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RIP Marlon Brando
Jul. 2nd, 2004 12:26 pmMarlon Brando, in the opinion of many the finest actor of his genration, has died at the age of 80.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/02/obit.brando/
If you know films, you know Brando's work, legendary performances in "On the Waterfront" and "Streetcar Named Desire" and "The Godfather" and so on. And while to a large degree his later films veered toward self-parody (sometimes on purpose as in the enjoyable film, "The Freshman"), his body of work clearly stands out. As do the sheer number of quotable lines from his films.
And of course, genre fans remember his "starring" role in the first Superman film. I don't know if he was any Silver Age Superman fan's choice to be Jor-El, but his presence in the film (along with that of Gene Hackman) gave it a degree of respectability and dignity.
Condolences to his family, which seems to have suffered far too much, and to his many, many fans.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/02/obit.brando/
If you know films, you know Brando's work, legendary performances in "On the Waterfront" and "Streetcar Named Desire" and "The Godfather" and so on. And while to a large degree his later films veered toward self-parody (sometimes on purpose as in the enjoyable film, "The Freshman"), his body of work clearly stands out. As do the sheer number of quotable lines from his films.
And of course, genre fans remember his "starring" role in the first Superman film. I don't know if he was any Silver Age Superman fan's choice to be Jor-El, but his presence in the film (along with that of Gene Hackman) gave it a degree of respectability and dignity.
Condolences to his family, which seems to have suffered far too much, and to his many, many fans.
