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Brando´s Smile: His Life, Thought, and Work
Susan L. Mizruchi
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Description for Brando´s Smile: His Life, Thought, and Work
Paperback. A groundbreaking work that reveals how Marlon Brando shaped his legacy in art and life. Num Pages: 512 pages, 78 illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 142 x 41. Weight in Grams: 412.
When people think about Marlon Brando, they think of the film star, the hunk and 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 used his body and employed the objects around him to create believable characters; the man who used his fame to foster American 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 school dropout. She shows ... Read more
When people think about Marlon Brando, they think of the film star, the hunk and 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 used his body and employed the objects around him to create believable characters; the man who used his fame to foster American 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 school dropout. She shows ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393351200
SKU
V9780393351200
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About Susan L. Mizruchi
Susan L. Mizruchi, a professor of English at Boston University, specializes in American literature, cultural history, and film.
Reviews for Brando´s Smile: His Life, Thought, and Work
"Biographers have often highlighted Marlon Brando’s eccentricities. But in this sympathetic portrait, Mizruchi plays up his intellectualism: Brando was an autodidact with a library of 4,000 books, not to mention a great editor of his own lines."
Rebecca Rose, Best Books of 2014 - Financial Times "...there is much to enjoy here for the confirmed Brando fan."
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Rebecca Rose, Best Books of 2014 - Financial Times "...there is much to enjoy here for the confirmed Brando fan."
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