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One-Eyed Jacks 1961
Brando's only film as a director, and an expensive and problematic production which began with Brando hiring Stanley Kubrick. Soon Kubrick opted out and Brando took over, shooting for 6 months and filming over a Million feet of film. An intense movie to watch: long, ponderous, yet absolutely gripping. With it's portrayal of all it's White characters as sadistic and malevolent and it's ethnic cast all saintly and kind hearted, it comes across as one of the first openly Woke movies ever made. Brando's lifelong political views given physical form in the casting here.
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On the Waterfront 1954
Brando displayed his staggering talent in his first 5 films (single handedly transforming his 5th 'The Wild One' from a B-list Motorbike movie to Cult status) but it was his 6th, and his incredible performance as the nobody bum Terry Malloy that elevated him into a superstar and raised the bar in terms of acting forever, inspiring the next wave of movie leading men to emulate his method acting sometimes to the point of almost imitation.
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Quatermass and the Pit 1967
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Based on a television series from 1953 which traumatized Britain, this 1967 remake stays with you long after the credits have rolled, with a garishly coloured London setting the stage for sinister goings on at the Underground Station of Hobs End. The heroic figure of Professor Bernard Quatermass is brought in to investigate a huge unexploded bomb which under examination is discovered to be extra terrestrial and over 5 Million years old.
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