Brando

The day Marlon Brando died someone at work sent an interoffice e-mail to everyone informing about his passing. A couple of young account executives, after reading it were asking out loud: "Who is Marlon Brando?" Amazing.

Well, TCM (channel 77-Onelink) is showing a documentary that more than answers that question. It features clips from all his movies and instead of narration, it features comentary by actors who knew him, from Martin Landau to Jane Fonda to Johnny Depp. This documentary shows you that screen acting can be measured in terms of before and after Brando. One also learns about his deeply selfish and eratic behavior. How he made Hollywood hate him and how how Hollywood had to welcome him back after his suceess in "The Godfather".

So to the culturally challenged account executives who didn't know who Brando was. Well, he was the most influential actor of the 20th century.