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Listen to Me Marlon (2015)
 
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Directed
by:
Stevan Riley |
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COUNTRY
USA |
GENRE
Documentary |
NORWEGIAN TITLE
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RUNNING
TIME
95 minutes |
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Produced
by:
John Battsek RJ Cutler
George Chignell |
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Written by:
Stevan Riley |
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Cast includes:
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CHARACTER |
ACTOR/ACTRESS |
RATING |
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As themselves (archive footage) |
Marlon Brando
Stella Adler
Bernardo Bertolucci
Marlon Brando Sr.
Christian Brando
Francis Ford Coppola |
Review
This
idiosyncratic documentary mirrors perfectly the idiosyncrasy of Marlon Brando
himself – and will probably stand as the ultimate testament
to the greatest movie actor of all time. With its anti-tabloid, at
times anti-narrative structure, Listen to Me Marlon
transports us into the mind and soul of Brando via extracts of the
many hours of audio recordings Brando made of himself talking during
his lifetime. In these recordings, Brando is more interested in the
existential aspects of life than he is in actions and lifestyle, and
more interested in the process of acting than in the movie business,
which he more or less condemns. And while we get to share and digest
his thoughts, British writer/director Stevan Riley expertly merges
in interesting bits and pieces from Brando's professional and
personal life, without ever needing to utilise traditional biopic or
documentary tools. The result is a very original film, one of few
films in this genre to be worth a second or third watch. Admittedly,
Listen to Me Marlon will probably be more fascinating for fans of Brando and/or
the art of acting in general, but who isn't just that if you're already interested in
movies?
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