The legendary Marlon Brando was born 100 years ago today and I'd be remiss to not mark it in some form -- even though his legacy has become more complicated, to put in mildly, over the past several years, it's undeniable what a lightning bolt he proved to be to his entire profession -- there was movie acting before Brando and movie acting after him and those two things really didn't look the same. (I personally tend to give Montgomery Clift a little more credit for that honestly, as far as Hollywood is concerned but he was just a smidge too ahead of his time. But Marlon idoliazed Monty himself, so!) Anyway I'm not going to write a treatise on his acting, although please feel free to share with me your favorite performances. (Mine will always and forever be Streetcar, for the record.) But I did happen to just now stumble upon this photoshoot of him taken by the photographer Art Shay in 1950, which I've never seen it before, and so what better way to celebrate than to ogle him circat his hottest? Hit the jump for all the photos...
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My favorite pic of him is the one where he's sucking a dick. How many actors (from classic or modern Hollywood) can you say that about! love a slutty bi king
He was a fine actor, even if I think he is overly venerated. You mentioned Montgomery Clift but I'd say John Garfield (ironically the first choice for Stanley in Streetcar before the deal fell through) was the first to bring the sort of naturalistic acting to films that Brando is credited for.
My favorite performance of his is "On the Waterfront" and the most interesting in terms of how unusual it was in his filmography is his work in "Julius Caesar".
Fuck he was absolutely perfect!!!! I would have gulped down a gallon if his piss
The first time I saw Streetcar was in a college film class. I got a boner when I saw him for the first time.
It has been debunked that the pic of Brando and the dick is 100% fake. Get over yourself
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