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...actors to highlight every eccentricity in the cast. Brando responded to this kind of direction by developing an overgrowth of quirks, brilliantly freakish, that dominate every scene in which he enters. As he appears before fastidious Blanche for the first time, the camera-eye stares fascinated at a huge sweat-stain on his T-shirt, just above the area where he is scratching himself; for half a minute the sweat mark-plays a major role, presenting itself to Blanche's delicate gaze from different angles. Next we see Brando eating a tomato abstractedly while his wife tries to capture...

Author: By Daniel Ellsberg, | Title: The Moviegoer | 10/25/1951 | See Source »

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