Author

Publication

2008 - Faber & Faber, Limited

Language

English

Word Count

92,000 words, Guess

Page Count

368 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780571244126
  • ISBN-100571244122
  • OCLC Control Number244653551
  • Better World Books9780571244126
  • Open LibraryOL34419534M

Classifications

  • LCCPN2287

Description

From the Publisher: Stefan Kanfer, acclaimed biographer of Lucille Ball and Groucho Marx, now gives us the definitive life of Marlon Brando, seamlessly intertwining the man and the work to give us a stunning and illuminating appraisal. Beginning with Brando's turbulent childhood, Kanfer follows him to New York where he made his star-making Broadway debut as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire at age twenty-three. Brando then decamped for Hollywood, and Kanfer looks at each of Brando's films over the years-from The Men in 1950 to The Score in 2001-offering deft and insightful analysis of his sometimes brilliant, sometimes baffling performances. And, finally, Kanfer brings into focus Brando's self-destructiveness, ambivalence toward his craft, and the tragedies that shadowed his last years.

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Other Editions

  • Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon BrandoFaber & Faber, Limited2008-01-01

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