he's not acting. lol. this happens to all of us eventually when you've heard everything already too many times and you just don't really care anymore. maybe i'm just depressed.
Brando im sure said in his book songs my mother taught me,,,this is really how his young life was,,he really is recanting his own life here,,,which is brilliant because he was such a private man,,, just having a real life trip down memory lane,,,,,,,he really did have the dog dutchy,,,and he loved his mother so much,,,,,,,,,,,,,think i was telling you the truth ? baby,,,
Not Marlon's greatest work as an actor but definitely the most revealing role he has ever done. I honestly thought he should have won his 3rd oscar for this, but I guess they punish you when you reject the one they gave you the year before:) But as previous poster's have said.....This was a man who didn't need awards to be great or remembered.
This scene is so bloody engrossing. Almost makes you cry. Most of it is based on his real childhood. It's worthy of note that it's one of the rare occasions in a Brando film that you don't see his eyes dart off to the side for a moment so he can read his cue cards. I think he was really recounting this from experience. In his book, he said that after this film, he was so drained he vowed never to put so much of himself in a picture again. In a way, it's almost the interview Brando never did.
He's amazing, he was a huge star, revolutionary actor, sex symbol, academy award winner, then people say he's washed up, comes back with The Godfather, wins another Oscar,rejects it and then gives this performance which made them nominate him again.He had nothing else to prove.
I have no problem with Brando rejecting the Oscar. In the end, its meaningless. His performances don't require validation by the elite. He connects with humanity.
Brando was beyond amazing; he was a pioneer, a social activist, he revolutionized acting, oozed sex appeal, epitomized masculinity in it's rawest form imaginable- at the same time, he was a a deeply tormented man:). I think he was very sensitive- he had to be- to portray and communicate pain the way he did:).
I wish more people had seen through the aggressive facade to see the compassionate man within who felt so deeply for the underdog:).
his acting just kept getting better and he just kept on getting sexier. one would think you're a fly on the wall and observing these 2 characers - it's so real and natural.
I guess acting was an escape for him, and when it weared off, he started eating. I think this was a perfect situation to tell these things for him, and considering hes individuality. He told what hes arguing inside him as a character who really doesnt exist. Its imaginary.
i love this but i do wonder why he used such personal stuff for this movie. I mean, i know it created a great character but marlon never seemed that bothered with the movie business so why wud he display his painful past on the screen like this just to creat a character? anyone know?
No he didn't write it, but he used a lot of stuff from his past for Paul's childhood. He said he never wanted to act again after this film because it had been so emotionally painful. Some people have said that in Last Tango Brando is basically playing Brando.
i thought her response was pitch perfect. He was the one who had said from the get he didn't want to know her name, anything about her and her past, etc.
show she's pointing out that he's being hypocritical, and he challenges her as to how she would know if he was telling the truth or not.
I would be curious as to what you thought her response "should" have been...
"dull"? i think he delivered it in almost a monotone because if you've seen the whole movie you could place his character and this scene in the context of the film.
he thought eveything was dull, boring...he was burned out, finished, over it.
so the delivery was very much in keeping with his character; he was bored, and spoke as if it was painfully moot, pointless and boring.
i saw my dog do that same thing one, the diference is that he was playing in the midle of a long green grass. He was a litle fellow and he was all yellow, so the grass would cover him and i started to call him, because he was next to a big river, and thats a region where are many snakes, so i would call him and i saw him jumping and liftin his head to look at me and he did that for about three times, jumped and looked at me...hes dead now, a bigger dog killed him.
Haven't seen this in a while. BTW, when this came out, it was rated X; these days, it has an R-rating-my, how times have changed! RIP, Mr. Brando. =-(
He looks so natural. He doesn't look like an actor, he looks like a normal guy expressing his emotions. I love the physicality of his acting, his facial expressions and use of eyebrows and so on. Ingenious actor...
It was in Peter Manso's book 'Brando' which came out a month or so after Marlon's autobiography 'Songs My Mother Taught Me' Brando reportedly said of Manso's book 'This guy is obsessed with me! He wants to be me!'
Perfectly put. Brando wasn't afraid to expose himself. This seems to be what made him a superior actor-he let us see his vulnerability. Like all great men, he embraced the ying and the yang of his masculinity.
I remenber seeing this movie when it just come out and most people were shocked,way ahead of its times,amazing actor, very few come even cloSe to him.lil weird for his times
You all should read "Alternate Oscars" by Danny Peary, who gives his votes for the Oscars and wrote a good essay on why Brando should've won for Last Tango.
At this point, I no longer take the Academy Awards seriously anymore. Either they miss a good film, or nominate it when everyone knows that film will lose out to popular favorite. The idea of one "Best Picture" or one "Best Actor" is ridiculous when you consider how many quality flicks are made in any given year.
And Brando was good. But after what he pulled with his "Godfather" win and controversy surrounding this film, it doesn't surprise me that he never had a chance.
Oui, whether you are talking about music or film, today the dollar is their main concern, churning out more formulated crud, just to influence more crud to come. An empty artistic quick-fix cycle for the masses.
I read his autobiography a couple years ago. Fascinating. Yes, he pulls stuff from his past and uses it in film, like he did here. This movie was really something else, btw. So interesting.
Great monologue. I perfomed this in an acting class that I took. Brando's simplistic yet powerful delivery inspired me to choose this monologue to perform it in my acting class. I love this movie and Brando is and always will be my favorite actor.
I love this movie.. One of Brando's best movies and one of his best movie moments.. It always seemed to me that he wasn't acting in this particular clip, that he was really talking to her truthfully... And at the end, I love her response.. Wonderful clip.
he's not acting. lol. this happens to all of us eventually when you've heard everything already too many times and you just don't really care anymore. maybe i'm just depressed.
AhYaOk 1 year ago
i wish he made love to me the way he did to her in this film lol
xmrsbrandox 1 year ago
Yeah. He was kinda talkin about himself here.
iloveoreos15 1 year ago
Brando im sure said in his book songs my mother taught me,,,this is really how his young life was,,he really is recanting his own life here,,,which is brilliant because he was such a private man,,, just having a real life trip down memory lane,,,,,,,he really did have the dog dutchy,,,and he loved his mother so much,,,,,,,,,,,,,think i was telling you the truth ? baby,,,
kankypanky 1 year ago
Brando made it up on the spot.
keeoone87 1 year ago
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iloveoreos15 1 year ago
my Theater professor gave me this as a monologue. I didn't know Marlon Brando played Paul 0_o now this just made me nervous. =|
kendemyx9 1 year ago
....whorefighter, barfucker, super muscular
dodie9 1 year ago
where is rest of this scene when Brando start crying ?
dodie9 1 year ago
Does anyone know where I can watch this movie online? I tried my local library but they don't have it. :(
GoldieGlitters 1 year ago
I adore this movie. Story, acting, silence, places, colours - everything!! !!
DeesseCoco 1 year ago
He was actually talking about his own life here as far as I know. Pretty sure it was improvised. Could be wrong though.
toby099 1 year ago
"everything outside of this place is bullshit"
LittleMissBuzzkill 1 year ago
great!
eliannedabreu 2 years ago
Not Marlon's greatest work as an actor but definitely the most revealing role he has ever done. I honestly thought he should have won his 3rd oscar for this, but I guess they punish you when you reject the one they gave you the year before:) But as previous poster's have said.....This was a man who didn't need awards to be great or remembered.
Tubeviewer75 2 years ago 9
that real life of marlon poor great man
aboali600 2 years ago
Brando had blue eyes.
cinnaplid 2 years ago 5
I remember the giant billboards all over Paris.
ssballs 2 years ago
what color of eyes did brando have??
tockita 2 years ago
This scene is so bloody engrossing. Almost makes you cry. Most of it is based on his real childhood. It's worthy of note that it's one of the rare occasions in a Brando film that you don't see his eyes dart off to the side for a moment so he can read his cue cards. I think he was really recounting this from experience. In his book, he said that after this film, he was so drained he vowed never to put so much of himself in a picture again. In a way, it's almost the interview Brando never did.
AgentXPQ 2 years ago 15
You should read INTERVIEWS WITH BRANDO. A guy went out to the island Brando bought and interviewed him over a two week period. Very interesting read.
Freddytwoful 2 years ago
tHE ONLY THING HE CARED ABOUT - WAS WHAT HE WAS DOING - NOTHING ELSE !
QuotaSinger 3 years ago
Coppola bringing back Marlon Brando in The Godfather was worth it just for his peformance in this film.
DrinkWater22 3 years ago 3
He was gonna make this film regardless. He was filming both "Godfather" and "Last Tango" in the same year. Actually, he filmed this one first,
Lamporre 2 years ago
Wrong. He filmed "The Godfather" first. Last Tango" was shot before "The Godfather" was released.
Bobbinski1971 2 years ago
He's amazing, he was a huge star, revolutionary actor, sex symbol, academy award winner, then people say he's washed up, comes back with The Godfather, wins another Oscar,rejects it and then gives this performance which made them nominate him again.He had nothing else to prove.
trulysarcastic 3 years ago 10
I have no problem with Brando rejecting the Oscar. In the end, its meaningless. His performances don't require validation by the elite. He connects with humanity.
cattachi 2 years ago 7
My point was that he spits in their face, but he's so good that they still have to keep nominating him because he's so good.
trulysarcastic 2 years ago 3
So well put @ trulysarcastic
Brando was beyond amazing; he was a pioneer, a social activist, he revolutionized acting, oozed sex appeal, epitomized masculinity in it's rawest form imaginable- at the same time, he was a a deeply tormented man:). I think he was very sensitive- he had to be- to portray and communicate pain the way he did:).
I wish more people had seen through the aggressive facade to see the compassionate man within who felt so deeply for the underdog:).
righteousdevil 2 years ago 5
Well, I think, that most people see that in him. Don´t they. By the way, he is regarded as the best actor of film history.
Bobbinski1971 2 years ago
You just hang on it don't you. He's a wonderful actor. The best.
PeppermintJumpsuit 3 years ago 2
Wow this looks like it was filmed yesterday. Amazing how some films have that kind of timelessness, but 99% of them dont.
duncan36 3 years ago 2
This was method acting like no one has ever been able to repeat. Brando was never dull on screen and even at his worst he was one of the best.
skydark 3 years ago 2
his acting just kept getting better and he just kept on getting sexier. one would think you're a fly on the wall and observing these 2 characers - it's so real and natural.
majeda7 3 years ago 8
Just knocks it completely out of the park doesn't he? And watch it again for the cinematography. Thanks for sharing
mrhipsterdoofus 3 years ago 4
I guess acting was an escape for him, and when it weared off, he started eating. I think this was a perfect situation to tell these things for him, and considering hes individuality. He told what hes arguing inside him as a character who really doesnt exist. Its imaginary.
Oramireally 3 years ago
Greatest toupee I've ever seen.
txmcxlx 3 years ago
as always a natural actor...the best forever
morenoclaro2007 3 years ago 5
i love this but i do wonder why he used such personal stuff for this movie. I mean, i know it created a great character but marlon never seemed that bothered with the movie business so why wud he display his painful past on the screen like this just to creat a character? anyone know?
anna315 3 years ago
Did he write this movie? Because everything he talked about in this scene he described in his book about his childhood.
LuluLaRue8825 3 years ago 4
No he didn't write it, but he used a lot of stuff from his past for Paul's childhood. He said he never wanted to act again after this film because it had been so emotionally painful. Some people have said that in Last Tango Brando is basically playing Brando.
lojay23 3 years ago 5
wow, after brando's beautiful monologue, maria schneider's weird response didn't exactly suit the setting
azn88hunni 3 years ago
i thought her response was pitch perfect. He was the one who had said from the get he didn't want to know her name, anything about her and her past, etc.
show she's pointing out that he's being hypocritical, and he challenges her as to how she would know if he was telling the truth or not.
I would be curious as to what you thought her response "should" have been...
mrjonnyangel 3 years ago
i don't know, i just think the way she said it seemed strange and...abrupt? and not very natural
azn88hunni 3 years ago
Her response was perfect.
jacquesjapan 3 years ago 6
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dull "monotony-logue"
ziploxx 3 years ago
"dull"? i think he delivered it in almost a monotone because if you've seen the whole movie you could place his character and this scene in the context of the film.
he thought eveything was dull, boring...he was burned out, finished, over it.
so the delivery was very much in keeping with his character; he was bored, and spoke as if it was painfully moot, pointless and boring.
mrjonnyangel 3 years ago
@mrjonnyangel xxxx
robindreaux 1 year ago
Dull? It is one the greatest, soul revealing, unpolluted and faultless monologues I have ever heard.
jacquesjapan 3 years ago 7
This how people speak of their painful past. Perfect performance.
dsbnh 1 year ago
the point is brando is telling a memory from his actual life....
robindreaux 1 year ago
boski
utalkintome 3 years ago
I loved the way he smiled here. haha.
hybrid1310 3 years ago
Brando is actually telling his "real" story of his life. Great actor, if not the best ever.
amozartii 3 years ago 8
Marlon Brando my personal hero... He will always live in my mind and heart.
Carlos2012Ms 3 years ago 8
Brando is beautiful.
wheresbubbles 3 years ago 15
i saw my dog do that same thing one, the diference is that he was playing in the midle of a long green grass. He was a litle fellow and he was all yellow, so the grass would cover him and i started to call him, because he was next to a big river, and thats a region where are many snakes, so i would call him and i saw him jumping and liftin his head to look at me and he did that for about three times, jumped and looked at me...hes dead now, a bigger dog killed him.
Lillogambino 3 years ago
somewhere, to best the character of man, created .....no BS
brando90301 3 years ago 2
always a charming man...
i love him
LuanaGM 3 years ago
"my father was a whore-fucker, bar-fighter, masculine man" beautiful
deeplysarcastic 3 years ago 4
the fucking thing is that Brando's mother was an alchoolic and his father was an rude man, who criticized him for his whole life...
Lillogambino 3 years ago
she is cute.
"i don't want to know anything about ur past, baby!"
lol
samicxi 3 years ago 5
Haven't seen this in a while. BTW, when this came out, it was rated X; these days, it has an R-rating-my, how times have changed! RIP, Mr. Brando. =-(
bratrat 3 years ago 3
When it came out on dvd it was NC-17
kewanw16 3 years ago
He looks so natural. He doesn't look like an actor, he looks like a normal guy expressing his emotions. I love the physicality of his acting, his facial expressions and use of eyebrows and so on. Ingenious actor...
oscarstegland 4 years ago 6
You gotta post the scene where Brando talks to his wife's lover. Most underrated scene in my eyes.
fuckyourmamma 4 years ago 5
Marcello (in French): Tell me the truth, you didn´t know we had the same robe.
Paul ( in French): haha, oh Marcello, I know everything.
...
Paul: really Marcello, I wonder what she ever saw on you.
such an uninteresting fellow, Monsier Marcello.
Kuboaaa 4 years ago
Wasn't referring to the dialogue.
fuckyourmamma 4 years ago
I "listen" to this movie while I´m studying. It´s so free of bullshit. Thank u for posting. It´s my first "favorite" on youtube!
Kuboaaa 4 years ago 2
i like when he plays with the dead rat
Carlos1584 4 years ago 2
No one communicated pain and the male struggle
better than Brando
ForcedEntry1 4 years ago 11
well put. maybe if marlon was born a woman instead, he might have been a germaine greer, or Aileen Wuornos instead.
RaymondMcCarron1 4 years ago
He was supposed to resembe Kate Millett physically and psychologically according to someone who knew them both.
1915fas 4 years ago
Where'd you hear about that? Who is that "someone"? I think she's still living on the lower east side.
silentdrum 4 years ago
It was in Peter Manso's book 'Brando' which came out a month or so after Marlon's autobiography 'Songs My Mother Taught Me' Brando reportedly said of Manso's book 'This guy is obsessed with me! He wants to be me!'
1915fas 4 years ago
Peter Manso's book is garbage.
1Th1617 3 years ago 4
Perfectly put. Brando wasn't afraid to expose himself. This seems to be what made him a superior actor-he let us see his vulnerability. Like all great men, he embraced the ying and the yang of his masculinity.
cattachi 3 years ago 10
You mean shouting isnt the best way to act? Someone needs to tell Tom Cruise and Pacino they need the memo.
duncan36 3 years ago 5
I hear ya. =) However Pacino has on record Dog Day Afternoon and Serpico.
cattachi 2 years ago
I remenber seeing this movie when it just come out and most people were shocked,way ahead of its times,amazing actor, very few come even cloSe to him.lil weird for his times
aficionadobol 4 years ago 2
Had he not refused the oscar for the 'Godfather' he would have won it for this one too.
70ztv 4 years ago 5
All Oscars are politics, anyways. Jack Lemmon was good but Brando was phenomenal and it's clear that he deserved the Oscar.
RubyTuesday717 4 years ago 2
Don't you mean "All Oscars are BULLSHIT!" ;)
fuckyourmamma 4 years ago 3
Yes, that's exactly what I was referring to.
You all should read "Alternate Oscars" by Danny Peary, who gives his votes for the Oscars and wrote a good essay on why Brando should've won for Last Tango.
RubyTuesday717 4 years ago
At this point, I no longer take the Academy Awards seriously anymore. Either they miss a good film, or nominate it when everyone knows that film will lose out to popular favorite. The idea of one "Best Picture" or one "Best Actor" is ridiculous when you consider how many quality flicks are made in any given year.
And Brando was good. But after what he pulled with his "Godfather" win and controversy surrounding this film, it doesn't surprise me that he never had a chance.
fuckyourmamma 4 years ago
You're really talking about film awards in general. Besides, it doesen't really matter, as long as the audience likes it:)
JarlenS 3 years ago
Everything he does is so simple but that's what makes it so great.
KingOfDestruction 4 years ago 3
I love this film but....Maria Scheider nearly ruined it for me...
Alkhir69 4 years ago
beautiful monologue this is real acting not like the stimming horse shit that is served to us today
christme85 4 years ago 8
Oui, whether you are talking about music or film, today the dollar is their main concern, churning out more formulated crud, just to influence more crud to come. An empty artistic quick-fix cycle for the masses.
BleuBlancoFilms 4 years ago
Was this the moment when he started falling in love with her?
Zooniethethird 4 years ago
I'm reading now his autobiografy"The songs my mother thought me"..and this is his childhood memory and ..pain
batoka8 4 years ago 2
I read his autobiography a couple years ago. Fascinating. Yes, he pulls stuff from his past and uses it in film, like he did here. This movie was really something else, btw. So interesting.
danny3833333 4 years ago 2
Marlon Brando 4 Eva
gerrybutt 4 years ago
2 Words Marlon Brando
I Just LuV Him Sooooooooooooooo Much
He Is just Sooooooooooooooooooo Damn Sex E Here
R.I.P Marlon Brando
gerrybutt 4 years ago 2
this is so great!
gert0101 4 years ago
Great music
ihertz 5 years ago
he not only acted, he narrarated
daddycakes51 5 years ago
same movie...his "dialogue" with the body of his dead wife...fantastic!!!!
pverdicchio 5 years ago 2
Great monologue. I perfomed this in an acting class that I took. Brando's simplistic yet powerful delivery inspired me to choose this monologue to perform it in my acting class. I love this movie and Brando is and always will be my favorite actor.
CR65 5 years ago
Because he aint acting. In fact, I doubt he's acting
throughout the whole film.
ForcedEntry1 5 years ago 3
I love this movie.. One of Brando's best movies and one of his best movie moments.. It always seemed to me that he wasn't acting in this particular clip, that he was really talking to her truthfully... And at the end, I love her response.. Wonderful clip.
BabyOtter26 5 years ago 3
cuz he wasn't repeatin lines: he was talkin to her.
daddycakes51 5 years ago