Marlon Brando's rebellious spirit

Author: Guo Huan (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: "Never has a rogue been so beloved, never has a villain been so charming"—this is the prowess of actor Marlon Brando. To portray a villain as a villain is no skill; to portray a hero as a hero is no skill; to portray a villain as a hero or a hero as a villain is the true skill. This is where Marlon Brando's "greatness" lies: he possesses both "bestiality" and "divinity," lacking only the so-called "humanity" of the secular world. He reinterpreted the art of acting in a naturalistic style, influencing the lives of an entire generation with his strong, unique, and distinctive "anti-hero" style. It is said that his personality traits include: silent but emotionally rich; sensitive, able to detect every subtle movement and see through people's hearts; stubborn, unexpectedly holding onto things that do not belong to him. He was seen as a "complex of tragic, admirable, lovable, pitiful, and even hateful." "He was not a great person, not a good friend, not a good husband, not even a good lover or father," he was "infamous and in debt" during his lifetime; but he was indeed a "great actor," dividing film history into two eras—"the Marlon Brando era" and the "post-Marlon Brando era." There are two types of wild men: one is like Clark Gable, with a mature man's smooth, worldly-wise humor shining through his untamed nature; the other is like Marlon Brando, either cold as steel or fiery as the flame, rejecting humor and slickness.