This picture made me far, faaaaaaaar more weepy than the actual End of Time episodes. ( Spoilers, obviously )

Title: A Little Fall Of Rain
Fandom: Missouri Breaks/One-Eyed Jacks. The first is a Western that contains my favorite Brando performance of all time: that of a psychotic, cross-dressing, lying killer with horrific fashion sense and a habit of ping-ponging between accents. (Seriously. It's awe-inspiring. And friggin' hilarious.) The second is the ( Read more... )

"I am sick to death of having people come up and say hello and then just stand there expecting you to throw a raccoon at them."I'm starting to love Young!Brando as much as I love Old!Brando. They were both equally entertaining, just for slightly different reasons ( Read more... )

Yesterday's specimen: The Fugitive Kind, the filmic adaptation of yet another Tennessee Williams play. Ironically, the only way I can listen to plays by Williams without laughing is if the lines are done without a Southern accent. This is, of course, ironic because they're placed in the South ( Read more... )

I hadn't intended to write anything for A Streetcar Named Desire because I'm still not sure I liked it all that much. But, in honor of my own shiner finally going away, here is my attempt at Stanley and Stella.For the record, I remain somewhat ambivalent about Brando. For each movie of his that I like and admire on some level, there seems to be an ( Read more... )

So Marlon Brando, showing us his inner used-car-salesman, leans back against the bed and, mid-rant, cheerfully tells David Niven, "Up my octane, big daddy."

"Up my octane!" shrieks my niece. "Big daddy! That sounds kind of dirty!"

I laughed like a loon.

It's always nice when hype turns out to be warranted. As much as I love classic movies it's difficult to believe I'd never seen On The Waterfront till today. But, jaez, people. They used to give out Best Picture Oscars to films that were best pictures. They used to make movies that deserved it. How come our Hollywood is such a crapshoot? Inquiring ( Read more... )