Fugitive Kind, The (1959) open scene (cz subs)

[MrFerdell]

The best actor that ever lived.

[MegaGum1]

Thats one shot and one take

[01thrilla]

Such a brilliant film!

[jamstrings100]

This movie is so damn underrated. He is so damn sexy in this film, and the movie is one of the most romantic films Ive ever seen.

[Kyandros]

I'm a dude. But even I can't deny that Marlon was a very good looking guy. He looks like the men from the Greek statues.

But more importantly: he was a brilliant actor. And like Jack Nicholson said, if you can't agree that Marlon was great, I really don't know how to talk to you about movies and acting etc.

[slimturnpike]

everyone's got an opinion. for me, brando in his early films, including this one, is the best. including that overrated sir laurence ;0

[desgenettes]

I've the same feelings of sherifkane and what else could be said about it...

[Richard40171]

Dropping names is not criticism. IMO Brando is vastly overrated and peaked very early. His performance in WATERFRONT already shows "stenciled" acting rather than acting the "moment." In short, it's mannered. Touching the forefinger to the nose has got to be one of the most clichEd gestures in all method acting. Pauses are not in themselves good acting or M. Streep would be a genius when she's only mannered. Jimmy Stewart gave far greater screen performances than Brando.

[1915fas]

@Richard40171 Stewart is great for the breadth of emotions he could portray as in It's a Wonderful Life and for the fact that he was in westerns, comedies, urban dramas, Hitchcock and never seemed to strain to fit in. His greatest single moments may be those closeups in Vertigo where he's fascinated by Kim Novak. As he said in an interview an actor's job was to give the viewer 'moments in time.'

[1915fas]

@LorryTheUltraTory You may be right. It depends on your criteria. Olivier played all the great Shakespearian roles and pushed his talent to the max. Brando abandoned the stage at 23 after Streetcar and only played Antony in a movie and was more visually striking than anything else. Brando was American and he was the epitome of cool in his prime. He was more star than great actor. Olivier said he adored Brando as a genius who could play Napoleon best as a fellow genius. He was compelling.

[MegaGum1]

Look at that face

[tsokay]

Lumet's work is brilliant, and here's a beautiful example. Goodbye Sidney

[1915fas]

Reading the comments on Burton vs. Brando reminds me of the fact that Brando, NOT Elizabeth Taylor, was the first actor to be paid a million dollars- for this film. He told Martin Jurow the producer,'I'll do it for a million.' He really wasn't satisfied with the script let alone his part but he needed money to pay his divorce settlement.

[Mrsilenciobackgammon]

Very underrated film.

[blewpaint]

HE WAS SOOOO HOT!!

[dojufitz]

Richard Burton could never do this.......he'd make it sound like 'Mary had a little lamb'.......Brando was a great creative force...even though he thought it was all bullshit........an excellent mimic of people;s natural way of expressing themselves......when the material was good...there was no finer actor.......

[freedomland11]

@dojufitz A agree with u %100 on the expressing naturalism. Burton on the other hand sounding like "Mary had a little lamb?" U completely lost me on that 1........

[dojufitz]

@freedomland11 Burton could be very machine like in the way he delivered his lines.....perfect but sometimes not like a normal person.......people search for thoughts and sometimes don't know what they are going to say next........brando seems to understand that.

[freedomland11]

@dojufitz...Yea I know what u mean, I saw Burton play Hamlet..Its like he was just reciting the whole play. As for Brando, his naturalism is impeccable!! I mean when Brando says "No...No...Just tired" that sigh he does, well for crying out loud, if that wasn't so natural i dont know what is!! ya know?!

[dojufitz]

@freedomland11 apparently T Williams use to laugh out loud when seeing his plays most poignant lines being delivered by stage actors......they stopped making these black and white grainy movies with Brando and Hollywood didn't get better by the use of colour.

[freedomland11]

@dojufitz....Hollywood didn't get better for the most part, but there are still films out there that deserve attention. A little trivia here: Burton was supposed to take John Hurt's place in the movie "1984" thank god he didn't cuz Mr. Hurt did a brilliant job..what do you think??

[dojufitz]

@freedomland11 I just watch this again....RE: 'Mary had a little lamb...' was a Nursery Rhyme and what i meant was although Burton was a fine actor he often delivered his lines like a Nursery Rhyme......Brando was a much more natural actor and tried to find his thoughts like natural people do. 

[1915fas]

@dojufitz Precisely. Brando hated 'acting.' He always strove for naturalism and that meant doing something with a typical scene that no one else had ever done. Not that he succeeded every time. He said to Kazan a few years later, 'I feel like a fraud when I act.' He walked out of Waterfront the first time he saw it thinking he had failed. Somehow, I doubt if he ever saw Fugitive Kind. He felt his acting in Burn was among his best because the character wasn't likeable like Terry Malloy.

[jeewasan]

Acting or just being Xavier. Brando. Artist.

[irkulyen]

Brando is brilliant in this beautiful, terrifying movie.

[theflorgeormix]

Brilliant lines in this

[matthewinnj08]

is this movie worth 2 buy?

[goanyways]

@matthewinnj08 It's easy to say yes, but then again, the performance is priceless 

[charliebubblesoar]

Brando just killed me. That was too brilliant. It's the best scene I've ever watched in my entire life.

[sheriffKane]

Of all the movies I've seen in my 60+ years, The Fugitive Kind remains the one example of Brando's genius at a very early age. He takes his time with every line, with expressions that reinforce his enormous acting instincts. To me, he and the movie are near perfect, in mood, direction, and appropriate pacing.

[soapbxprod]

@sheriffKane On The Waterfront was five years earlier... and The Men was nine years earlier...

[missbabyice]

Do you have the scene with lady and david?

[1915fas]

This is the best scene. As Pauline Kael wrote, Brando exhibits an unearthly quality suggesting classic possibilities. He's part hipster, part Greek myth as the original play was titled 'Orpheus Descending.'

[machodonna]

Thank you! The Fugitive Kind is REMARKABLE in all senses. Script by Williams ...Brando, Magnani and Woodward .... Oh Sweet Bird of Youth!