pm

Glaub - lest we forget, Real Genius, a Kilmer classic...

PhilO

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 9:14 pm

amar wrote:william shatner....I mean...as in....james t. kirk...??

You should have seen him as The Great Big Head in Third Planet from the Sun. Truly one of the great performances of all time.

Best wishes,
Jerry

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 9:25 pm

I think Shater did a few 'Twilight Zone' or 'Night Gallery' episodes... not memorable acting but certainly better than his singing career.

glauber · Post by **glauber** » Sat Jul 03, 2004 6:07 am

Mister Tambourine Maaaannn!!!!!