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Brando's Smile: His Life, Thought, and Work
Brando's Smile His Life Thought and Work Author:Susan L. Mizruchi Susan Mizruchi presents the Marlon Brando you?ve never met. When people think about Marlon Brando they think of the movie star; the hunk; the scandals. Susan L. Mizruchi finds the Brando others have missed: the man who collected four thousand books; the man who rewrote scripts, trimming his lines to make them sharper; the man who consciously use... more »d his body and employed the objects around him to create believable characters; the man who used his fame to foster Indian and civil rights. From Brando?s letters, audiotapes, and annotated screenplays and books?many never before available?Mizruchi gives us a complex person whose intelligence belies the high-school dropout. She shows how Brando?s embrace of foreign cultures and outsiders led to brilliant performances in unusual roles?a gay man, an Asian, and a German soldier?to foster empathy on a global scale and to test himself. In portraying a fuller Brando, Mizruchi portrays an even more fascinating man. 78 illustrations« less