I remember reading some Godfather tidbit that said that the cat in The Godfather was a stray found around the set and that Coppola decided to include in the movie. People actually thought that cat was supposed to be some kind of symbolism.
I’ll never forget in high school literature class our teacher way over-analyzing every book to pull out every bit of abstract symbolism and it was such a headache. Years later I remember reading the author’s perspective on their own writings and they said there was no symbolism intended, it was just a story with details, like life.
If I’m remembering this correctly, Brando didn’t learn lines because he felt it interfered with giving a more “natural” performance- they used to use billboards across the street from whatever restaurant they were filming in
very eccentric, to be sure, but IMO and also many other’s Os, one of the all time greatest
RIP Robert Duval
Brando was kind of a piece of shit.
He didn’t treat acting seriously because he knew it was people playing pretend and he was in it for the money, not the fame.
In real life he got a Native American Activist to accept his Oscar for him and make a speech abput Wounded Knee.
Can’t remember his lines… Oh what a massive piece of shit. Like seriously, you can’t possibly get any worse than that. Basically a child murderer, corrupt politician and used car salesman combined. Good thing we’ve got people like you around to spot the bad apples.
He seemed to play fast and loose with sexual consent, seems like plenty to warrant “kind of a piece of shit” if not more.
I dont think their opinion is based solely on this post
I read that one of his last movies was “The Island of Dr. Moreau” and he absolutely ruined it. He didn’t want to learn his lines and would improvise all the time.
no, he wasn’t
