Posts Tagged ‘Marlon Brando’

Wanting more information on that taxicab scene in On the Waterfront, I’ve consulted hard copy – Elia Kazan: A Life
The clip from this scene is in the post Budd Schulberg RIP – i could’ve been a contender. And the script excerpt is in On The Waterfront – INT—TAXICAB—EVENING.
Published in 1988, Kazan’s autobiography contains many [...]

Following up on the previous Budd Schulberg post, below is the taxicab excerpt from On the Waterfront.
One of the great things about this scene is how the actors have elevated the writing. Marlon Brando makes “i could’ve been a contender” one of the most memorable lines in film history, Number 3 on the American [...]

Actors need great writing and Budd Schulberg was one great writer. He wrote the screenplays for On the Waterfront in 1954, A Face in the Crowd 1957 both directed by Elia Kazan, and The Harder They Fall, in 1956.
The iconic scene from On The Waterfront with Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy and Rod Steiger [...]

Went looking for more information about Karl Malden and came across the transcript from a Larry King interview on CNN on the death of Marlon Brando in July 2004. Fascinating to see the comments of these great actors on the greatest. Karl and Marlon worked closely together for years on stage and on film.
Karl Malden, [...]

Sometimes you have to hunt out great performances in films that are not too often seen. Here’s a clip i found of Anna Magnani and Marlon Brando in The Fugitive Kind 1960.
The performances are fantastic and I loved the Directing / Cinematography (Sidney Lumet / Boris Kaufman) with extended close ups, interesting angles, an upside [...]