Marlon Brando - Patricia Bosworth

Advantages: Quick and easy read, a good introduction to Brando
Disadvantages: Get a feeling that some of the writing is 'highlights' rather than insights

...a handful of pictures of Marlon which tend to be images of him in his most famous roles. A big part of the book focuses on the film which undoubtedly broke him into a film star, the character of Stanley Kowalski in "A Streetcar named desire", a role which he played many times on stage and was comfortable portraying on screen. After his initial rise to fame his career was then plagued by years of poor film choices and lacklustre roles only to gain ...
...how they found working with Marlon as he had a reputation of 'being difficult'. This book is very much the rise and fall and rise again of a method trained actor who on screen performances changed the way some actors approached their roles, he was very much the first 'lone hero' on screen. An elusive man who claimed he disliked the lime light but yet produced some of the most memorable performances captured on film. You are either contented with ... Read review