Why Marlon Brando's acting was the best EVER. - StoryBrain

What's up you tub of guts. I decided to make a longer video delving into a classic subject, by analyzing Marlon Brando, how he worked, and why he has a reputation for being the greatest actor who ever lived. This turned out to be the longest video I've ever made, so hopefully the info here is interesting or useful.
NOTE: While Brando's style at various points is contrasted with the way most actors approach what they do, this isn't intended to be a criticism of them. Everyone finds their own way.
Background music is "Ridin' Waves" by R. Dilly, from Incompetech's Free Music Archive. Clips from Listen to Me Marlon, Biography, One-Eyed Jacks, The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, A Streetcar Named Desire, Zach Galifianakis, and more!

[@Truegeeza]

When Al-Pacino says 'Marlon Brando was the Greatest - the Best ' you know how great that actor was coming from another Legend

[@juanmasday2896]

You should know as a human not only Pacino said that dumb

[@positional_play]

De Niro, Nicholson, Duvall, James Caan, Hoffman, Martin Sheen etc. all of them looked up to him. You should read Nicholson's Rolling Stone article of 2004 about Brando, it's amazing.

[@PatrickMHoey]

That whole generation, the generation of Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, and the list goes on, really all came from the post-Brando renaissance. It’s totally fair to say that no actor has been as influential to so many great, great actors as Brando.

[@kskslslslsoooao]

I like the Arabic-looking hyphen there.

[@andrewmiller4885]

Brando was not the greatest actor ever . Yes he was good very good , but Pacino was better . I think Al Pacino was being very humble and very polite when he made that comment about Brando being the best . Brando had something very important going for him apart from his acting abilities and that was his incredible good looks . His sex appeal and sheer animal magnetism played a huge part in his success on screen .. Pacino had to rely on pure acting ability alone . In my opinion Pacino is the superior talent .

[@aperson2730]

"Acting is a survival mechanism" 2:23 Apparently he had quite a difficult childhood and started acting in front of his frequently drunk mother from the age of 7 to gain her attention, connect with her and make her happy.

[@bittu2507]

Omg

[@joetursi9573]

True.

[@apolloroma6783]

Sajjad Mehal .. his father was the drunk he would have to carry in from the street

[@mikephalen3162]

His mother was an actress and acting coach. She was an early mentor to Henry Fonda.

[@merdemoiii-7589]

In the famous words of Jake Gyllennhal , “because of the trauma we became actors”

[@sebastianalegria3401]

Actors like Al Pacino, Bob De Niro, Jack Nicholson or Dustin Hoffman are Marlon's products, so without him, those actors wouldn't have existed, and that's why he's the greatest actor of all-time.

[@leohaddad9225]

Yeah Marlon Brando is so good. Btw Dustin Hoffman is amazing

[@shinchan___4]

They are all method actors right?

[@randywhite3947]

@@shinchan___4 yes

[@chuannguyenvuanhSG92]

@God's Lonely Man "Themselves" is created from Marlon Brando.

[@calogerogriffin861]

Exactly

[@CCJJ160Channels]

Wow, he was one handsome fella in his younger years.

[@badcornflakes6374]

He was always handsome

[@the_jolly_bunny]

He was gorgeous!!!

[@dragonlordskater5028]

Ye I used to think that in the Godfather Brando is just old and that's it)

[@johnb.8687]

He looked good on camera when he was young yet I didn’t like his still shots. Odd how that works

[@timothyroscoe4920]

@Sleeping Geli wow. I just did look it up like you suggested and- wow! I had no idea about his makeup transformation in this! Hah over and over I find myself astounded by how much my experience of a film or play is on account of the crew. I didn’t start acting at all til my mid 30s, so I’m even amazed by this now when I’m working on something-what tight orchestra a cast and crew are in telling a story. Really cool.

[@bikefixer]

There are a couple of other aspects to Brando not mentioned here. His physicality was amazing - he could ride a horse at fast speed, (THE APPALOOSA, THE MISSOURI BREAKS), he could fistfight (ON THE WATERFRONT, LAST TANGO IN PARIS), he could dance and his singing wasn't terrible (GUYS AND DOLLS), he was a physical comic (BEDTIME STORY). Sadly, these skills are no longer demanded of American actors. Also Brando is a master of the "psychological gesture," meaning every gesture indicated something about his character. In THE GODFATHER, during the Sollozzo meeting he casually dusts off the armrest of Sollozzo's chair. What he is telling the audience that he is in the presence of a man who is soiled (earlier the Don said, "drug dealing is a dirty business.") Also, in THE GODFATHER, when Bonasera asks the Don, "Will you be my friend?" Brando looks down and shrugs like a child because it is a child's question. In SAYANORA, before he breaks up with his fiancee in front of her family he takes a couch cushion and puts it to his chest. Psychologically, he is cushioning the blow of what is to follow. Brando performances are filled with all sorts of details like this if you look for them.

[@kathleenem9207]

You must love movies-you are very perceptive and insightful. I also think what is not said and done can be just as meaningful as what is said and done. Every movie Brando made was not always a hit but he was always very watchable and captivating- your eye barely wandered to other performers.

[@maryt2583]

Could he ever dance. All different kinds. Like the wal , irish dancing in the waterfront and various other high class dancing. He studied his characters and performed there of. He did know more than the director due to his talent. Yes, later he used cue cards so he could emprovise, not because he didn't know the lines. And he could play the bongos.

[@robertlevine2827]

These are brilliant insights--especially dusting off the arm rest.

[@angelica6560]

He was such a deep thinker and had so much feeling that he really became the parts he played

[@joegomez4773]

I’m not saying he’s not a great actor. He certainly is, but the things you’re referring to were most likely asked of him by a director. Actors rarely interact with their environment on their own terms. Theres always a director calling the shots.

[@callumdoherty7204]

5:11 Let’s be honest, Marlon was his own director in all of his films.

[@sumfingwong9286]

Brando didn't make movies - he made classics.

[@bigsexygoat8]

Cantong Chong that was jack

[@syourke3]

It’s no accident he did his best work with Ilya Kazan.

[@BhagyanagarRE]

1. Brando 2. Daniel Day Lewis 3. Al Pacino (my fav) 4. Robert De Niro 5. Jack Nicholson

[@sandyotelli8886]

Mel Gibson Anthony Hopkins Kevin Costner Donald Sutherland😊😄

[@jordifreixo7728]

James dean ?

[@ProudAnselmo]

Nice list of white dudes you got there

[@bosnjodobri8260]

lohit raj Anthony Hopkins above al pacino

[@purplemonkeydishwasher9818]

Laurence Olivier

[@robotube7361]

His acting was great because he was relaxed to the point of not giving a damn - and he was able to get out the best performance.

[@jasonhutter7534]

I believe you nailed it and most people dont recognize this about him. Because acting wasnt the most important thing to him, he didnt fret or worry himself sick about his choices, which allowed him to relax more and draw out real emotions and avoid the slick, phoney histrionics we see with many actors.

[@heydani6678]

@@jasonhutter7534 can you give examples of bad acting?

[@lyinbobbycottonseed]

@@jasonhutter7534 you hit the nail on the head here. He was beyond relaxed, he absolutely didn’t care about what anyone thought about him, he also knew he had an incredible faculty for acting and didn’t need to try.

[@Galimah]

Brando was good for sure, but Jean-Claude Van Damme´s drunken disco dancing in Kickboxer is simply on another level

[@peterl.1574]

Galimah lmao

[@mre7152]

Van Damme can actually act though.

[@aemondslefteye]

😂

[@tonywalton1052]

@@mre7152 He can act badly.

[@mre7152]

@@tonywalton1052 He's done a couple dramas where his acting is good.

[@x5xruud]

I think there are two reasons why Brando was such a great actor. First of all, he could surprise you as a viewer. Take the screen test he did for "Rebel Without A Cause". Most people would probably start swearing and become angry if they were told "to be angry with their father", but Brando was almost going to cry. Second of all, most actors and people who have to give a presentation want to blurt out the lines as fast as possible just to get it done or they feel like they have to talk fast because they think people don't want to listen to them, but Brando was always so calm it could even make the viewer anxious because of his longer silences.

[@waynej2608]

Brando tested for Rebel...? James Dean got the part. Both were great actors.

[@kumarmadhan5942]

He was natural that requires talent which most people don't have

[@afonsolucas2219]

Wayne J Rebel was in development for some years before Jimmy got a hold of it. The screen test Brando did was back in ‘49.

[@waynej2608]

@@afonsolucas2219 O.k. thought it was something like that. So, by the time it was made in 1955, Brando would've been too old for the part. Dean, at 24, could still pull it off. Ty.

[@geographicDJspeedy28]

Exactly the point

[@jamesmckinnon8357]

Part of Brando's greatness is that he ushered in realistic acting in the 1950s and then hung around long enough to perfect it in the 1970s. Think about how rare that is, to be both the forerunner and the king. Like if the stuff Woody Guthrie did and the stuff Bob Dylan did were instead done by the same man. Or if Ben Franklin discovered electricity and then invented the light bulb, too. That's what makes Brando the greatest to me, besides just being the most electric on the screen. As Terry Malloy he reshaped acting, then as Vito Carleone he took that new shape to its highest level.

[@nope_no_nunya.]

Nicely put

[@Graenelolz]

beautifully said, I will make this point from now on when I talk about Brando and refer to a random youtube comment I read.

[@HotShotR92J]

Totally agree with you but don't denigrate it to just his 2 Oscar winning roles. He was mesmerizing even in his films that went on to be flops. The man just belonged in front of a camera.

[@gabrielferri]

He was great because his acting created emotion not only in himself but in those who were watching him. He was the closest thing to watching the character come to life on the screen, living, breathing, thinking and feeling in front of you.... more so than any other actor ever.

[@kevins.1965]

Tommy Wiseau is the best actor of all time.

[@MisterRlGHT]

You're tearing me apart, Lisa.

[@Herobox-ju4zd]

Oh hi Mark.

[@kevins.1965]

I did not hit her. I did naaaaht.

[@alejorag]

Anyway, how's your sex life?

[@captainjack6758]

Leave your stupid comments in your pocket!

[@NowYouSeeIt]

Really like your key framing. Very engaging!

[@StoryBrain]

I tend to clutter the screen too much at times. I'm working on it.

[@popcorn7194]

you humble man, kep improving dude i like your vids

[@CLASSICALFAN100]

Why would anyone want to frame a key? (How would you unlock your door?)...lol

[@khh1964]

Thumbs up just to see a “Now you see it” comment

[@DeanH92]

“Invading your personal space” actually compliments the cinematographer, not the actor.

[@FlOrHM]

In fact he was the one who decided that the shot would be a close-up and it was his idea to be amongst the shadows to give it more dramatic feeling. None of that was planned, it was a whim of his and turned out to be an iconic scene.

[@Maintenancebay]

@@FlOrHM And done several times with all improvisation, I must add

[@dightonazpeitia4350]

Dean H Not really.

[@siler7]

As is usual with "It's X, not Y" statements, it's both.

[@olitaggu9333]

Thank u. I hate to see people with fan boy Bonners making stupid claims.

[@shunkajun]

In my opinion, Marlon Brando possessed hidden qualities which when needed, such as a part in a script, he was able to evoke those secret/hidden emotions to the surface and thereby affecting the entire audience. He was by all intents and purposes a genius.

[@tmage23]

I remember hearing DVD commentary on one of his films that Brando liked to play a little game where he'd do two takes of a scene - one where he was was putting all of his considerable talent into his performance and another where he would mail it in. If the director didn't call him out on the bullshit take, he would coast through the rest of the film but no one could tell the difference

[@jackrenglish]

YEP

[@theredbaronlives9889]

If that's true he was even better than anyone thought and they all think he was the greatest!

[@rcarrascc]

Where is that commentary?

[@vincentmathissen1753]

Sidney lumet also wrote that in his book :D

[@NueNues]

Yes he is and I think his internal acting, reacting was more beautiful to watch than what he outta externally. It had colors, range, mysterious, unpredictability...My goodness, he was and still is the best

[@Episodio-UM]

Thank you for being honest about our inefficiency in evaluating acting. When I ventured into learning (later judging) film, *my greatest* difficulty was "reading" good/bad acting. For the longest time, I couldn't see the difference. I guess *gut feeling* truly is a viable answer.

[@charlesbarboza8591]

Excellent commentary. Your observations were spot on and made complete sense. Marlon Brando is without peer. His natural ability coupled with his training with Stella Adler, sculpted “The Perfect Actor”!!! His natural curiosity and playfulness added to his ability to take on the essence of his characters and this allowed him to believe him whenever we saw him on screen. He had no false moments. Again, Thanks for sharing. Be well.

[@mehradmotamedi9708]

Great! Thank u for this vid! R.I.P M. Brando

[@apurvakmr]

He is a great actor, uses a wide range of emotions, every muscle in his body to create cinematic excellence. He can use even butter to create cinematic excellence.

[@JustinIlluZn]

'this is terrific,' was what I said after watching this. really good insight

[@MrJeffreymeyer]

Great video! I think great actors are great writers- they need to be able to write a story that is not written in the script, hence, Brando's ability to chose how he will act in a scene is because he's a great writer and he has wrote many of the best lines he says in movies, if I remember correctly. One of many acting courses I took, I remember we all had to act the same scene with a different script each week. At first, I was horrible compared to the others. Then I began to sit down with the script and write out all the subtext I thought would be interesting and figured out how to show this in my acting. It was a lot of work. For example, in one scene the character says that he's not drunk. Everyone chose to have the character sober and defending himself. I chose to have the character stumble after the line, because it created an entirely different subtext, which I continued to follow. It made all the difference, and the audience reacted favorably to it. But in the end, I don't have the emotional range to be an actor. I can't cry on cue or scream bloody hell like I'm being chased by a psychopath. But someone who can needs to know which emotional expression will create the most absorbing response from the audience, which requires the actor to be a writer- not just an interpreter of the script because the author of the script may suck or you may be playing a part that's been played out so you need to add something interesting to the mix.

[@internetsummoner]

Reshape great points !

[@beto1580]

He is like the Jimi Hendrix of acting - in a time where to say your lines correctly while being pretty was still considered good acting in cinema, he showed more, he stood out. He wasn't the only one to do that, but also had the "luck" (which for me it's to be at right time and right place, with full or some understanding upon that matter) of being put by the media as a pioneer - and he was a pioneer, in many ways, but aknowledgment is also necessary (without it, he would just be forgotten in his time and probably remembered posteriorly - that's what kids call "cult" in modern times, you know?). *sorry for my mediocre english XD

[@charliecooper5354]

Precise 💯 Oh, and your English was spot on ☺

[@vinnart]

Especially interesting in seeing the similarities in how it relates to what a visual artist, like myself as a painter, is trying to achieve. There is an underlying psychology that influences an artist composition the same way the actor is doing this on screen. If you've never studied these things, then one is certainly not aware how the artist has directed you to where they wanted you to be. Do it effective, and the reaction is pleasing to you even though you may not be able to finger on what exactly makes you feel that way. It's really cool to see how all artist, no matter their discipline have so much in common.

[@MajicFreeman]

The fact you put tairy greene in the first few seconds was CLASSSSSS Thx you shameus

[@sylvaindescoteaux4208]

so to sum it up , we could say he was a creative actor living in the minute , improvising , imprivisible and connected to a deep sensitivity .....Marlon Brando was unique in a sense that sensibility and intensity were inherent in him , meaning no lying ! He was Authentic , genuine , relaxed , controled and intensly in the moment ...a psychological maze filled with an essence of clarity and love .... Rest in peace Marlon 😌

[@BuzzKirill3D]

So he's a good actor because he's a good actor? I must admit I didn't get much of this video. Can someone explain?

[@markant9534]

+BuzzKill Nobody else showed the skill and cleverness he displayed matched with charisma.

[@BuzzKirill3D]

Mark Anthony what about numerous other actors that do the same? Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Tom Hanks, Kevin Spacey, Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio etc? I don't get what the big difference between them is.

[@markant9534]

BuzzKill Maybe? His performance in on the waterfront was voted the 6th greatest screen performance of all time by a magazine. His line "I coulda been a contender" is one of the most iconic of all time! I will say though that De Niro said the same line better in Raging Bull! Jack Nicholson has "Here`s Johnny"! Tom Hanks performance in Forest Gump was insulting to people who have Autism or whatever was wrong with him? Slow witted? He was a bit better in Philadelphia but his performance in that was nowhere near any of Brando`s top work.

[@BuzzKirill3D]

Mark Anthony Opinion, not fact.

[@markant9534]

BuzzKill What would your top 6 performances of all time be? Even if Philadelphia is quite a good performance? It still doesn`t belong in the top 10. Maybe you can help me with the Gump thing? Way over the top, why was he talking like that?

[@clarice525]

A huge plus was that Marlon Brando was SO fine!! I have never seen a more beautiful man.

[@garylane3569]

true...Animal magnetism......STELLA!!!!!

[@ddandrews825]

Marlon simply has some acting magic in him that he was able to manifest through his voice and facial expressions. People who are brilliantly good at their craft above all other similar craftsmen has that too. Ben Johnson had sprinting magic in him. Tyson had the boxing magic in him. Ennio Morricone had the visual music magic in him, Akira Kurosawa had movie directing magic in him, so did the Sathyajit Ray, and the list can go on and on. The reason Marlon stand up above others is the acting craft came naturally to him(even though he didn't like the business part of it). Marlon's symmetrical facial good looks, combined with his charismatic personality catapulted him to be the best among his generation. He never had to work immensely hard at it 'cos of his looks as well. And he's intensely intelligent, deep thinking person that had likable looks and personality. No wonder he's voted as the best actor of all time by many.

[@JesseTaylorTraxxx]

This is such a great video!!!

[@srsucioguapodelsur8845]

Sacheen Littlefeather was most definitely Native American.

[@coldgold2683]

Yeah, that was a nasty rumor spread by the media to discredit her. Sad that it still gets thrown around even today.

[@arouska]

Chisum Burnett yeah, there seemed to be a lot of bullshit in this video. but that was the moment I turned it off.

[@michaelbellanger4215]

marlon cared about peoples rights

[@luishern1309]

Chisum Burnett She's half white and her last name is Cruz. Probably has Hispanic blood too.

[@undisclosedcode]

arouska exactly.

[@Mspow111]

hes just the ultimate

[@rbellot11]

Excellent analysis, excellent

[@lazarlazarevic6243]

I like when people post this kind of stuff on the internet, I can learn a lot of cool stuff

[@geneobrien8907]

To me one roll exemplifies Brando's skill, Last Tango In Paris. I saw that movie when it was first released and I couldn't process what I had seen. At that time, I thought The Godfather was his best acting but Tango left me speechless. To understand his performance, I had to think about that movie for a very long time.

[@bonanzatime]

Gene O'Brien yes. the subtitle to that movie was, 'Last Tango In Your Ass ' . Even Archie Bunker had to watch it twice.

[@billymetzitzah2224]

There will never be another actor on his level

[@rosebud8175]

Agreed but prime De Niro is the closest there’s been

[@ijustgotreallystoned638]

Daniel Day-Lewis is on his level fortunately, truly incredible

[@footballnotsooccer600]

@@ijustgotreallystoned638 To be on his level he first need to be on pacino and de niro level not even close he is overrated.

[@positional_play]

@@ijustgotreallystoned638 Another delusional DDL fanboy. Seriously, you guys are pissing me off. It is a complete joke to compare him with De Niro, Pacino and Nicholson, let alone Brando.

[@positional_play]

@@footballnotsooccer600 Thanks for saying the truth.

[@TheVanillatech]

Eva Marie Saint was so gorgeous in On The Waterfront. She's still going strong at 95 and when she spoke at the Oscars a few years ago she carried herself so well. Impressive genes!

[@RemmyNHL]

Watch north by northwest as well. Shes a babe.

[@Viajealduende]

Apart from having his unique good looks and charisma Brando was centered and focused as hell. He lived 100% in the moment. He had 100% intent and purpose. He could do something so simple as swat a flyThat would reveal somehting about the character. He could make swatting a fly funny, terrfiying or emotionless. The same as taking a bite of an apple. He wasn't just eating he was thinking at the same time sucking the audience so in to his moment of heightened reality that whatever he did next was unpredictable. It's the heightened reality of doing something so ordinary and being 100% in that moment that completely revolutionized acting. Take a great painter who paints an apple vs an ordinary quaified realist painter and see what they do with it. There will be something in the detail that a great painter makes of that apple that is much more than an apple. That's the sort of natural geniuous Brando had. Part of the charisma he had also came from not giving a fuck what the audience thought of him. He just did what he was doing period.

[@Scorpionic65]

As an actor, you've shown Marlon's genius to me. I've never thought much of him as an actor, until you brought this to my attention. Yes, he was a brilliant screen (and possibly stage - though I never had the privelige to see him) actor. I shall hone my art in recognition of him.

[@lyinbobbycottonseed]

My dude, if you never thought much of Brando as an actor, you’re not an actor

[@sebastianb.1926]

Brando knew how to project. Daniel Day Lewis knows how to become the projection.

[@nelraimundo5687]

If anything, I'd say it's more of the other way around.

[@phix01]

So are you saying that Daniel Day Lewis is better? Where does Al Pacino fall in all of this?

[@sebastianb.1926]

+phix I reserve my judgment on Al Pacino. I enjoyed his performance in The Godfather and The Merchant of Venice, and I appreciated his insightful dissection of Richard III. His style of acting seems to me quite different from both Lewis and Brando, so I can't really set him in one certain place on this "projection spectrum" I just created. I'd say he's anywhere in between. Also, I don't think that "becoming the projection" is substantially better than "projecting". I think it's pretty much like the vinyl-mp3 debate - there are people who say that vinyl has that fullness of sound that mp3s are unable to reproduce. I personally don't believe that, but I acknowledge that vinyl might feel more "real" because it has a physical embodiment. It's less about the end result and more about the method. Also, there are scratched vinyls just as there are badly compressed mp3s, so yeah...

[@drodrigues3451]

Very very well responded Sebastian. Rare to discover intelligent youtubers. Kudos!! As a student of cinema, I truly believe 1. When I watch Brando, I don't watch Brando and 2. There are some scenes in which I am present in the movie (Look up a Faye Dunaway interview on Marlon- she says something similar) Good discussion all round!

[@tagoldich]

Got it! AND, Lewis came down the road later and learned from those who came before him (including Brando). AND, like any artist, Lewis must stand the test of time. Only time will tell if, when the dust settles, history will remember him as the greatest. Will future voices judge that Lewis transcended his time even more that Brando did? Maybe. But great post!!!

[@papichefitup]

Brando changed acting for ever his blueprint is on all aspects of acting

[@TheFlowerofLifeCoach]

Very insightful 👍🏼🙏🏼💚

[@Kingnews256]

Brando, Pacino, DeNiro, Daniel Day Lewis, Hoffman, Hanks, Washington,Dicaprio, Nicholson, and Williams top 10 all time

[@kostajovanovic3711]

Hey,actors exist outside of America

[@Saruman38]

America IS the world.

[@andysmith8417]

You realise Daniel Day Lewis is English right?

[@kostajovanovic3711]

+Andy Smith one Briton doesn't disprove my point

[@Kingnews256]

fuck hugh grant

[@johntypas6365]

Tommy Wiseau is the best actor ever

[@websurfin2010]

What a great story Mark!

[@ssholeLicker]

.

[@johntypas6365]

Oh hi Mark Oh hi Johnny

[@jmgmarcus808]

Goreverse Your tearing me apart!!

[@greenleader4517]

Anyway, how is your sex life?

[@RealSameerRaza]

Marlon was mad good looking and a guy whos good looking is full of confidence as hes photogenic infront of the camera, but he was special not in the case of acting but rather human intelligence, Marlon been acting for so long that according to his thought and concept regarding acting was got too clear, believe me, a person is talented and is performing on big stages after stages, hes evolving.

[@hpiresm]

Thanks for the video 🙏 Love his quote at 4:33

[@mykiemilford720]

The camera is a lie detector. In stillness especially, it peers into one's soul. A great on-camera actor has the courage, craft, and ability to allow him or herself to be seen. It sounds deceptively simple. Until you study acting and begin to realize the million and one ways there are to not be seen on camera. This is why amateur actors "act". That is, they adopt affected artificial personas in order to disguise themselves. A great point was made in the video about an actor's choices. I think it was Stella Adler (maybe Uta Hagen) who said a great actor's talent lies in his ability to make great choices. He can spot what is the obvious choice and make it his point of departure toward expressing something we've never seen yet still somehow recognize as truthful behavior. Thank you for taking the time to craft this video, sir. Cheers.

[@andrewnicholas4951]

Superb Mykie ur words n wisdom.fanx

[@ishratfirdousi7182]

mykie milford You said it boss. Thanks.

[@jackrenglish]

YEP

[@danarowe3969]

Agreed. Marlon Brando had Depth to his acting and emotions nothing superficial a genius one of a kind RIP Dana Rowe

[@muhsinaktas6270]

Ilahi

[@evangelista6442]

Undouptable Marlon Brando was the best acter of all time he was a genius and a brilliant mind.

[@jasonfallon4968]

Excellent video sir.👍

[@Elmar78]

Very good analysis and commentary imo

[@cocodebruycker]

"Talent lies in the choice"- Stella Adler

[@HBMHD]

Marlon Brando always struck me as a handsome man, but good lord look at him when he was young 2:51 - Dude was a masterpiece.

[@timeandattention3945]

Well put.

[@richardstevens8839]

It’s a gripping piece of acting. Oh God and that burst of emotion in Last Tango

[@helmet212]

That smile at 2:15, he could've been the greatest joker I'm sure.

[@footballnotsooccer600]

The dude had the best smile i have ever seen.

[@SexySkoChick]

I'd LOVE to imagine Stanley from a streetcar being the Joker 😏😳🔥🥵

[@SexySkoChick]

@@footballnotsooccer600 he had this ability to just make your heart MELT 😳

[@jadonsmith3224]

Among others, I firmly believe that Tom Hardy has a lot of these characteristics or skills. He also is very reminiscent of Brando

[@ck891]

Les Grossman comparing someone like Hardy to Brando?!? That’s insulting! Don’t get me wrong, Hardy is a brilliant actor. But in comparison to Brando he is a child’s actor

[@nazilanwar1483]

Pattinson.

[@wellnessconnect3368]

He didn't fuck with Dick Cavett and "answer nothing" to "mess with the media." He DID answer and it was BRILLIANT. I literally JUST saw the Dick Cavett interview and he goes on to say that Dick is also acting and that we ALL act in life and are all actors depending who we are with and what we want from them. Motivation makes us all sing and dance a different tune for different people/audiences. He even said he could never play a person like Dick because no one acts the same. He believed Dick was acting too and playing a tv host and not being himself and really saying all he felt and that is where we act and not show people all of our emotions (aka subtext )

[@charlesantwan3946]

Marlon Brando might be labeled as the best actor. I think that's an understatement as what Marlon does is beyond just acting. Anybody can act, instead he becomes the character and takes on a new identity. This is how I would sum up the experience when we watch him perform and admire his presence on and off screen.

[@Mr440c]

Don't know about the best actor in the world but his performance in the Colonel Curtz monologue is The Best peace of acting there is. Whenever I rewatch this scene I just drown myself in it.

[@FallensAnger]

"its a lot of bullshit in this topic... but not here."

[@Geckuno]

Yes.

[@viral_videos257]

Nice analysis

[@enricofedrigo4292]

Wheter you are right in this clip or not, I like the way you try to be accurate trying to objectifing what has so much to do with subjectivness. I like also that you supported your concept with some proper Brando’s scenes.

[@Angelnetwork]

If marlon brando were alive, he would've made an amazing jedi master in a star wars movie. Maybe even a sith lord. Probably even a badass bounty hunter.

[@chaplaincadet]

I always thought that Brando would have been the best Darth Vader.

[@aryamanachanta]

Nah no way he would do that star wars, comic book bullshit

[@chaplaincadet]

Aryaman8000 you mean like his role in Superman, or any of the A list actors, screenwriters and director in literally every comic book film out or coming out in the last 10 years?

[@edfarren558]

@@aryamanachanta lmao star wars is not a comic book

[@inukshukentertainment6643]

An underrated actor that I love is James McAvoy, his acting in Split was brilliant.

[@jasperdeckens963]

Inukshuk Entertainment filth was better but yes very grand actor for sure

[@sofiaxx2303]

i really like when they make videos about great people who deserves we didn't talk about great people from long time..

[@ChimeraAZ]

Awe,..this was too short. XD Great,but,..I wanted to see and hear more!

[@dr.heinzdoofenshmirtz4463]

He is the greatest movie actor ever, English language movies.

[@christianraines3032]

😂😅😅

[@MtGInvestor]

Brando was great. In the last 40 years I'd go with Gary Oldman. That guy can play anybody, anytime. His range is off the charts! Beethoven to Sid Vicious, pimp wigger (True Romance-great role) to artist in Basquiat, villains (Hannibal, The Professional, etc), and on and on. Love that guy

[@piranha5506]

MtG Investor i love him too. But his charisma is non existent next to Brando

[@morrisonreed1]

instinct, trust ,relaxation and perhaps an awareness of not overloading the audience .He wasn't always perfect but his presence carried him through ...Jimmy Stewart did things that would be considered method; it just hadn't been named yet

[@vxenon67]

I acted in an elementary school play. It was a reenactment of the where's Mikey he'll eat anything commercial, except the cereal was poison. I was director and script writer. (Boy I sure have some dark humor). It took a lot of courage to perform the set 3 times. I had to psychologically phase out the audience that they are not there or I would get stage fright.

[@beatles7798]

The woman who gave his Oscar speech was actually half Native American.

[@duraosunda]

17.33% actually.

[@morpheus6749]

Beats 1/1024.

[@waynej2608]

Which half?

[@MISFITaddict]

Thats America... first you're too native then they white wash an commit genocide then they're mad you're not native enough. Lol

[@berunagic8833]

@@morpheus6749 And where did you get that from please ?

[@mcj2967]

If Dustin Hoffman agrees then it must be true, that guy is a great!

[@slothworks7032]

Trying to geht Ingo KZbin, I can tell a shitload of work went info editing this Video.Great job man.

[@StoryBrain]

Yeah. 20+ hours for every one.

[@ZenDragonYoutubeChannel]

Great great video, subscribed right away. :)

[@experienceanimation217]

"You can't say California without Marlon Brando's eyes"

[@olivianoel5169]

Brando could project in a way that would affect the audience in every movie he's in. That certainly is a rare feat for an actor. Most great actors can only capture this in one film or maybe a few films at most. Some standout performances in my mind include: Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada Johnny Depp in The Curse of the Black Pearl Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight Jack Nicholson in The Shining Leo Dicaprio in Django Unchained Brad Pitt in Fight Club Gloria Swanson in Sunset Blvd Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men Denzel in Training Day There are many others, but these stand out to me personally because they left an indelible impression on me. Some acting parts can be great because of a great director or great writer. These are great because the actor made them great. Or maybe I just like villains haha.

[@jerrypolverino6025]

There will never be another Brando. He was unique even among the greats. I miss him.

[@xtraspecialmango]

I was SHOCKED at how good this scene was. No word of a lie.

[@boostergold9160]

I love watching Brando but I also liked Montgomery Cliff. Monty was on Brando's level in my humble opinion!

[@AimForTheBushes908]

He was great, could’ve been a contender!

[@grant575mixmaster]

Marlon said himself that we are all actors, we all act every day, maybe that view point was at the heart of his greatness

[@ElmoTinker]

The way people felt for Brando is how I perceive Joaquin Phoenix

[@yaireliz5079]

SAMMEEE hes my fav of all time!!

[@burns83]

De Niro transports you and makes you doubt if you're sitting or standing

[@Cruithneach]

Don't mention "Last Tango in Paris". I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it...

[@dvirbarkayphotography]

Fawlty Towers reference ;)

[@joesimon2018]

My take was that he was the first actor who could tone things down and make things very alive and believable for the camera. Up until the early 50's ...most actors were trained for the stage. Film had only had sound for 20 years....so actors were only one generation removed from either mugging for a silent pic or projecting to the back of a theater telling a story. Brando was a pioneer at a new low key realistic style of film acting and a generation of actors followed. A similar phenomenon occurred in singing with Bing Crosby and to a lessor extent Sinatra. These singers pioneered a style of singing that lended itself well to the new technology of amplification and recording.

[@JAMAICADOCK]

Greatness is almost impossible to play, That's why Hamlet is said to be impossible to play, because greatness is something effortless, something that is exuded, not projected. But Brando was a rare exception, he was a great man as well as a great actor. He had the gravitas and charisma of a great historical figure. You get the feeling he could have been a great politician; a great thinker, a great writer, a great general if he had chosen those paths. Which is why he played Napoleon, Zapata, Don Corleone, Kurtz, Mark Antony, Fletcher Christian so convincingly. He was in their league, he just chose acting as his vehicle of expression.

[@AboElAmraaas1987]

he is really great actor he is the best actor ever .

[@mrcrackdonald_1]

I’d say be believable, entertaining and give goosebumps

[@ariesred777]

A natural talent he never took seriously.Nonchalant.He earned his living then went on to do what made him happy.Master of his own destiny.

[@KpxUrz5745]

This explanation was grasping for words, because attempting to define the ineffable is just that --- grasping, at best. And no wonder. Geniuses in their chosen field labor under deep processes of thought, produce originality beyond anyone's hitherto expectation or full comprehension, and everyone else is left agape and aghast, stammering for words on how to define it all. The same happens in other fields, such as in painting, math, and science.

[@grodius]

whats that interview audio from with the advice "late in life"? thanks for the video

[@StoryBrain]

That clip is from the documentary "Listen to Me Marlon" which came out last year.

[@grodius]

thank you storybrain sub'd and like'd

[@williefinn4932]

incredible the way he reinvented himself to dominate the godfather...you can`t take your eyes off him.

[@mikephalen3162]

The best Brando scene in that movie is when, convalescing after being shot, he was told Michael was the one who done the shootings.

[@christianzafiroglu6705]

There a mention here of pauses and what it communicates, and the example that does it for me is this line from The Godfather: “What is that outside?” In films before Brando it would read with annoyance, authority, enunciated clearly. You can imagine a Bogart or Grant saying it and it sounds aggressive, or shock. But Brando read it as “What is that…outside?” That pause communicates ease, curiosity, a settlement into power. He’s not concerned he’s under attack. He’s too powerful to concern himself with such things. No one would attack him at his daughter’s wedding. Barzini rips up a photo negative. Sonny spits at FBI agents. Buy Vito is settled, the calm. “What is that….outside?” is so great because as an afterthought he adds the location, as if he has to explain to everyone else every detail but isn’t concerned. It’s a small brush stroke that reveals a fascinating detail of a painting.

[@olympusdau1798]

Totally truth... I started with Don Juan de Marco... and the most I was backwards on his career... the you enjoy the movies and spotless performing... acting... presence... and must recognize... the young Marlon’s beauty is a plus that catch you 🤫

[@videoart344]

Marlon BRANDO was not an actor , simply he was a poem , nobody ever will be able to stand close to him , A GOD OF ART STAYS ALONE AS THE HARD ROCKY MOUNTAINS .

[@zyxmyk]

if you want to see how great brando could be, watch the Shakespeare play he did, "Julius Caesar." My wife noted that he's so good you forget it's archaic Elizabethan language because he imbues every line with so much apparent meaning. There's a theory that he was doing his best work early for his mother but that after she died, he didn't care anymore. the later performances were not what made him famous.

[@cubesanthony720]

Yes The best & The greatest Actor, thats ever lived .. majestic immaculate .. King of All Actors ) No.Words can speak of this Rare Diamond ... Long live your Supremecy .. R.I.P. Marlon

[@HAL29209]

How did you do that Lindsey Lohan flip-through effect? That was awesome.