Brando's Smile

His Life, Thought, and Work

Susan L. Mizruchi

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Norton
17 July 2015

Film, TV & Radio; Films, movies & cinema; Biography: arts & entertainment

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 how Brando's embrace of foreign cultures and outsiders led to brilliant performances in unusual roles, fostering empathy on a global scale. In portraying a fuller Brando, Mizruchi portrays a more fascinating man than the one we thought we knew.

By: Susan L. Mizruchi
Imprint: Norton
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 393g
ISBN: 9780393351200
ISBN 10: 0393351203
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 17 July 2015
Audience: General/trade , General/trade , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

...this always interesting, addictive book... -- Financial Times Engrossing biography...Some great photos, too. -- The Bookseller ... this exhilarating new biography homes in on the kind of details that any serious Brando fan will devour like a starving man in the desert. -- Antonio Quirke, Summer Reading - Financial Times ...there is much to enjoy here for the confirmed Brando fan. -- Mail on Sunday 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