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In Reply to: My favorite Marlon roles. posted by tinear on July 03, 2004 at 05:59:07:

I'll agree with you about "The Chase" (which was Redford's debut, as I recall . . . he played Bubba). It is always underrated.
But "Mutiny on the Bounty" is really pushing it. No matter how good you believe his insight was, he hated the movie (which is one of the reasons for "insight" . . . he knew it was offensive to the money interests). Whilst filming it he can be seen to read cue cards through the whole thing, even in his death scene. Basically all he wanted to do was go do the funky chicken thaing with his new Tahitian beauty. It virtually destroyed his movie career.

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Powerful disagreement. The character of Fletcher Christian is - tinear 09:16:05 07/03/04 (1)
superbly created. His metamorphosis from arrogant, selfish fop to self-sacrificing leader is mesmerizing.
Many great artists, for whatever reason, loathe some of their best efforts. Well, I'm not saying its his best, but the character he created is impossible to forget.
(Mel Gibson and Clark Gable don't come close in the same role).
- Brando, of couse, would have never called himself . . . - Auricle 11:09:56 07/03/04 (0)
  "a great artist". Nor did he believe there were "great films".
  As for his interpretation of Fletcher Christian, it is certainly interesting (and possibly accurate). And there is some evidence to support his point of view (much about the Fop, precious little about the conversion)
  But on the performance (as opposed to the point of view/interpretation), we do emphatically disagree. Most of the critics detested it as well, though that actually worries me. Every movie Judith Christ ever panned I made sure I saw. I actually think the critics wanted more "Streetcars" and "Waterfronts" (and maybe I did as well) and this episode offended them. Deeply.
  As Robert Duval says, Brando was a genius but he got so much less out of his gift that he could have had he really taken it seriously. No matter, really. What he left behind was beyond any of his contemporaries.

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