Listen to Me Marlon
by Paulette Reynolds
July 29, 2017
2015
A documentary by Stevan Riley
by Paulette Reynolds
July 29, 2017
2015
A documentary by Stevan Riley
Marlon Brando, speaks…
“Okay, now, listen, let me tell you something that I did. I've had my head digitized. And they put this laser and they put it around you like this and they digitized my face. And I made a lot of faces and smiled and, and, made a sad face. So they've got it all on digital. And actors are not going to be real. They're going to be inside a computer! You watch. It's gonna happen. So, maybe this is the swan song for all of us.”
“Okay, now, listen, let me tell you something that I did. I've had my head digitized. And they put this laser and they put it around you like this and they digitized my face. And I made a lot of faces and smiled and, and, made a sad face. So they've got it all on digital. And actors are not going to be real. They're going to be inside a computer! You watch. It's gonna happen. So, maybe this is the swan song for all of us.”
Listen to Me Marlon is a fascinating 'tell all' project by the only person who could really tell it all - the man himself, Marlon Brando. Stevan Riley created this documentary from a storehouse of tape recordings that the iconic actor left behind. Part confessional, part free association, Listen to Me Marlon allows us the rare opportunity to experience the person behind the persona - that little boy from Omaha who made it big.
Brando understood our obsessive love of film and the power of the gaze, reflecting,"When the camera is close on you, your face becomes the stage. Your face is the proscenium arch of the theater - 30 feet high. And it sees all the little movements of the face and the eye and the mouth."
This documentary follows Brando's changing observations about the validity of his career and acting in general, finally softening his harsh stance by noting that "Many times I remember being down in the dumps and then I saw a movie that took me away for a few hours and I was completely restored. And I realized, oddly enough, that actors make a contribution to people's lives. Giving us a gift that you can't buy. Something that they can imbue with power and beauty and magnificence. Something beyond themselves. And we do need that."
I couldn't have said it better myself, Marlon.
I couldn't have said it better myself, Marlon.
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