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5.0 out of 5 stars A book as good as his movies, 6 Mar 2005

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This review is from: Songs My Mother Taught Me (Paperback)

Brando the legendary actor behind such classics as streetcar named desire and on the waterfront writes his autobiography.

Brando is famous for being a private man and this book is the same way he only talks about his career and leaves out all of the family details but that doesnt mean the book decreases in quality.

what really stuns me about this book is how honest Brando was, in this book he comments on his fears and self doubts which most authors would have left on the cutting room floor. He talks about the inner peace he was searching for but never found.

When i picked up this book i couldnt put it down and after i had finished reading it once i flipped it over and read it again.

This book is a must have for anyone interested in film, a book written by the worlds best actor and a great human being

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating insight into a fascinating person., 13 Jul 2006

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Brando was according to most of his peers a genius and it is difficult to disagree with this when you view his more "serious" contributions to cinema such as "On The Waterfront", "The Godfather" and "A Streetcar Named Desire". He is also an actor who by his own admission made some awful films "...not necessarily for artistic reasons!" This book offers a rare insight into a man held up as a genius by many but who in his own estimation did a pointless and meaningless job simply for the money. Indeed, it is interesting to read how he would have preferred to have been a cleaner than to act if it had paid as well. How a man could be motivated so little to do his job yet turn out such good performances in so many films is the central core of this book. It is so interesting to hear him compare himself with Olivier as an actor and as a rival for Vivien Leigh's affections and to see how one of the few films he made which really appealed to him and which he was enthusiastic about , "A Dry White Season" was such a disappointment for him because of the unwillingness of the producers to allow him some creative input. This is from first to last worth the price and offers a riveting look into one of the 20th Century's most iconic personalities.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brando inadvertently explains the power of his mystique, 17 Mar 1999

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Brando begins by criticising persons who might have an interest in tawdry books of the nature that you have picked up. But it is far from a tawdrey book.

Imagine that Elvis Presley had had a university degree-what he might have articulated to us about Living The American Dream? The truth is that inside every intelligent person hides a little piece that wonders how they would have fared had they had the guts to gamble in the insane world of iconography. Intelligence is what sets Brando apart from other actors. He doesn't just describe his journey along the route trodden by countless male bimboes (gymboes?) with the eye of an intellectual, an accidental quality interloper in that bizarre, indulgent Hollywood we all fantasize about. He takes detours to provide really informed glimpses of the landmass called Life from the vantage points of the exclusive heights that he attained. He also describes anecdotes about life in the real world which are nothing to do with Great Big Star status but the adventures of a curious intellect. The fact that these are Brando's adventures is almost insignificant.

" I have had a good life. Not many people have intimidated me." says Marlon. Epic understatement. Far from a tawdrey Hollywood sleaze / dreams-come true tome, Brando describes the life of the rarest of breeds, the intelligent macho-man. Acting was simply something that paid the rent. In the voice of the wisened father figure that he portrayed in one of his more famous movies he recounts the insane dysfunctional family that produced him and his experiences of all levels of post-war American Life are deeply informed by his unusual intellect. There'e plenty of Don Juaning along the road for those who are into such things (could Marlon be Marlon without these?) But this book is worth reading for a look inside a top-level mind that actually went out and lived to it's full potential.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating
Brando does not go into huge detail about every singly part of his life or career in this autobiography. Read more

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4.0 out of 5 stars Funny, warm and plenty of Hollywood anecdotes...
The thing that I found most striking about this book from the moment I began reading it is that Marlon Brando actually has a sense of humour, which isn't the common perception of... Read more

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