Word: marlone
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...Godfather. Marlon Brando in the film that doesn't mention the Mafia once. Savoy...
...Godfather. Marlon Brando in the film that doesn't mention "Mafia" once. Savoy...
...movie with such mass appeal is not only going to make headlines and money. It is going to make stars. The Godfather is blessed with brilliant acting. Marlon Brando, of course, is the big news, revitalizing his erratic reputation with a performance of power and poignance as the Godfather, Don Vito Corleone. Yet superb as he is, Brando is merely reclaiming a position already staked out. In some ways more exciting are the clutch of little-known younger performers who burst forth in the film. Of these, none is more compelling than a short, brooding coil of tension named...
...Godfather, Marlon Brando in the film that doesn't mention "Mafia" once. Savoy...
...VOLUME of mash-notes couldn't hold sufficient praise for the wonders Coppola's worked with his actors. Marlon Brando, with a receded hairline, grey pencil moustache, jowls hanging off a twisted mouth, and a voice cracked from years of command, is Don Corleone. Brando plays the character totally from within, making him physically expressive and, as a result, extraordinarily complex. He walks as if his shoulder blades were pinned back behind him (which can't hide an old man's paunch in front). But the sensibility beneath the authority is surprisingly agile; the Don can suddenly break into mimicry...