Gothamist: Marlon Brando Dies at 80

kowgurl

Fri, 02 Jul 2004 13:49:45 -0500

Go rent apocalypse now, its when he went "totally insane"

Tim N.

Fri, 02 Jul 2004 13:20:35 -0500

Jen, thanks for mentioning A Dry White Season. Not too many of the obits I've seen this morning have mentioned it. A vastly underrated film... amazing, powerful, very disturbing. Rent it and watch the scene when the verdict is read. Try taking your eyes off Brando. Impossible. And rumor has it he vamped the whole scene.

Jay

Fri, 02 Jul 2004 12:36:10 -0500

What about when Boss Hogg died?

B.

Fri, 02 Jul 2004 12:27:02 -0500

I'm 30, and Brando's death is the first of an older generation of actors to have meaning for me. His body has such a powerful presence, even in otherwise mediocre films. The only comparable single performance I've seen in recent years is Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs of New York (despite the muddled nature of the film.) I won't argue with the NYTimes obit saying Brando may have been the greatest American film actor.