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Marlon Brando: Native Americans
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For most of his life, Marlon Brando didn't consider acting a serious profession. He claimed it was just a way to meet girls. He was more passionate about his political endeavors. He was heavily involved in the civil rights marches of the 60's and the rights of the Native American Indians.
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When Marlon Brando went to Hollywood his challenging style of acting became the controversial symbol of new hopes for American culture. From the Fifties onwards, he brought to the screen a range of memorable characters - from Stanley Kowalski to Superman's father
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As the decade ended, despite a remarkable string of financial failures, Brando had reached the low point of his career. Virtually unemployable in Hollywood, he had turned to international productions in the same way that Orson Welles had. With inconsistency in finances, equipment and personnel, the results were often less than satisfactory. Brando himself had some magic moments in these films but none would make anyone's lists of top films in any particular genre with the exception, perhaps, of One-Eyed Jacks at the beginning of the decade. Amazingly, despite the directors and casts involved, only Candy has been released on DVD. So, 20 years and 24 films by one of the most respected actors in American cinema, and only 6 have been transferred to DVD ... far.
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Instead of basking in the limelight of his "Godfather" Oscar win... Brando sent Sacheen Littlefeather, a young woman in full Apache ceremonial attire, to decline the honor on his behalf in order to dramatize the plight of Native Americans. Although the gesture drew boos, it was indicative of Brando's restless sense of social injustice and his lifetime commitment to liberal causes, particularly those involving civil rights.
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Englund, producer and director of Brando's film The Ugly American, was friends with the superstar for 48 years. While he explains how he and Brando bonded over their relationships with their fathersâBrando hated his, Englund didn't have oneâreaders don't get a complete picture of the actor. After decades of camaraderie, Englund, now 78, finally recognizes Brando's slide from artistic icon to biased old man. Alas, a chronologically confusing narrative, perfunctory condemnation of Brando's parents and agonizing enumeration of trivial details rules out any multilayered insight. Englund prefers to detail Brando's hobby of humiliating women. He ... enjoys casting himself as the actor's co-conspirator, whether Brando is farting in elevators or hijacking rickshaws in Hong Kong. When not reveling in immature hijinks, Englund chats about films (though his experience of directing Brando gets scant attention).
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Following "Mutiny," Brando made a number of forgettable formula films. Owing to a costly divorce, court battles and his own extravagant spending, Brando was strapped for cash. His former MCA agents now headed MCA-Universal, and Brando signed a deal with the studio that called for him to do five studio films at $270,000 per film, according to biographer Peter Manso. As further compensation, Universal promised to cover the budget for his labor of love, "The Ugly American."
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