When Al-Pacino says 'Marlon Brando was the Greatest - the Best ' you know how great that actor was coming from another Legend

Wow, he was one handsome fella in his younger years.

There are a couple of other aspects to Brando not mentioned here. His physicality was amazing - he could ride a horse at fast speed, (THE APPALOOSA, THE MISSOURI BREAKS), he could fistfight (ON THE WATERFRONT, LAST TANGO IN PARIS), he could dance and his singing wasn't terrible (GUYS AND DOLLS), he was a physical comic (BEDTIME STORY). Sadly, these skills are no longer demanded of American actors. Also Brando is a master of the "psychological gesture," meaning every gesture indicated something about his character. In THE GODFATHER, during the Sollozzo meeting he casually dusts off the armrest of Sollozzo's chair. What he is telling the audience that he is in the presence of a man who is soiled (earlier the Don said, "drug dealing is a dirty business.") Also, in THE GODFATHER, when Bonasera asks the Don, "Will you be my friend?" Brando looks down and shrugs like a child because it is a child's question. In SAYANORA, before he breaks up with his fiancee in front of her family he takes a couch cushion and puts it to his chest. Psychologically, he is cushioning the blow of what is to follow. Brando performances are filled with all sorts of details like this if you look for them.

5:11 Let’s be honest, Marlon was his own director in all of his films.

"Acting is a survival mechanism" 2:23 Apparently he had quite a difficult childhood and started acting in front of his frequently drunk mother from the age of 7 to gain her attention, connect with her and make her happy.

Actors like Al Pacino, Bob De Niro, Jack Nicholson or Dustin Hoffman are Marlon's products, so without him, those actors wouldn't have existed, and that's why he's the greatest actor of all-time.

His acting was great because he was relaxed to the point of not giving a damn - and he was able to get out the best performance.

I think there are two reasons why Brando was such a great actor. First of all, he could surprise you as a viewer. Take the screen test he did for "Rebel Without A Cause". Most people would probably start swearing and become angry if they were told "to be angry with their father", but Brando was almost going to cry. Second of all, most actors and people who have to give a presentation want to blurt out the lines as fast as possible just to get it done or they feel like they have to talk fast because they think people don't want to listen to them, but Brando was always so calm it could even make the viewer anxious because of his longer silences.

1. Brando 2. Daniel Day Lewis 3. Al Pacino (my fav) 4. Robert De Niro 5. Jack Nicholson

Brando was good for sure, but Jean-Claude Van Damme´s drunken disco dancing in Kickboxer is simply on another level

Part of Brando's greatness is that he ushered in realistic acting in the 1950s and then hung around long enough to perfect it in the 1970s. Think about how rare that is, to be both the forerunner and the king. Like if the stuff Woody Guthrie did and the stuff Bob Dylan did were instead done by the same man. Or if Ben Franklin discovered electricity and then invented the light bulb, too. That's what makes Brando the greatest to me, besides just being the most electric on the screen. As Terry Malloy he reshaped acting, then as Vito Carleone he took that new shape to its highest level.

He was great because his acting created emotion not only in himself but in those who were watching him. He was the closest thing to watching the character come to life on the screen, living, breathing, thinking and feeling in front of you.... more so than any other actor ever.

Tommy Wiseau is the best actor of all time.

“Invading your personal space” actually compliments the cinematographer, not the actor.

In my opinion, Marlon Brando possessed hidden qualities which when needed, such as a part in a script, he was able to evoke those secret/hidden emotions to the surface and thereby affecting the entire audience. He was by all intents and purposes a genius.

Yes he is and I think his internal acting, reacting was more beautiful to watch than what he outta externally. It had colors, range, mysterious, unpredictability...My goodness, he was and still is the best

I remember hearing DVD commentary on one of his films that Brando liked to play a little game where he'd do two takes of a scene - one where he was was putting all of his considerable talent into his performance and another where he would mail it in. If the director didn't call him out on the bullshit take, he would coast through the rest of the film but no one could tell the difference

Really like your key framing. Very engaging!

He is a great actor, uses a wide range of emotions, every muscle in his body to create cinematic excellence. He can use even butter to create cinematic excellence.

Excellent commentary. Your observations were spot on and made complete sense. Marlon Brando is without peer. His natural ability coupled with his training with Stella Adler, sculpted “The Perfect Actor”!!! His natural curiosity and playfulness added to his ability to take on the essence of his characters and this allowed him to believe him whenever we saw him on screen. He had no false moments. Again, Thanks for sharing. Be well.

Great! Thank u for this vid! R.I.P M. Brando

Sacheen Littlefeather was most definitely Native American.

He is like the Jimi Hendrix of acting - in a time where to say your lines correctly while being pretty was still considered good acting in cinema, he showed more, he stood out. He wasn't the only one to do that, but also had the "luck" (which for me it's to be at right time and right place, with full or some understanding upon that matter) of being put by the media as a pioneer - and he was a pioneer, in many ways, but aknowledgment is also necessary (without it, he would just be forgotten in his time and probably remembered posteriorly - that's what kids call "cult" in modern times, you know?). *sorry for my mediocre english XD

so to sum it up , we could say he was a creative actor living in the minute , improvising , imprivisible and connected to a deep sensitivity .....Marlon Brando was unique in a sense that sensibility and intensity were inherent in him , meaning no lying ! He was Authentic , genuine , relaxed , controled and intensly in the moment ...a psychological maze filled with an essence of clarity and love .... Rest in peace Marlon 😌

Tommy Wiseau is the best actor ever

Thank you for being honest about our inefficiency in evaluating acting. When I ventured into learning (later judging) film, *my greatest* difficulty was "reading" good/bad acting. For the longest time, I couldn't see the difference. I guess *gut feeling* truly is a viable answer.

A huge plus was that Marlon Brando was SO fine!! I have never seen a more beautiful man.

There will never be another actor on his level

Brando, Pacino, DeNiro, Daniel Day Lewis, Hoffman, Hanks, Washington,Dicaprio, Nicholson, and Williams top 10 all time

Brando knew how to project. Daniel Day Lewis knows how to become the projection.

Marlon simply has some acting magic in him that he was able to manifest through his voice and facial expressions. People who are brilliantly good at their craft above all other similar craftsmen has that too. Ben Johnson had sprinting magic in him. Tyson had the boxing magic in him. Ennio Morricone had the visual music magic in him, Akira Kurosawa had movie directing magic in him, so did the Sathyajit Ray, and the list can go on and on. The reason Marlon stand up above others is the acting craft came naturally to him(even though he didn't like the business part of it). Marlon's symmetrical facial good looks, combined with his charismatic personality catapulted him to be the best among his generation. He never had to work immensely hard at it 'cos of his looks as well. And he's intensely intelligent, deep thinking person that had likable looks and personality. No wonder he's voted as the best actor of all time by many.

Great video! I think great actors are great writers- they need to be able to write a story that is not written in the script, hence, Brando's ability to chose how he will act in a scene is because he's a great writer and he has wrote many of the best lines he says in movies, if I remember correctly. One of many acting courses I took, I remember we all had to act the same scene with a different script each week. At first, I was horrible compared to the others. Then I began to sit down with the script and write out all the subtext I thought would be interesting and figured out how to show this in my acting. It was a lot of work. For example, in one scene the character says that he's not drunk. Everyone chose to have the character sober and defending himself. I chose to have the character stumble after the line, because it created an entirely different subtext, which I continued to follow. It made all the difference, and the audience reacted favorably to it. But in the end, I don't have the emotional range to be an actor. I can't cry on cue or scream bloody hell like I'm being chased by a psychopath. But someone who can needs to know which emotional expression will create the most absorbing response from the audience, which requires the actor to be a writer- not just an interpreter of the script because the author of the script may suck or you may be playing a part that's been played out so you need to add something interesting to the mix.

Brando changed acting for ever his blueprint is on all aspects of acting

Eva Marie Saint was so gorgeous in On The Waterfront. She's still going strong at 95 and when she spoke at the Oscars a few years ago she carried herself so well. Impressive genes!

This is such a great video!!!

'this is terrific,' was what I said after watching this. really good insight

So he's a good actor because he's a good actor? I must admit I didn't get much of this video. Can someone explain?

Undouptable Marlon Brando was the best acter of all time he was a genius and a brilliant mind.

Apart from having his unique good looks and charisma Brando was centered and focused as hell. He lived 100% in the moment. He had 100% intent and purpose. He could do something so simple as swat a flyThat would reveal somehting about the character. He could make swatting a fly funny, terrfiying or emotionless. The same as taking a bite of an apple. He wasn't just eating he was thinking at the same time sucking the audience so in to his moment of heightened reality that whatever he did next was unpredictable. It's the heightened reality of doing something so ordinary and being 100% in that moment that completely revolutionized acting. Take a great painter who paints an apple vs an ordinary quaified realist painter and see what they do with it. There will be something in the detail that a great painter makes of that apple that is much more than an apple. That's the sort of natural geniuous Brando had. Part of the charisma he had also came from not giving a fuck what the audience thought of him. He just did what he was doing period.

The fact you put tairy greene in the first few seconds was CLASSSSSS Thx you shameus

"its a lot of bullshit in this topic... but not here."

As an actor, you've shown Marlon's genius to me. I've never thought much of him as an actor, until you brought this to my attention. Yes, he was a brilliant screen (and possibly stage - though I never had the privelige to see him) actor. I shall hone my art in recognition of him.

To me one roll exemplifies Brando's skill, Last Tango In Paris. I saw that movie when it was first released and I couldn't process what I had seen. At that time, I thought The Godfather was his best acting but Tango left me speechless. To understand his performance, I had to think about that movie for a very long time.

Especially interesting in seeing the similarities in how it relates to what a visual artist, like myself as a painter, is trying to achieve. There is an underlying psychology that influences an artist composition the same way the actor is doing this on screen. If you've never studied these things, then one is certainly not aware how the artist has directed you to where they wanted you to be. Do it effective, and the reaction is pleasing to you even though you may not be able to finger on what exactly makes you feel that way. It's really cool to see how all artist, no matter their discipline have so much in common.

hes just the ultimate

That smile at 2:15, he could've been the greatest joker I'm sure.

Very insightful 👍🏼🙏🏼💚

Marlon Brando always struck me as a handsome man, but good lord look at him when he was young 2:51 - Dude was a masterpiece.

The woman who gave his Oscar speech was actually half Native American.

He is the greatest movie actor ever, English language movies.

Thanks for the video 🙏 Love his quote at 4:33

Marlon was mad good looking and a guy whos good looking is full of confidence as hes photogenic infront of the camera, but he was special not in the case of acting but rather human intelligence, Marlon been acting for so long that according to his thought and concept regarding acting was got too clear, believe me, a person is talented and is performing on big stages after stages, hes evolving.

Among others, I firmly believe that Tom Hardy has a lot of these characteristics or skills. He also is very reminiscent of Brando

"Talent lies in the choice"- Stella Adler

I like when people post this kind of stuff on the internet, I can learn a lot of cool stuff

Excellent analysis, excellent

Brando was great. In the last 40 years I'd go with Gary Oldman. That guy can play anybody, anytime. His range is off the charts! Beethoven to Sid Vicious, pimp wigger (True Romance-great role) to artist in Basquiat, villains (Hannibal, The Professional, etc), and on and on. Love that guy

The camera is a lie detector. In stillness especially, it peers into one's soul. A great on-camera actor has the courage, craft, and ability to allow him or herself to be seen. It sounds deceptively simple. Until you study acting and begin to realize the million and one ways there are to not be seen on camera. This is why amateur actors "act". That is, they adopt affected artificial personas in order to disguise themselves. A great point was made in the video about an actor's choices. I think it was Stella Adler (maybe Uta Hagen) who said a great actor's talent lies in his ability to make great choices. He can spot what is the obvious choice and make it his point of departure toward expressing something we've never seen yet still somehow recognize as truthful behavior. Thank you for taking the time to craft this video, sir. Cheers.

If marlon brando were alive, he would've made an amazing jedi master in a star wars movie. Maybe even a sith lord. Probably even a badass bounty hunter.

Excellent video sir.👍

Marlon Brando might be labeled as the best actor. I think that's an understatement as what Marlon does is beyond just acting. Anybody can act, instead he becomes the character and takes on a new identity. This is how I would sum up the experience when we watch him perform and admire his presence on and off screen.

The way people felt for Brando is how I perceive Joaquin Phoenix

He didn't fuck with Dick Cavett and "answer nothing" to "mess with the media." He DID answer and it was BRILLIANT. I literally JUST saw the Dick Cavett interview and he goes on to say that Dick is also acting and that we ALL act in life and are all actors depending who we are with and what we want from them. Motivation makes us all sing and dance a different tune for different people/audiences. He even said he could never play a person like Dick because no one acts the same. He believed Dick was acting too and playing a tv host and not being himself and really saying all he felt and that is where we act and not show people all of our emotions (aka subtext )

Well put.

Marlon BRANDO was not an actor , simply he was a poem , nobody ever will be able to stand close to him , A GOD OF ART STAYS ALONE AS THE HARD ROCKY MOUNTAINS .

Don't know about the best actor in the world but his performance in the Colonel Curtz monologue is The Best peace of acting there is. Whenever I rewatch this scene I just drown myself in it.

Very good analysis and commentary imo

Trying to geht Ingo KZfaq, I can tell a shitload of work went info editing this Video.Great job man.

An underrated actor that I love is James McAvoy, his acting in Split was brilliant.

"You can't say California without Marlon Brando's eyes"

Awe,..this was too short. XD Great,but,..I wanted to see and hear more!

Joaquin Phoenix has the same energy as Brando

Don't mention "Last Tango in Paris". I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it...

If Dustin Hoffman agrees then it must be true, that guy is a great!

Great great video, subscribed right away. :)

Nice analysis

I love watching Brando but I also liked Montgomery Cliff. Monty was on Brando's level in my humble opinion!

incredible the way he reinvented himself to dominate the godfather...you can`t take your eyes off him.

It’s a gripping piece of acting. Oh God and that burst of emotion in Last Tango

I notice a lot of older movies tended to favor male actors with baritone voices, so in his early acting days that's another way marlin brando stood out

he is really great actor he is the best actor ever .

this was extremely well considered, intelligent and useful comment. Instasub

Greatness is almost impossible to play, That's why Hamlet is said to be impossible to play, because greatness is something effortless, something that is exuded, not projected. But Brando was a rare exception, he was a great man as well as a great actor. He had the gravitas and charisma of a great historical figure. You get the feeling he could have been a great politician; a great thinker, a great writer, a great general if he had chosen those paths. Which is why he played Napoleon, Zapata, Don Corleone, Kurtz, Mark Antony, Fletcher Christian so convincingly. He was in their league, he just chose acting as his vehicle of expression.

Yes The best & The greatest Actor, thats ever lived .. majestic immaculate .. King of All Actors ) No.Words can speak of this Rare Diamond ... Long live your Supremecy .. R.I.P. Marlon

Brando could project in a way that would affect the audience in every movie he's in. That certainly is a rare feat for an actor. Most great actors can only capture this in one film or maybe a few films at most. Some standout performances in my mind include: Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada Johnny Depp in The Curse of the Black Pearl Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight Jack Nicholson in The Shining Leo Dicaprio in Django Unchained Brad Pitt in Fight Club Gloria Swanson in Sunset Blvd Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men Denzel in Training Day There are many others, but these stand out to me personally because they left an indelible impression on me. Some acting parts can be great because of a great director or great writer. These are great because the actor made them great. Or maybe I just like villains haha.

He was great, could’ve been a contender!

There will never be another Brando. He was unique even among the greats. I miss him.

good video, thank you

De Niro transports you and makes you doubt if you're sitting or standing

He was literally the only actor on the planet that could play Superman’s father anyone else would be inferior.

i really like when they make videos about great people who deserves we didn't talk about great people from long time..

Marlon said himself that we are all actors, we all act every day, maybe that view point was at the heart of his greatness

A lot of reaching here. It's just acting and Brando never took it overly seriously.

if you want to see how great brando could be, watch the Shakespeare play he did, "Julius Caesar." My wife noted that he's so good you forget it's archaic Elizabethan language because he imbues every line with so much apparent meaning. There's a theory that he was doing his best work early for his mother but that after she died, he didn't care anymore. the later performances were not what made him famous.

Oh defenitely was!!! Pure GENIUSS!!!

I acted in an elementary school play. It was a reenactment of the where's Mikey he'll eat anything commercial, except the cereal was poison. I was director and script writer. (Boy I sure have some dark humor). It took a lot of courage to perform the set 3 times. I had to psychologically phase out the audience that they are not there or I would get stage fright.

I’d say be believable, entertaining and give goosebumps

Before him acting was static, he changed the acting forever

I was SHOCKED at how good this scene was. No word of a lie.

This was very interesting#