Marlon Brando centenary: why the Godfather star would never have survived in today's Hollywood
What to make of Marlon Brando. To anyone who came of age in the 1970s or ’80s, he was the maestro, a lightning rod who redefined the craft of movie acting with a string of electrifying performances. At that point, classic films such as A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront were still being shown regularly on television, and Brando’s youthful grandeur was there for all to see.
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